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Zenith Portable Radio (page 16)
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—55 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—
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At midnight on December 26, 1969, WJBK changed to a contemporary country music format and changed its calls to WDEE (many joked at the time that the calls stood for “We’ve Done Everything Else”). Former WJBK personality Marc Avery recalled in 1971, when interviewed for the WDRQ program “The History of Detroit Radio,” that WJBK had been considering switching to country as far back as the early 1960s. At the time, 1340 WEXL was the only full-time country music station in the immediate Detroit market (with Ypsilanti-based WSDS as its only competitor). WDEE distinguished itself with its slick, contemporary (“countrypolitan”) approach to the country format, designed for mass appeal, and was one of the first stations to program country and western music with a Top 40-style presentation. The move paid off with frequent top-five showings in the Detroit ratings during the 1970s.
With only a thousand watts of power, WEXL was unable to compete with 50,000-watt WDEE and left the country format by 1974 for religious programming. WDEE’s midday show, “The Fem Forum”, in which host Tom Dean fielded calls from female listeners sharing their sexual frustrations, was a controversial feature for its time but also quite popular. Other personalities on the station during the 1970s included morning mainstay Deano Day, Hank O’Neil, Mike Scott, Dave Williams, Bob Burchett, Ray Otis, Randy Price, Doug Smith, Don Thompson, Jimmy Bare, Rosalee, Paul Allen, Bob Day, Ron Ferris, Dan Dixon and Rick Church.
In the early 1970s, WDEE was purchased by Combined Communications, who in turn would eventually be purchased by the Gannett Company. (Previous to Combined ownership, WDEE was part of a broadcast chain owned by Globe Broadcasting, owned by the Harlem Globetrotters.) Also during this time, WDEE-FM changed to news/talk as WDRQ-FM; that lasted until 1972, when Charter Broadcasting bought WDRQ and switched to Top 40, using such memorable slogan as “I Q in My Car”. Four decades and several formats later, that station is now playing contemporary country music again, under Cumulus Media ownership as “Nash FM.”
The WDEE calls later had a brief revival as a daytime-only classic-country music station in Reed City, Michigan, coincidentally also at AM 1500. This station has since gone off the air, but the calls survive on its onetime FM sister station, WDEE-FM, which runs an oldies format as “Sunny 97.3.”
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A MCRFB NOTE: According to the Detroit Free Press (December 26, 1969) the very first song heard after WJBK made the transition to the new WDEE was, “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail” by Buck Owens.
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(Source: WDEE; Wikipedia)
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E. J. Korvette, the New York based department store chain (with multiple stores scattered throughout six eastern and mid-western states), opened its first two department stores in the Detroit metropolitan area, last month, August, month, 57 years ago.
The store’s grand-opening, opening two locations in Roseville (Gratiot and 12 Mile) and in Southgate, Mi. (Fort and Pennsylvania Rd.) was held on August 15, 1963 (according to The Detroit Free Press).
In the 1960s, the department chain published a weekly ‘Parade of Hits‘ record singles chart (tabulated out of New York). The chart was made available for the retailer’s large in-store record department. The Korvette listing showcased the most popular 40 singles for the week, as was dated, starting every Monday.
By 1974, Detroit had five E. J. Korvette stores on the map. Having expanded to Redford, Southfield and Madison Heights. By that time (and most likely due to retail competitor K-Mart’s growth and dominance in the Detroit market share), the Korvette stores were by then sustaining serious financial and sales decline. By year’s end, 1975, the five stores were no longer in operation in the Detroit area.
Five years later, having declared bankruptcy, the former New York-based department store (having been sold and under new ownership in 1979), officially came to it’s demise on December 24, 1980. What was left of the 17 remaining stores, all were permanently closed.
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(Source: E. J. Korvette; Wikipedia, The Detroit Free Press)
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Records listed in BOLD FACE made the greatest upward rise from last week’s chart. CHECK SYMBOLS indicates new on chart this week. National Popularity based on sales data provided exclusively to Music Business by the nation’s largest retail chains, plus radio play and sales by standard retail outlets, one stops and racks
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MUSIC BUSINESS was previously a specialized magazine called “Country Music Reporter“, then evolved into “Music Reporter” in 1957, having transformed from a pure country publication into a mainstream music trade journal. It became Music Business by early 1964, assuming a new name. The weekly journal terminated publication immediately after the June 5, 1965 issue was published.
Above singles and albums charts courtesy of Music Business, as issued, for the week of September 12, 1964.
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DETROIT — (September 2) — Bang recording artist Van Morrison visited Detroit on promotion Friday and Saturday (August 18 -19) . . . TheMerry-Go-Round were in Detroit Monday (August 21) to do some promotional work . . . Talent playing at the Michigan State Fair which began Friday (August 25) and runs through Monday (September 4) included Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66; Diana Ross and the Supremes; Buddy Greco with Buddy Rich and theKing Cousins; the New Vaudeville Band; the Rationals, Question Mark and the Mysterians, and theSandpipers . . . Ted Lucas of the Misty Wizards sold a song toJay and the Techniques and it may be their next single. Lucas wrote the Wizards’ current Reprise single “It’s Love” . . . Bobby Darin opens at the Roostertail on Sept. 7.
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Information and news source: Billboard; September 2, 1967
Question Mark & The Mysterians. One of the many acts billed for the Michigan State Fair, at the fairgrounds in Detroit, August and September, 53 years ago.
Detroit Free PressSunday, August 27, 1967(click on ad 2x for largest PC view; tap on image and stretch ad on your mobile device for detailed view).
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 September 9-15, 1964
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