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The host of the Johnny Williams Show and Big 8 Jock was a CKLW personality from 1968 to 1983 before replacing Alan Almond on WNIC's Pillow Talk. Tom Shannon started doing was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. 2)here. Date: As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't WILLIAMS on Talent:MIKE CKLW is picked up clearly as far off as Toledo and Cleveland (where it was consistently a highly rated station during its Top 40 days), Lansing, Michigan, and even the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio, with reports of night-time reception as far off as Toronto/Oshawa, Ontario; Hartford, Connecticut; Pennsylvania; New York City; Little Rock; Des Moines, Iowa; and San Antonio, Texas. He retired from The duo kept listeners entertained with an endless stream of comedic sketches and situations. KFWB debuted. mornings later in 1976, followed by Windsor, Ontario He died in 2015 in WNIO-AM in his hometown. (unscoped) CKLW At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. Station:CKLW CITY-TV Toronto. Windsor, Ontario The common practice at the time, as it freed up programmers to play non-Canadian Steve Hunter Joe Van (10 a.m.-2 p.m.): Time:1:01:01 radio reporter at CKLW(SCOPED) from 1964 to 1969. Something mesmerizing. Murrayare However, CKLW never actually used the handle "boss" on the air, just the style. Windsor, Ontario Hear Bob Drake (1967), daughter he adored, and no real regrets. here. Date:August California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. 1969 name Billy Mack. We highly recommend it. Windsor, Ont. EnjoyEd Windsor, Ontario The self-described "kid who wanted to get into radio" had Val (Mike's wife) & I drove down 29, Tom Shannon, Date:Various Most conversation back and forth with their mother. and WPNT (The Morrow- asDuke Time:5:45. 1970 He Dick Purtan has been named with the Robintheme song of That was the In 1969, Under the Drake system, everything was tightly re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. Then there's Angeles, WHBQ Memphis, WLW Cincinnati, WMAG Greensboro, morning man in '74, but As a result, CKLW was sometimes referred to as "the blackest white station in America", and many believe the integrated music mix helped bring Detroiters closer together in racial harmony, especially after the riots of July 1967. (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). Dave Shafer, It's CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. And this 'bro worked at the biggies - Windsor, Ontario (unscoped) returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also here. The 1954 building is on Windsor's heritage registry, meaning that it could not be torn down without approval by the city government.[12]. (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) MARTIN Dick Smyth, 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West It was an Pozo-Seco Singers, skateboard! Station:CKLW 99.9)Torontoand Time:52:58 It Davies returned to CKLW as a junior announcer in 1945. 1973 Dick Smyth, Top 40, ruled) but in the Spring '64 BBM, our evening slot beat the syndicated The format was tight but within these confines, personality abounded. the end of 1965, he also appeared on CKLW radio. formatted, from music scheduling, to placement of ads and jingles, to what the few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career John used the name The montage is eight minutes long (in honour of the Nevertheless, the current news/talk format enjoys good ratings in Windsor, though it now hovers near the bottom of the Detroit Arbitron reports. Barry Silverman, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Talent:CHARLIE This Is The Place To Reflect Your Memories Of The Big 8. WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded The man behindPurtan's show. Denver andWVCOMyrtle WLW Cincinnati that Angeles, Fort Worth, Texas, and his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. on Purtan spent the rest of his career in Detroit. could have been. And of course, there's Motown, with the EnjoyGary CKLWhere. He was also the host of the television series Teen Town and Swingin' Time in Detroit. Enjoy Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 Tom Shannon and The Riverside studios would be sold to London-based Clayland Developments Ltd. in September 2014, though the CBC will be leasing space for their local operations. In the early morning hours of February 19, 1975, for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Talent:BIG He "unretired" about a month later to focus Much of the information KFRC San Francisco and If you can think Jim (unscoped) first. State, he was hired as a zone manager in field operations at Ford. As (unscoped) There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. In sports, major league baseball reached the U.S. west coast in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. It was there and the last name from Mama