Thank you.
The reason this site still exists is because of you.
It is you who made Motor City Radio Flashbacks what it has become today. Thank you for your visits here, words of encouragement, your comments and your show of support throughout the past ten years. Your dedication to this site has truly been my inspiration, that I should strive to carry on.
On June 24 last year, a new visitor counter was added to the site. Since then, as of this writing (1/26), the counter (see the numbers below left side of page) has recorded nearly 960,000 visitors within the past seven months alone. I must say, those are some respectable traffic numbers.
UPDATE: Motor City Radio Flashbacks surpassed the 1,000,000 visitor mark on Friday, February 4 2022 at 9:17 p.m. EST. Today, nearly 8 months after we installed a new Visitor’s Counter (June 24 2021) this update reflects 1014360 visitors having visited the site as of 9:48 a.m., Wednesday, February 9 2022.
While the site is going through several changes at the moment, as in years past, the central mission of the page has always remained the same. That is, in honoring the golden era of classic Detroit radio. Those golden voices, radio legends, those exciting DJ names we still recall having heard on the dial, from many years having passed, and, so long ago.
Did you know we have over 1,000 Detroit radio airchecks in the Aircheck Library? Their names and their radio memories live here.
During the ten year span, we’ve amassed 628 PAGES of daily posts and features alone. All told, at 10 posts and exhibits allowed per each page, that amounts to 6,280 posts having been published on this site, since January 27, 2012.
And there is more good things planned for Motor City Radio Flashbacks as we move forward in the new year.
In closing, this site would not have been possible without our friend, Scott Westerman. It was his encouragement early on — which gave life to his idea — our friend George Griggs and I should pursue making a Detroit radio website into the reality it has become on the web. And that was how this story began.
In memory of our late-founder, George Griggs, thank you again. You made this happen. It’s been ten years. And so here we are.
Last, a special thank you to Mrs. Patti Griggs.
The site’s domain legally became hers in wake of her husband’s passing in 2014. Because I had asked her for it, she fully relinquished site’s ownership from her husband’s name over to me in February 2016. To this day, her continued support and her contributions to the site has been more than just invaluable.
And one final thank you to all our Detroit radio friends who generously contributed from their own collection throughout the past decade.
Whether great or small, your gifts and contributions will always be appreciated. While the names and credits are numerous to mention here, you know who you are. Allow me this moment to thank you everyone of you from the bottom of my heart.
Another ten years, perhaps? Why not. Let’s go for it.
Jim Feliciano
January 26, 2022
