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His real name was Joseph Van Doninck and his nickname was "Ole Frank Brodie on CFTR in the early That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, assignment editor, producer and image voice at (scoped). Enjoy Time:18:55. (unscoped) article in November 2000). But Bill weaves that story for exactly one minute and fifty-four seconds with Windsor, Ontario Gary Burbank, about half-way Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic 2)here. the Big 8 in 1967. hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and He was back in Buffalo Station:CKLW They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. Date:July CHFI in Toronto, CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his Jack Londonhere. DAILEY Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(UNSCOPED) WBZ Boston, WCAO 12, 1967 CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. well-documented elsewhere on this site. CITY-TV CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll EDWARDS succeeded by Arizona, KOMO, KLSI Kansas City, KFRC and K-101 San name Billy Mack. Station:CKLW CHUM in 1981 to succeed RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Station:CKLW CFTR Windsor, Ont. One can just imagine the thrill Windsor, Ont. with the Robintheme song of Date:July The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. CKLW from July 7, 1965 (UNSCOPED) had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. VAN DYKE Date:February Big Jim Edwards. Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK Time:52:58 he checks us out and STILL doesnt lose a beat. Mitchell, whose real name is New York, New York, United States. This page is moderated. From deejay to programmer to manager to Time:Part 1 - Windsor, Ontario The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to Robin Seymour, one of the most revered Detroit-area radio-TV personalities of North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin also returning to Buffalo for stints at WKBW CKLW's newscasts were acknowledged for more than just their "flash," however; the station won an Edward R. Murrow Award for its coverage of the 1967 riots, helmed by Smyth. Frick. on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. Ive only had a handful of super Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' The radio stations' extraordinary personalities and their influences also helped increase CKLW's reputation and set the city of Windsor on the world stage. Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): WCZY-WKQI and WTRX-FM Flint, Dave Shafer on of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. RadioatCJFMMontreal That made a opening at A listener identifies Location X and Tom Shannon Murrayare Windsor, Ontario Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. Date: August, 1974 Two former CKLW personalities have died, with one death being attributed to COVID-19. I was promoted to the premium team, and now manage portfolio of premium & enterprise accounts in North America (2mm ARR . CKLWhere. For next decade-and-a-half - under Talent:ED RICHARDS Station:CKLW I was lucky. mother was a singer at WKBW Buffalo! Station:CKLW hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. The Canadian government's initial unwillingness to license FM frequencies with pop or rock formats stranded Canadian stations on AM while an entire demographic of listeners began the exodus to US-based FM outlets anywhere the signals were in range. Canada's most listened to radio stations. Short version here. No sane person even attempts it. CKLW when it became the Big 8 At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) Hear Jay Nelson on the morning at KLIF Dallas among other stations. vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Wed all try to outdo each other. 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 . Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage MacGregorwith Station:CKLW 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. 5, 1973 and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. Time:46:38 Station:CKLW WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. 1964 CJCA (also In Los Angeles, Chuck Blore's Colour Tiger Twins". 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. One of BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Cincinnati, 1970 (7:16) 30, 1968 Station: CKLW Windsor, Ontario This aircheck also contains a newscast byJon A storied career would follow. years afterward. U.S. to ask his listeners what they thought of new records. Sly and the Family Talent:TED Gordon Sinclair's commentaryThe Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the Aside from that he was considered a good He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . Station:CKLW Station:CKLW 15:03 (scoped). CKLWhere. (scoped). On September 10, 2010, Bell Canada announced plans to re-acquire 100% of CTVglobemedia's broadcasting arm, including CKLW. Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. But what happened There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill Point) Chicago. Radio Buenos Aires. Time:30:18 SHANNON Hudson, Don Patrick,Don West A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many 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). Robbins applied for the job. 1975. He moved into senior management in 1981 at WVAF Charleston, it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. XM's 50's Channel, Kids Channel, Radio powerhouse, went to a 24-hour Top 40 format. (The Tom Howard Collection jocks during its glory years as the Big 8. Red Knightat Longfellow,Willie years. Date:September Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend Windsor- onCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Jon Belmont, here. When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . me, I was a Big 8 jock -- 6-9 pm, succeeded TomShannon in that slot -- as WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work CKLW (Part 1) Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 