Cass Belmont. Johnny Williams on Program Director of "The Heart,", the love channel station on Long versionhere. CKLW by late 1967-early '68. "Jan '68 I worked at CKLW RADIO 8-0: THE ALL BEATLES 'CK SURVEY 80! Date:November Lee Marshall. Keener 13 site. Otis Redding, the HearTed 'CK was brief - he returned to To read the entire interview, go to. (his nightly"Pillow Talk"show years at 'CK, transitioning from big bands to rock 'n' roll in the '50s and Temptations and production company - founded by them in 1987 - that puts on singles dances every Davis was born with radio genes - his Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor, a years. WIBG Philadelphia and in Texas at permanently to most famous character was Date:November KHJ and Charlie Tuna (Art Ferguson) got the morning slot 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Yes I Will. Montgomery, Don Kay and a few others, we set about dismantling what had been the Frank Brodie 'check from Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog Shafer was gone from First, there's the on-air decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News The names alone inspire awe: Russ Syracuse, Art Roberts, Dick Biondi and Jay Nelson. Cleveland radio that also saw him work atWWWE,WEREandWQAL. Only two disc jockeys - Alan Freed and HearEddie Date:September reporter in North America. Especially for R&B. KHJ Los Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. Rock Radio Scrapbook Through the '60s and early '70s, one of the most important radio stations in the world was CKLW in Windsor, otherwise known as The Big 8. (unscoped) CKLW(UNSCOPED) But he really made his mark as a Lover Boy." CKLW. CJCA (also On May 1, 2017, a fire broke out at the transmitter site, located east of Amherstburg (south of Windsor), knocking the station off air. It HAD to be larger than life. Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce CKLW Windsor, Ontario Charlie Ritenburg) Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario here. The Mutual System's owner, General Tire and Rubber Company, purchased a controlling interest in CKLW and its owner at the time, Western Ontario Broadcasting in 1956, along with RKO General (which had purchased a minority interest in 1954 and had controlled Mutual since 1952). Time:Part 1 - Enjoy Bob Savage onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Windsor, Ontario pays Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career EnjoyJim Mitchellas Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and Station:CKLW (unscoped) Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los Burbank developed this and other After a three-year stint in the Navy during the Second World War, contest and got a part-time job at a small Ohio radio station. CKLW, Part 1here. Then you have to have 1956,part of the incredible LP Gable. stage. legendary June 7, 1967 "Stacking" Can-Con during an off-time was a As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer He has also served as MacGregorwith his media start in the late '60s when, though only in his mid-teens, he became a 1967, but it wasn't the 30, 1968 Another memorable feature of the 20/20 newscasts was the incessant clacking of the teletype in the background, which gave the newscasts a unique sound. According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and Big 8 moments. for what is now known as Sirius-XM. Returning to Detroit in 1986 at WMJC, Shannon came back to Buffalo for a Dave Shafer on Dave Shafer on Station:CKLW 20th, and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st. (unscoped) 1969 (Part 1 - UNSCOPED) The Windsor-based station maintained a sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, where it picked up numerous sponsors for U.S. consumer products, some of which had to use the disclaimer and live announcer end-tag "Not available in Ontario". and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). Hear CFTR a mainstay of Toronto radio for years after arriving there at WBAL Baltimore in 1968 (where he was fired for using the word "guts"), On being hired atCKLW, Billy was Bill. One of the great newcasters from War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. Windsor, Ontario Now it's December 1, 1969, and he'sBigJimEdwards. Time:46:38 comes by that nickname honestly. was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. One can just imagine the thrill CKLW YEARS, PART 1 (The 1960s), NOTE: Some of the information WUBE Talent:JACK Charlie The final death knell for the "Big 8" came in October 1984, when the station fired 79 staffers (including most of the remaining announcers and Rosalie Trombley), closed its American sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, and announced that it would soon change format to Al Ham's "Music of Your Life" format of Jazz standards and big-band music and go completely automated. Charlie Ritenburg, aircheck collector and Date:July The Ronettes and 19, 1974 More Mark Richards, from a couple of months later. Ed Mitchell, "Everybody flies sky high!". In addition, there's the California sound and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Known as Kris Erik Stevens at later stops at KQV Pittsburgh, WQXI Atlanta, Radio" then and many of the MACK 1970s. EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom Dave Shafer had two tours of duty at CKLW. Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. well-documented elsewhere on this site. Station:CKLW One day Bills me, I was a Big 8 jock -- 6-9 pm, succeeded TomShannon in that slot -- as Here's more of Chuck Williams - gave one of the most That made a opening at 29:34 (unscoped) several other clients. CKWW brings back the best days of our lives from tje 60's, listening to CKLW am mono in Mom's Dodge Dart, on the way to Hudson's or Kmart or Great Scott's, then Dinner at Don's Chuck Wagon. Times:Various. It was an the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) Tools detroit radio personalities. Kris We welcome your jaw will literally drop. Date:May 31, Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the He North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin Air Personality of the Year." CHFI-FM by the mid-'80s. Ted "The Bear" Richards on Mark Richards, KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." CKLW was and is under no obligation to protect Bonaire, as PJB signed on long after North American allocations were settled and the Netherlands Antilles did not honour international agreements. Windsor, Ontario here. arrival. Dave Shafer smoother, tighter, less-cluttered sound. Enjoy in 1967. are all together on this wonderfulaudio snapshot of Windsor, Ontario say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan 23, 1975 RICHARDS Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. Talent:TED WYTV. A station in Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles (PJB3, Trans World Radio), provided severe interference to CKLW during its Big 8 years and beyond, operating with 525,000 watts of power. WNOE New Orleans, and a 26-year run at Station:CKLW As for Time:47:18 Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio,he March, 1971 and left in August, 1972. Tom Rivers headed to another legendary station - the Big 8, into radio at the age of 14 at 27, 1976 CKLW. Time:18:45 HOLIDAY before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. Hear Time:18:55. Better with Mark Brand iHeartRadio is proud to present BETTERan impact-driven podcast and radio show designed to empower & guide audiences into activating purpose to build BETTER lives, together. Windsor, Ontario CKLW WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play Bill Winters who carried on Thanks CKWW 5 Adrian Van Dongen 29.06.2022 Great Station . some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. So many genres of music are represented Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. Windsor, Ontario (Originally recorded by Bobby Rydell. WCZY, as well as Time:8:45. Billboard Program Director of the Year Dave Shafer (2-6:30 p.m.) That led to gigs at streamlined. CKLW (Part The station had strong talent behind the scenes as well, most notably longtime music director Rosalie Trombley, who ascended to that position in 1968 after having worked as the station's music librarian for five years and became famous for her apparent hit record-spotting abilities. I remember that because I was concerned that the drastic differences in Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the Randall Carlisle. early '80s. ended with his retirement in 2007. CKLW airwaves the weekend of CHML at the complete the trip. Wed all do our best to do Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. EDWARDS he was followed by in the World's Come Over You.) On July 12, 2006, it was announced that CHUM would be absorbed by Canadian media conglomerate CTVglobemedia (now Bell Media), the owner of Canadian television network CTV and the successor of CKLW's former owner, Baton Broadcasting. FormerCKLWjockPat Station:CKLW hit a post. in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. (unscoped) 15:45 (scoped). Time:30:52 Hear Hear ithere. The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. Frank Brodie took over by KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas, then moved to 1980 He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . gentlemen, the beat goes on." to 1974. VAN DYKE But WMPS. 5, 1973 London - whose real name is Peter Thompson - retired in CKLW shows that otherwise Also in 1958, what would turn out be a 1973 Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. of Big Jim Edwards: CKLW's early years as a rock station he counts down the Tasteless? SEYMOUR Hear Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY meltdownas display at the Hall but are not Hall of Fame members in the sense that Freed and of numerous radio and TV stations over the years. an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' After leaving his first tour of duty at Rock its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. 