THIS WEEK! A WJBK RADIO 1500 RECORD REVIEW: 1963

**WJBK RADIO 15** *RECORD REVIEW* **DECEMBER 27, 1963**

WJBK RADIO 1500

— December 27, 1963 —

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Compiled from the WJBK retail weekly surveys from this past year.

This special year-end 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 during this year ending, 1963.

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THIS WEEK WJBK DECEMBER 1963

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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

WKNR TOP DETROIT KEENER HITS: WEEK OF 12/29/1965

**WKNR MUSIC GUIDE** December 29, 1965 – January 4, 1966

**53 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK** December 1965

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In Memory of George Griggs

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

WKNR TOP DETROIT KEENER HITS: WEEK OF 12/26/1968

**WKNR MUSIC GUIDE** December 26, 1968 – January 1, 1969

**50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK** December 1968

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In Memory of George Griggs

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

50 YEARS AGO! CKLW CLOSE OUT THEIR TOP 100: 1968

**CKLW BIG 100** *Countdown Chart* **December 1968**

CKLW TOP 100. 50 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1968

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The CKLW 1968 TOP 100 hits in Windsor/Detroit.

This SPECIAL COUNTDOWN SURVEY was tabulated overall by record popularity appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of CKLW Radio throughout the year 1968.

Previewed for December 1968

CKLW 1968

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In Memory of George Griggs

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

THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD HOT 100: 12/21/68

**Billboard Hot 100** *December 21, 1968*

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 DECEMBER 21-27, 1968

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These were the record singles you bought in 1968. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM radio in Detroit, December, on Top 40 CKLW, WKNR, WXYZ, and conservative album-oriented, easy-listening WJR radio.

THE NATION’S TOP-SELLING 100 SINGLES 1968

BILLBOARD CHRISTMAS CHART: TOP SELLERS! 12/25/65

**BILLBOARD** **Top Christmas Sellers** *December 25, 1965*

THE TOP HOLIDAY RECORDS. 53 CHRISTMASES AGO

(From Motor City Radio Flashbacks. Merry Christmas!)

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BIG EIGHT CKLW: MOTOR CITY BIG 30 HITS! 12/24/1968

**CKLW BIG 30 RECORDS** December 24, 1968

CKLW. THIS WEEK. 50 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 1968

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The CKLW BIG 30 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.

Previewed for the week of December 24, 1968

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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

KEENER’ CONTACT NEWS: ‘CHRISTMAS DAY THAT WAS’

**Detroit Free Press** *December 24, 1964*

Thursday, December 24, 1964

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR

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**Detroit Free Press** *December 23, 1966*

Friday, December 23, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR

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WXYZ RADIO 1270 ‘DETROIT SOUND’ SURVEY: 12/19/66

WXYZ 1270

THIS WEEK DECEMBER 1966

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(From the Jim Heddle Collection)

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.

WDRQ-FM 93! DETROIT ‘Q TOP 22: THIS WEEK, 12/15/75

**WDRQ ‘Q’ SINGLES** *December 15, 1975*

WDRQ FM. THIS WEEK. 43 YEARS AGO

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WDRQ-FM the Top 22 singles for the week of December 15 – December 21, 1975.

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In Memory of George Griggs

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