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PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT AM RADIO DIAL: JANUARY 12, 1967

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The above featured Detroit radio guide was clipped, saved, and digitally re-imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

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A MCRFB Note: Glancing over the above Detroit radio guide, it bears noting CKLW had Dusty Rhodes competing for the morning drive going against WKNR’s own Dick Purtan. Both Rhodes and Purtan were Cincinnati’s WSAI-AM radio personalities during a time in 1964-1965.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! WKNR TOP 113 HITS of 1967: YOUR SOUVENIR EDITION

**WKNR SOUVENIR EDITION** Keener 113 Hits of 1967

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The 113 records and 13 albums and their positions on this “Keener Hits of 1967” Music Guide were determined by mathematical computation, considering each record’s and album’s position and duration on each of the WKNR Music Guides during the past 52 weeks and does not necessarily reflect the comparative sales of these records and albums.

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A sincere thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.

Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

CKLW MOTOR CITY BIG 30 RECORDS: THIS WEEK! DECEMBER 26, 1967

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“The listing of records herein is the opinion of CKLW based on its survey of record sales, listener requests and CKLW’s judgement of the record’s appeal.”

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A sincere thank you Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.

Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

WXYZ RADIO 1270: DETROIT SOUND OFFICIAL HIT SURVEY! DECEMBER 22, 1964

**WXYZ DETROIT SOUND** *Official Hit Survey* December 22, 1964

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

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A special THANK YOU to Larry Good, of Saline, MI., for generously contributing this featured WXYZ chart — December 22, 1964 — to Motor City Radio Flashbacks

The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

WJBK 1500 HIT TUNES! OFFICIAL FORMULA 40 SURVEY: DECEMBER 16, 1957

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The WJBK FORMULA 40 hits was compiled, tabulated and produced by Radio 1500’s Bob Martin and Rosemary McGann.

This survey was tabulated overall by each record’s popularity and its appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of WJBK Radio.

Previewed for the week of December 16, 1957

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Above featured WJBK chart digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! THE BILLBOARD HOT 100: DECEMBER 19, 1964

Compiled by the Music Popularity Chart Dept. of Billboard, from national retail store and one-stop sales reports, and radio airplay reports.

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December 1 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz takes office as President of Mexico.
December 3
- Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest about 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover of and massive sit-in at the Sprout Hall administration building. The sit-in most directly protested the U.C. Regents’ decision to punish student activists for what many thought had been justified civil disobedience earlier in the conflict.
December 5 – Australian Senate election, 1964: The Liberal/Country Coalition Government led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies hold their status quo, while the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell lose one seat to the Democratic Labor Party, who hold the balance of power in the Senate alongside independent Reg Turnbull.
December 10 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
December 11 – Che Guevara addresses the United Nations General Assembly. A bazooka attack is launched at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
December 12 – Jamhuri Day: Kenya becomes a republic, with Jomo Kenyatta as its first President.
December 14 – Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (379 US 241 1964): The U.S. Supreme Court rules that, in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, establishments providing public accommodation must refrain from racial discrimination.
December 18 – The Christmas flood of 1964 begins in the United States, affecting the Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California. It will continue until January 7, resulting in 19 deaths, serious damage to buildings, roads and bridges, and the loss of 4,000 head of livestock.
December 21 – The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark supersonic attack aircraft, developed for the U.S. Air Force, makes its first flight, at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.
December 22
- A cyclone in the Palk Strait destroys the Indian town of Dhanushkodi, killing 1800 people.
- The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird makes its first flight at Palmdale, California.
December 23 – Wonderful Radio London becomes the United Kingdom’s fourth “Pirate” radio station, broadcasting from MV Galaxy (a former US Navy minesweeper) anchored off the east coast of England, with an American-style Top 40 (“Fab 40”) playlist of popular records.
December 24 – The Brinks Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam, is bombed by the Viet Cong, resulting in the deaths of two US soldiers and injuries to a further 60 people, including civilians.
December 30 – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is established as a permanent organ of the UN General Assembly.

Source credit: 1964 [December] Wikipedia

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WXYZ RADIO 1270: THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY! DECEMBER 5, 1966

**WXYZ 1270 Detroit Sound Survey** December 5, 1966

This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio from reports of record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

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The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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A special thank you to Jim Heddle of Tuscon, Arizona, for having contributed the above WXYZ 1270 playlist chart featured for the site’s archives.

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DETROIT TOP DJ’s PICK WEEK’S TOP TEN HITS! DECEMBER 3, 1965

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The above featured Week’s Top Singles article was clipped, saved, and digitally re-imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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“These are the week’s top 45 rpm singles, as selected by Detroit’s top disc jockeys and the consensus of sales in Detroit and the U.S. as reported by Billboard, international recording news weekly.”

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BILLBOARD: KING RECORDS CLASSIC AD! NOVEMBER 1965

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WHYT HOT HITS! DETROIT POWER 96 FM: THIS WEEK, NOVEMBER 25, 1985

**WHYT POWER 96 FM SURVEY** November 25, 1985

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A Special Thank You

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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.

Above WHYT music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.