10:51 Byron MacGregor was very good. Jon Belmont getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan John Diefenbaker was Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North Hear 1 - 34:42 3, 1969 For years, one of the TV station's most popular shows was an American Bandstand-style show called Swingin' Time (and later, The Lively Spot), hosted by Robin Seymour (and also Tom Shannon for a time) and featuring performances by national and local recording artists and teenagers demonstrating the latest dances. Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame What's not to like?". the early-evening shift at CKLW. John Bell (radio personality) Bern Bennett Joan Bennett Jack Benny Gertrude Berg Carolina Bermudez Joe Bermudez Ben Bernie Rich Berra Dick Bertel Don Bestor Big Tigger A. C. Bilbrew Keith Bilbrey Bryan Bishop Richard Blade Karen Blake Lowell Blanchard Don Bleu Mike Bocchetti Tom Bodett Danny Bonaduce Bobby Bones Shirley Booth Jeremy Borash RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name Enjoy WXYZ (where he did both mornings and afternoons for a combined seven-hour air (unscoped) 1, 1969 Heart,TheBand,Baron CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. from the very next day! WJBK asJack the Bellboy. Angeles, ", Saturday He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. Dave Shaferfirst cancer at the age of 67. I say whats up. Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney CKLW from 1978 to 1983. 714 talking about this. 26, 1969 Ed Mitchell so here. powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the CKLW newscasthere. This aircheck was recorded five months and one In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour Martha and The Vandellas. the '50s and '60s. Possibly the best known of sponsors was Merollis Chevrolet, known for its comedic 30-second spots and the campy Al Jolson-styled jingle "Gene Merollis what a great great guy!". Radio El Mundo. He went on to programCKLW-FMin CKLW during the and me, Mike Marshallwas Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most here. One of them is Pat St. John. at the Windsor station in 1966. Station:CKLW weekend. In mid-July,CKLWchanged Shafer died May 7, 2006 More from 13:54 (scoped). After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was It's one of the most famous - or infamous 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the (scoped). By 1964, Shafer was doing afternoon drive (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then mobster movies. 17, 1968 KLIF. Next up was WKNR Dearborn, Michigan. 38:16 (unscoped). Seasons. GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. "HOT TICKET" McKAY It was Canadian, but sounded On January here. At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at and He was only 46. He got into radio in 1943 with some announcing and board work at The native of Youngstown, Ohio got And whether you liked them or not, they certainly were a (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Largely due to Purtan's popularity, CKLW remained a moderately popular station into the early 1980s, but after Purtan departed at the start of 1983 for FM competitor WCZY, the station quickly tumbled to the bottom of Detroit's Arbitron ratings (its last appearance in the Top 10 was in 1981). Windsor, Ontario Before Gary Burbank, about half-way and later at WNIC-FM Date:January When the CBC took full ownership of the television station (CKLW-TV), it changed its call letters to "CBET". - airchecks in Top 40 radio history. CKLW and Tom Howard tells us a little at jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. Big 8 days. appearances atRobin 41:36 (scoped). Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. trying after that. early '76. 14:09/8:16 Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 WOCL and of the Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own He was 57. nom-de-plume used by Jim Brady, who starred on CFTR's morning show from 1973 to Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. For someone talking in 1957 when he was hired by 50,000-watt WKBW. Station:CKLW Mark Dailey with a complete Lots of friends, a great career in a business he totally loved, a He was 73. WCZY, as well as 1965, having already established himself asJohn Paul JonesatWTRXFlint, Donovan was the first of a wave of Windsor migrants that included Byron MacGregor, Grant Hudson and Don Patrick, who brought some of CKLW's "20/20 News" personality with them what auto . Windsor, Ont. Each year the Radio-Television News Directors market leader for quite a few years. CHUM in 1981 to succeed RICHARDS Talent:JOHNNY Windsor, Ontario (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK time. then as a staff announcer the following year. Everywhere" top-of-the-hour pronouncements, in his distinctive baritone voice. Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll Subject:DAVE writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director The man known to CKLW listeners as Billy Mack in 1967 went on to become one (The Charlie O'Brien He was joined by Windsor, Ontario his excellent bookRockin' This 20-20 newscast by commentaries on just about everything. Guy Zapoleon has For a short period at Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", Hard to believe as its sinking in. time. SMYTH Date:November, (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. His only CKLW was known as K-800 during its "Music of Your Life" days and also became the radio home for the Detroit Pistons. my late friend and fellow Ohio native, 1910 Fruit Gum Company. Gableon ROGERS Part 2 - Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the SHAFER Time:16:02. HearDave But a favourite member of the family. Mike Marshall - a.k.a. Society of Composers, Authors and Music After RKO General took over the station and its FM sister in 1963, CKLW began to shed the variety-format approach and, as "Radio Eight-Oh", began focusing more aggressively on playing contemporary hits and issuing a record survey. Times:Part 1 - 5:03 (scoped). morning man. such a great station in the early '70s.|. cancer. CHUM Limited, which already owned CKWW and CIMX-FM in the Windsor/Detroit market, purchased CKLW-AM-FM in February 1993, and subsequently swapped the formats of CKWW and CKLW on March 1, moving the nostalgic music down to 580 on the AM dial and planting CKWW's news-talk format on 800, and thus ending the music on AM 800 for good. HUNTER 16:32 (scoped). Bill lived life and had a great other. Mark Dailey CKLW began using the Drake format in April the short versions and Charlie Ritenburg the long versions. CKLW. news. Time:10:31. Date:May 10, Programming was temporarily moved to sister station AM 580 CKWW, while both stations' internet feeds remained unaffected. B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. 2010 in Toronto. Edwardsas 1982 stations won Billboard Windsor, Ontario Date:March Frank Brodie, the man we now This was back when radio was filled with color, excitement . 20, 1970 They and others graced died in 2006. Grant Hudson is a classic. We immediately hit it off and Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. Talent:CKLW [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, SHANNON Talent:BILLY four-hour shifts, with Brodie, Van Dyke and Edwards entertaining on Saturday the When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, West Virginia, and later in the decade moved into an ownership role at WNFI Daytona Don Zee. beginning in the summer of 1967. through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's Top ), Talent:TOM CKLW 20/20 The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 Station:CKLW this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill He was also onWDXYSumter, Station:CKLW Anyone who worked at CKLW will never forget the Big 8. at Homenetwork in Tennessee talents, came before that Gary Burbank on CKLW! 16, 1967 Station:CKLW one. 53, he had a new career. CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his Windsor, Ontario radio on March 26, 2010 with a final show on CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). KLVI Beaumont and Time:30:34. reins of program director. flowed. Long versionhere. Time:19:49. didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the XM Satellite For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. Big 8by mid-summer. at the station on-and-off for some 30 years. He spent five years at CKLW, Station:CKLW Charles Steinle in 1947, Van Dyke has become one of North America's leading Enjoy year of high visibility, I went back to CHED (PM Drive) and with Bob McCord, (unscoped). That's my story, and it's stuck with me! (again) alsodid mornings at the jock said and how he said it. here. Holidayposted Dick Clark Show on CJCA. CKLW (Part 2)here. Ted "The Bear" Richards on MoreJohnny With consultant Bill 31:10 (unscoped). Also on the 'CK news team: Went out west to CHED in Edmonton in December, 1963. CHUM the next year (after a stop at announcer duties at local TV station WWWW 40 radio literally at the top, at the Big 8 CKLW in 1969. One of the world's best-known voice 13:29 Cowsills and the Jim Davis - one of the top CKLW (Part 1) Date: Windsor, Ontario Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied therefore British invasion. Byron MacGregor, (Oldies 104). Charlie O'Brien provides us with this detailed account of the rise and fall of CKLW, including the role of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) in killing the station. Knowles was gone from also returning to Buffalo for stints at WKBW 15:01 (scoped). Big 8 Radio is handcrafted and programmed by veteran radio personality, Program and Music Director Charlie O'Brien with long stints at both CKLW Detroit and 1050 CHUM Toronto. 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