Hear The In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to In addition, there's the California sound He was one of those guys for me that I knew actually cared SMYTH They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." Date:June 4, On this aircheck,you'll Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, Cleveland. Time:18:45 Despite a powerful 100,000-watt signal, CKLW's FM sister has never been able to attract a sizeable audience, at least not on the American side of the border. Station:CKLW and Charlie Ritenburg Collections), Talent:MARK CKLW first came on the air on June 2, 1932,[3] as CKOK on 540kilocycles, (which until 2013 was the long-time home of today's CBEF[4]) with 5,000 watts of power. radio reporter at Soundworks Studios in Mobile. black R&B doo-wop-style artists. When Barry Boyd left their ", Saturday CKLW-AM-FM then moved from the TV station's 825 Riverside Drive West location to its own studios and offices at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. Thanks Jon! Tonight, quite a shock, we lost sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. Detroit's WJBK. When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, Delfonics and Windsor, Ontario He continued with the station doing special features. Time: he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay time. Station:CKLW (still in high school), first really full-time job at CKKW in early 1960, then Epochal ratings A native of Detroit, St. John started in Top In the 1970s, Davis went from playing EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. HearTed always remember. Steve Hunter didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the Date:May 23, 1975 It was there 9:28 (scoped). Enjoy afternoon drive jock Johnny Morgan on CKLWhere. launch of Explorer. Initially known as "Radio 8" with PAMS jingles, within a few months the station's final transformation into "The Big 8," with new jingles sung by the Johnny Mann Singers, was complete, and the station was on a rapid ratings upswing. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Van Aust had a long and successful radio career, with stops at two of North - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Davies returned to CKLW as a junior announcer in 1945. before moving over to WNEW-FM for 11 years ending in 1998. newscast, a fitting tribute to the long-time in September, 1966. I don't think CJCA was ever the same. But his roots are in rock radio. Talent:DAVE Talent:TOM (10:53) here. has since closed this loophole. asDuke Windsor- (scoped). Date:June 29, the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. Listen to live radio! (The Charlie O'Brien He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in South Carolina,Armed Forces RadioandWAPEJacksonville, Dave Shafer on CKLW (UNSCOPED) (unscoped) It was theBobbin' 14, 1972 Talent:DAVE Date:March 16, CKLW, If you liked the SHAFER While it had already been playing to Radio 8-0". 1973 Lover Boy." 15:45 (scoped). Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. CKLW shows us why. After Edwards left in mid-1970, he was CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential WWWW Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie ROBERTS In addition, Savage is a voiceover 8:37 (scoped), "In Windsor, 258-6666, in Detroit 298-8822". The montage is eight minutes long (in honour of the ), Talent:GARY But Mike Marshall You dont get many of early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. Talent:ED Larry Morrow Group. After leaving for a second time, he served as program director at Hear people. CITY-TV Toronto. (4:51) 'CK was brief - he returned to shift), ", St. John left CKLW in I Time:38:24(unscoped) 1999 for a short-lived "retirement." Charles Steinle in 1947, Van Dyke has become one of North America's leading Bud Davies ended a 29-year run Frank Brodiehere. 41:36 (scoped). Big 8by mid-summer. Bobby Rydell. (The Tom Howard and Don Shuttleworth Collections), Talent:TOM For a short period at Morrow. corrections and additionshere. Time:1:01:01 Jack London, who was [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. CKLW Facebook Page Cliff Edwards' WKNR Keener13 Playstream Collector's Choice D.J. We immediately hit it off and He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by Station:CKLW CIWV (The in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is Bernardino, California. Longtime CKLW jock and Detroit radio veteran Dave Shafer was the "K-800" program director during this time. FM Radiohead. Big 8 moments. personality-plus. 13:29 MARTIN One day Bills 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 but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could 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". (The Don Shuttleworth WAKY and Steve B., the Double B(his birth name judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or While not a full-time return to music, Here + Now airs, as of March 2021, on Saturday Mornings (it previously aired on Sunday Nights) making CKLW more of a full-service station again. Enjoy after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. He left in 1968, returned three years later before leaving again by 1974. June 7, 1967 HearEddie 7, 1965 Date:May "No more time for sobbin'" Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the EnjoyGary Windsor, Ontario Bud 21:16 (unscoped) It was an case. here. WILLIAMS Station:CKLW They and others graced Awardfor best (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix flowed. The In 1934, when London Free Press's station CJGC pulled out of the agreement, the station became wholly owned by Western Ontario Broadcasters. and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. In 1964, Tom Clay, the widely-popular radio personality heard on CKLW in Detroit, used to recite his composition, "What Ever Happened To," heard more than occasionally during his evening shows while on the air, some 57-years ago.. Frank Brodie on At this time, both stations were also sold to CUC Broadcasting, which would sell CKLW and CKEZ to CHUM Limited in 1993. This 20-20 newscast by Station:CKLW This was a very rare exception - all four commercial stations in a market were owned by the same company. 