BILLBOARD | JUNE 1967
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WJOI 97 * 1987 * THE SOUNDS OF JOY FM (Mark Taylor)
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NEW! WJOI aircheck date WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
WWJ 97.1 became ‘the sounds of beautiful music’ on the FM dial in Detroit in 1971.
In August 1981, WWJ-FM applied and petitioned the FCC for a call letter change, WJOI. Granted, WJOI officially became JOY FM on Thursday, December 17, 1981.
Owned by the Detroit-based Evening News Association, CBS Radio paid a reported $25,000,000 for WWJ-AM and its sister FM station WJOI in May 1989.
CBS’ WJOI-FM became the new WYST-FM, 6 AM, on Friday, September 2, 1994. Ditching its noted ‘beautiful music’ sound, the format instead was changed to a ‘soft-rock favorites’ format.
Before the end of its FM run in 1994, The ‘Sounds of Beautiful Music’ was heard for over 23 years in the Motor City.
On the AM side, WWJ-AM retained its all-news format, broadcasting regional and national news, sports, weather — 24 hours today — on AM 950 in Detroit.
Today, 97.1 FM is licensed with the calls letters, WXYT – branded “97.1 The Ticket” – a commercial sports radio station serving Metro Detroit and much of Southeast Michigan.
The station is owned by Entercom, with studios located in the nearby suburb of Southfield, and a transmitter site on Southfield’s eastern side.
(Source: Detroit Free Press; Wikipedia)
—ACKNOWLEDGEMENT—
A special THANK YOU to our senior contributor, Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for donating this WJOI-FM audio aircheck to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks archive.
The above featured WJOI aircheck was audio enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Ross rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who during the 1960s became Motown’s most successful act, and are the best-charting female group in US history, as well as one of the world’s best-selling girl groups of all time.
The group released a record-setting twelve number-one hit singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: “Where Did Our Love Go”, “Baby Love”, “Come See About Me”, “Stop! In the Name of Love”, “Back in My Arms Again”, “I Hear a Symphony”, “You Can’t Hurry Love”, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”, “Love is Here and Now You’re Gone”, “The Happening”, “Love Child”, and “Someday We’ll Be Together”.
Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross released her eponymous debut solo album that same year, featuring the No. 1 Pop hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”.
In May 1970, Ross released her eponymous solo debut, which included her signature songs, “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, the latter becoming Ross’ first number-one solo single. Follow-up albums, Everything Is Everything and Surrender came out shortly afterwards. In 1971, the ballad “I’m Still Waiting” became her first number-one single in the UK
She later released the album Touch Me in the Morning in 1973; its title track was her second solo No. 1 hit.
She continued a successful solo career through the 1970s, which included hits albums like Mahogany and Diana Ross and their No. 1 hit singles, “Theme from Mahogany” and “Love Hangover”, respectively.
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” is the debut solo single of singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970.
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Source: Diana Ross; Wikipedia
Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) * acapella
—DIANA ROSS—
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Released May 2, “Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand)” peaked at #7 (charted 9 total weeks R&B overall) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1970. B-side: “Dark Side Of The World”
MOTOWN 1165 (Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles)
REACH OUT AND TOUCH (SOMEBODY’S HAND) [INST.; AUDIO ENHANCED] * DIANA ROSS
MEMORIAL DAY * Lee Alan * LEE ALAN CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter the words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We did not pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”- Ronald Reagan
“Let their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.” – Daniel Webster
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived.”- George S. Patton
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”- Unknown
“From the opening battle of the American Revolution through the turmoil of the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam, to the Persian Gulf and today’s operations in the war on terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, and around the world, our members in the military have built a tradition of honorable and faithful service. As we observe Memorial Day, we remember the more than one million Americans who have died to preserve our freedom, the more than 140,000 service personal who were prisoners of war, and to all of those names who were declared as missing in action.
Gratefully honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of liberty’s blessings. Please listen and just reflect what each of them must have gone thru in those terrifying moments before giving their lives. Bless them all.” — Lee Alan
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA * MAY 9-23, 1970
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FIFTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “American Woman” by The Guess Who peaked at #1 this month (3 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending May 9 through May 23, 1970. (Source: Billboard)
For our previous Billboard Number One U.S.A. Hits go HERE
— SLY & THE FAMILY STONE —
Debuted this week. 1 week playing the Billboard Singles chart, “I Want To Take You Higher” spotted at #76, this week, May 17-23, 1970.
— THE MARMALADE —
Debuted at #96 on March 14, 1970. 11 weeks playing the Billboard Singles chart, “Reflections Of My Life” remains at #11 (three weeks), this week, May 17-23, 1970.
— BOBBI MARTIN —
Debuted at #93 on March 14, 1970. 11 weeks playing the Billboard Singles chart, “For The Love Of Him” remains at #15 (two weeks), this week, May 17-23, 1970.