WKNR KEENER 13: A 1965 [Detroit Free Press] DETROIT RADIO BACK PAGE

Detroit Free Press March 27, 1965

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43 YEARS AGO: A 1978 GARY STEVENS �?BROADCASTING’ RADIO PROFILE

A GARY STEVENS �?BROADCASTING’ DOUBLEDAY RADIO PROFILE Page Rip: October 09, 1978

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NEW! WKNR KEENER 13 ON THE RADIO: GARY STEVENS

 

 

WKNR RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WKNR-AM 1310 * 1964 * GARY STEVENS

 

 

NEW! GARY STEVENS WKNR aircheck date: THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1964 (REVERB!)

* BOB GREEN PRODUCTIONS *

 

 

Note: A special THANK YOU to WKNR great Bob Green (Bob Green Productions, Houston, TX) for sharing this (fabulous) Gary Stevens, 1964 WKNR audio memory — from where this aircheck originally had emanated from, the recording having been preserved — as featured here on this website today.

 


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A DETROIT RADIO NEWS PRINT: KEENER 13! 02/07/1965

Detroit Free Press February 7, 1965

 

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

— Sunday, February 7, 1965 —

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DETROIT FREE PRESS

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GARY STEVENS: DALY DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS! 1964 AD

DALY RESTAURANT (#1) 5152 S. Beech Daly, Dearborn Heights, MI., 1964

 

DALY RESTAURANTS * Gary Stevens * WKNR 1964 AD SPOT

 


 

 

DALY DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS

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According to their wonderfully nostalgic Daly Restaurant website, there is only one Daly Drive-In (#6) still operating today. Having opened in 1959, it is located at 31500 Plymouth Avenue, Livonia. When WKNR’s Gary Stevens cut this Daly Burger ad in 1964, there were 11 Daly Restaurants in operation. By 1974, there was 17 Daly Drive-Ins altogether having peppered the Detroit map at it’s peak. Daly #1 and #2 were the last to close in 2003.

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“GET THE DALY HABIT!”

 

 


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WKNR-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: GARY STEVENS!


WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WKNR-AM 1310 * 1964 * GARY STEVENS

Gary Stevens WKNR aircheck date: Friday, July 17, 1964

Gary Stevens’ last show on WKNR was Saturday, March 27, 1965.


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WKNR, KEENER: SWEENEY AND STEVENS! APRIL 25, 1998

THE MOTOR CITY RADIO REUNION, NOVI, MI. 1998: Two Keener Key Men of Music, Frank 'Swingin' Sweeney with Gary Stevens, April 25, 1998. You can hear these two WKNR legends talking Detroit radio during the second hour of audio below, WOMC's 'Motor City Radio Reunion' broadcast, hosted by Dick Purtan and Tom Ryan.
THE MOTOR CITY RADIO REUNION, NOVI, MI. 1998: Two Keener Key Men of Music! Frank ‘Swingin’ Sweeney with Gary Stevens, April 25, 1998. You can hear these two WKNR legends sharing of their respective Detroit radio memories in the ’60s, during the second hour of audio featured below today, WOMC’s ‘Motor City Radio Reunion’ broadcast, hosted by Dick Purtan and Tom Ryan.

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WKNR-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: GARY STEVENS!

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WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WKNR-AM 1310 * 1965 * GARY STEVENS



Gary Stevens WKNR aircheck date: Saturday, March 27, 1965

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Gary Steven’s last show on WKNR. Stevens’ first show upon his arrival to New York’s legendary WMCA was Thursday, April 8, 1965.




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