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— In Memory of George Griggs —
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate
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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “(Love Theme From) Romeo And Juliet” by Henry Mancini peaked this month at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending June 22 through July 5, 1969. (Source: Billboard)
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NEW! ELECTRIFYING MOJO WGPR aircheck date Wednesday, April 7, 1982
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Mario Simone of Warren, MI., for recently donating this WGPR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
This is our very first ‘Mojo’ inclusion to the aircheck library from the Mario Simone collection . . . . more Electrifying Mojo airchecks will be forthcoming on this site!
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* THE MARIO SIMONE COLLECTION *
— CHARLES JOHNSON —
Beginning in 1979, Charles Johnson (a.k.a. as the Electrifying Mojo) was heard nightly on several of the finest urban-contemporary radio stations on the FM side during his 14 years of radio broadcasting in Detroit.
The Electrifying Mojo (never seen), as he called himself on the radio, touched down his “Mothership” on WGPR, WJLB, WHYT, WTWR (Monroe; Saturday nights only) and WMXD.
Charles Johnson closed out his Detroit radio career on the station who hired him first nearly 40 years ago, WGPR 107.5. He remained there nearly three years before leaving the station and the Detroit radio scene altogether, sometime late-1993.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WGPR
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