DETROIT’S JAZZ RADIO | 105.9 FM | SEPTEMBER 28, 1994
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Jonathan Whittier, of Pontiac, Michigan, for recently sharing this WJZZ radio aircheck with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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Released February 19, “Put Yourself In My Place” peaked at #4 (charted 13 total weeks R&B overall) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1966. B-side: “Darling Baby”
V.I.P. 25029 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
“HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU” (INSTRUMENTAL) * THE ELGINS
NUMBER ONE IN AMERICA | MARCH 2 – MARCH 16, 1963
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EIGHT WEEKS on the singles chart, “Walk Like A Man” by The 4 Seasons peaked this month at No. 01 (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending, March 2, through the week-ending, March 16 1963. (Source: Billboard)
For more Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
CKLW 20/20 NEWS | DICK SMYTH | DATE: MONDAY, MAY 26, 1969
— MARCH 6, 2021 —
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Today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks pay homage to the memory of famed Canadian news broadcaster and veteran radio news director, Dick Smyth. His voice was heard daily over the Detroit and Windsor airwaves on CKLW in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was also news director at CHUM, CFTR, and later, 680 NEWS.
While in hospice care, Dick Smyth passed away, Saturday, March 6. He was 86.
For more on the passing of Dick Smythe, please go here.
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Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends heartfelt condolences to the Smyth family
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Audio source from the Motor City Radio Flashbacks archive.
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According to renown radio historian and master jinglecologist Ken R., Futuresonic “rivaled PAMS for creative output in the late 1950s and early 1960s.” In this featured presentation you will hear a Futuresonic sampler for WXYZ 1270, Detroit, circa 1963-1964.
Futuresonic also created jingle packages for Detroit’s WWJ in the early 1960s.
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The featured Futuresonic WXYZ jingle package was audio remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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Note: On our site’s Facebook page, according to WXYZ’s Lee Alan, this featured Futuresonic jingle sampler was not used on WXYZ in 1963 nor in 1964.
Thanks Lee Alan, for the noted correction.
JIM HAMPTON (Last Show) | DATE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Jimmy Hampton, of Cathedral City, California, for recently donating his 1967 (very last show) WXYZ radio aircheck to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks archives.
BLAZO’S DINER & DRIVE IN * 1964
AMERICAN MOTORS * RAMBLER * 1964
PAN AMERICAN AIRLINES * 1963