A WJLB BACK-PAGE DETROIT NEWSPRINT FEATURE: ’67

Sunday, April 9, 1967

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS

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THE DETROIT SOUND: 5 CHARTS FOR AUGUST! 08/01/66

WXYZ 1270

— AUGUST 1, 1966 —

THIS MONTH 53 YEARS AGO

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

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(The Jim Heddle Collection)

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WJBK 1500 FORMULA ’40 SURVEY SOUNDS: 07/29/1957

— JULY 1957 —

WJBK RADIO 15

62 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

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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.

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Previewed for the week of July 29, 1957

Note: By year’s end, 1957, Casey Kasem was no longer at WJBK 1500. Kasem left Detroit for Buffalo’s WBNY, New York, in November 1957. To fill Kasem’s departure, Dan Baxter became the new replacement. Baxter was hired for the all-night shift on WJBK.

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— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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

A MOTOR TOWN REVUE POSTER: LITTLE STEVIE WONDER

**MOTOR TOWN REVUE! TOP BILLING**: Little Stevie Wonder **1963**

A DETROIT FREE PRESS OP ED. AS WE SEE IT: 06/25/1972

Sunday, June 25, 1972

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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE

The Detroit Free Press Editorial Page: ‘As We See It’ (25 June 1972; pg. 26)

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 07/30/66

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 JULY 24-30, 1966

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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!

THE 5TH DIMENSION

“Workin’ On A Groovy Thing” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. July 1969

IT’S OFFICIAL! WJBK SCRAPS TOP 40 FORMAT: 07/24/64

— July 24, 1964 —

WJBK RADIO 1500

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A NOTABLE CHANGE . . .

“Thank you for following the WJBK Radio 15 Record Review during the past year. This weekly listing now ceases publications to make way for a notable change in WJBK programming which results from a continuing study of audience preferences in the greater Detroit area.

Keep your dial on WJBK 1500 for the sound of ‘Just Beautiful’ music. Tune in to a special sneak preview of ‘The Sound of Music and Total Information News’ starting at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 16th.”

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This official Radio 15 Record Review was the very last playlist chart published by WJBK, week of July 24, 1964.

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WJBK JULY 1964

— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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

DETROIT’S ROCK ‘N’ EASY 100.3 FM: THIS MONTH, 1979!

— JULY 1979 —

WNIC 100.3 FM

40 YEARS AGO

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— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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

A WNIC BACK-PAGE DETROIT NEWSPRINT FEATURE: ’78

Wednesday, August 9, 1978

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS

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