THE NATIONAL ‘TOP 30’ THIS WEEK: THE HONOR ROLL! JUNE 23, 1956

**BILLBOARD Honor Roll of Hits** June 23, 1956

THE NATION’S TOP 30 TUNES

THIS WEEK | JUNE 23, 1956 | 65 YEARS AGO

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The Honor Roll of Hits comprises the nation’s top tunes according to record sales and sheet sales, disk jockey and jukebox performances as determined by The Billboard’s weekly nationwide sales.

“MOONGLOW AND THEME FROM PICNIC” | MORRIS STOLOFF | DEE

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WJBK | WXYZ | WKMH | CKLW

The Billboard (week-ending) June 7-13 1956 Honor Roll of Hits featured 30 of the most popular radio air plays covering the four major Detroit pop radio stations on the AM dial in 1956.

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SURVEY WEEK-ENDING JUNE 13, 1956

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WING IT OVER DETROIT: COME FLY WITH WKNR! JUNE 1965

**WKNR *American Airlines* Promo Ad** JUNE 1965

COME FLY WITH WKNR!

Fly American Airlines with Keener over Detroit!

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A special WKNR VOX/AMERICAN AIRLINES contest (promotion) Keener 13 featured in June of 1965. And which of the three WKNR DJs selected would you fly with? 🙂

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

— In Memory of George Griggs —

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

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PROGRAMMING DETROIT FM RADIO: THIS WEEK! JUNE 18, 1967

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THE WEEK’S FM HIGHLIGHTS

SUNDAY | JUNE 18, 1967

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54 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

The Detroit Free Press FM radio guide for the week of June 18-24, 1967

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WKSG 102.7 KISS FM: MORNINGS! KEVIN O’NEILL

**WKSG-FM** Kevin O’Neill. A Kiss FM personality card featuring the quintessential, Detroit ‘oldies’ radio legend, circa late-1980s.

DICK SMYTH: OFFICIAL CKLW/RKO NEWS MANUAL (PRE-DRAKE) 1967

**CKLW** (Dick Smyth) **News Policy** 1967 (A)

**CKLW** (Dick Smyth) **News Policy** 1967 (B)

**CKLW** (Dick Smyth) **News Policy** 1967 (C)

**CKLW** (Dick Smyth) **News Policy** 1967 (D)

CKLW NEWS 1967 MANUAL

— DICK SMYTH —

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EXCERPT FROM RKO POLICY ON NEWS PROGRAMS:

The reporting of news must be accurate and fair.
Sponsors may not select or edit items in news programs.
News concerning political campaigns should be handled with careful impartiality. Although Section 315 of the Federal Communications Act exempts certain appearances of legally qualified candidates on bona fide newscasts, bona fide news interviews, etc., from the equal opportunity requirements of that section, care shall be exercised whenever such exemption is relied upon by the station that the station affords a reasonable opportunity for a discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance.
News programs should not be deceptively used for the promotion of any business interests, securities and investments, comment on pending litigation, etc., in the guise of news.

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A special THANK YOU to Big Jim Edwards (Jim Davis) for providing the above 1967 CKLW News Manual with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

Jim Davis inserted this thought as well:

“This is the news manual which Dick Smyth wrote just prior to CKLW becoming a Drake station in early 1967. Notice also that the Xerox logo was embedded in each page. This was the early days of photocopying, quite obviously. 🙂“

Dick Smyth passed away on March 6, 2021. He was 86.

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A FINAL NOTE: On the last page (5E) notice Smyth’s news directive numbered 64. As CKLW legend would have it, this one paragraph was pretty much tossed out the window by the CKLW news department in the early 1970s.

A WQBH 1440 RADIO PERSONALITY ROSTER CARD: 2002

WQBH RADIO 1440 PERSONALITIES

“The Queen’s Spirit Blesses Us with Divine Love Bringing Us Together and Through in 2002”

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Jay Butler * Raymon * Diane Steinberg-Lewis * Fred Goree * Rufus Beal * Grant Martin * V. Lonnie Peek * Art Blackwell * Gerald Smith * Ken Coleman

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A special THANK YOU to Diane Steinberg-Lewis for recently sharing this WQBH roster from 2002.

Diane also shared this brief note as well:

“I was a broadcaster on WQBH from 2000 til 2002, while there, the station played tapes of Mom’s ‘Inspiration Time’ and it segued into ‘Reflections of The Queen’ which helped me mightily through my grief when she made her transition.”

Martha Jean ‘The Queen’ passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2000.

THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: JUNE 13, 1964

— NUMBER ONE SINGLE IN AMERICA —

“CHAPEL OF LOVE” | DIXIE CUPS | RED BIRD 001

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BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES NATIONALLY AND RADIO AIRPLAY

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MAY 31 through JUNE 20, 1964

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“Chapel Of Love” by The Dixie Cups debuted on the Billboard singles charts at # 72, for the week-ending, May 2, 1964. Just six weeks on the charts, the single hits the number one position for the week-ending June 6, 1964, having knocked off The Beatles’ fourth number one single (to date) here in the United States, “Love Me Do”.

Thirteen weeks on the charts, The Dixie Cups single dropped to #32 on its last week on Billboard, week-ending July 25, 1964.

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CKLW RADIO 80: THE ‘CK 80 SURVEY! THE ‘GREAT EIGHT’ MAY 26, 1964

CKLW NUMBER ONE: “MY BOY LOLLIPOP” | MILLIE SMALL

— CKLW 1964 MAY —

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The CKLW BIG 50 (plus) hits in Windsor/Detroit. This survey was tabulated overall by record popularity appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of CKLW Radio (1964).

Previewed for the week of May 26-June 1, 1964

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

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THE BIG ‘D’! DETROIT COUNTRY TOP 40: MAY 24, 1976

**WDEE MODERN COUNTRY SURVEY** May 24, 1976

WDEE NUMBER ONE COUNTRY SINGLE

“AFTER ALL THE GOOD IS GONE” | CONWAY TWITTY | MCA

45 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

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THE BIG “DEE” RADIO 15

The Top 40 country hits as tabulated by WDEE for the week of May 24, 1976

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— In Memory of George Griggs —

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 WDEE country music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

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WJBK RADIO: A RADIO 15 NEWS PRINT AD! MAY 1967

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1967

— A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD —

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Detroit Free Press | WJBK

Above article/ad courtesy freep.com newspaper archive.

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A special THANK YOU to senior MCRFB consultant Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for contributing the Newspapers.com archives, (Detroit radio related) ads, images, we have featured on this site, since 2016.

Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. 🙂

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