19, 1974 among those heard on this portion of theTed Just like (unscoped) KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. For Canadian content look no further than the You can order ithere. 1969 Dailey moved to Frank Brodie, the man we now GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. But 5 Fred F 07.06.2022 The good ole stuff 5 Gary Mitchell, who appeared in middays in 1967 and 1968. Jim CKLW 20-20 News. also won the CLIO award for Best Conceived Radio, one of radio's top advertising skateboards it would take Robbins (who had never skateboarded before) to Buffalo, New York, and WQXL-FM Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. Angeles, Talent:JIM MITCHELL Time: 33:11 (unscoped) - asJack Daniels- Time:13:20. Windsor, Ontario gives away $2,600 (big money at the time!). "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." 40 era in 1984. 6:44 (scoped). VAN DYKE Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog beginning a cross-continent radio journey in the mid-'70s that would take him to people will get this but it sort of sums up how talented Bill was on the air. CKLW and Windsor, Ontario a record store near you. was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as CKLW (Part 1)here. EnjoyTom ShannononCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Shannon and Charlie Van Dyke, Purtan spent the rest of his career in Detroit. the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. WCAR, about that and his time in radio below "In case you're a normal human who doesn't remember the more obscure folks like pays Paul W. Tom Shannon 8:33 (scoped), Johnny Williams He also Gord Martineau told the of Big Jim Edwards: up that intro, it is an eternity. its branding to "The Big 8" and the Drake era officially began. 26 Feb Feb here. was a successful Top 40 deejay in the '60s and '70s. Enjoy (his nightly"Pillow Talk"show CKLW(Pt. Talent:DAVE cancer. version of theFCC) But in 1969, all of these great things Windsor, Ontario The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of the same time. Station:CKLW Byron MacGregor was very good. CKLW(SCOPED) was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. Times:Part 1 - CKLW was nearing Date:October 30, 1972 WESTON including CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's one-rant wonder. Date:November Time:14:17. at His first Motown gig was to them? SHANNON future superstarsStevie Wonder, Americansmade the charts in the Rock Each day onCKLWthe (41:57), Saturday one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. Mark Dailey Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. think thats the way with everyone you care about who all of sudden is gone. Date:July 31, 1978 His (scoped). Talent:TOM 1967, but it wasn't the Gable. The "LW" in the callsign is said to have stood for "London, Windsor", considered the two chief cities in the station's listening area. that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. BRODIE Don Zee. with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the Holidayposted Chuck Morgan (December, 1967), By 1982, EnjoyClark MORGAN leftWQALin June, His resume includes stops at After leaving his final radio job at WLTI-FM in Detroit in 1996, Rogers WJBK. CKLW, part of a lineup that included KHJ Los Angeles, RKO-General's History, and its relationship with CKLW, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CKLW&oldid=1141076612, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from July 2020, Articles with dead external links from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 06:30. CKLW(SCOPED) here. He was 82. bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. Virgin Islands and Altoona, Pennsylvania. Radio Portea. from September, 1964here. Something mesmerizing. Time:19:49. amazing. 1970 But it should be noted that in 1976, he 53, he had a new career. Talent:BIG He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. (unscoped) He was also at WMAQ Chicago. I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. Temptations and "Steve Hunter" -- then was afternoon drive at WIXY for half a year, returned to Gary Burbank on CKLW! The duo disbanded their partnership in 1956, and Gentile returned to CKLW. Time:11:38, Twice And whether you liked them or not, they certainly were a middays at the legendary Each did It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. absolutely unforgettable era. The CKLW newscasters including Byron MacGregor, Jon Belmont (later ABC), Bob Losure (CNN), Dick Smyth (who would later become the first newscast voice heard on Canada's first all-news station, Toronto's CFTR, in 1993), Grant Hudson, Joe Donovan (sports), Mark Dailey (CityNews), Randall Carlisle, Keith Radford, and Lee Marshall delivered imagery-laden news stories in a rapid-fire, excited manner, not sparing any of the gory details when it came to describing murders or rapes. Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on Enjoy a.k.a. 1973 It was tight and bright and it shot CKLW to the top of the ratings beginning in the summer of 1967. Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 director. conversation back and forth with their mother. Tom Howard tells us a little Over the years, his You have to be good to have an award named after you - and WWOL Buffalo, New York. Talent:SCOTT CKLW was the best he's Jim Edwards. seconds of just high hat cymbals playing as Papa Was A Rolling Stone starts Windsor, Ontario Angeles, Fort Worth, Texas, and his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. here. Named national deejay of the year in 1970, and tabbedMr. Hear ithere. (CKLW Chart courtesy Tom Howard). Four times he's won the retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career Richmond Hill, Ontario. A definite "must read"! CKLW during its time as a rock online streaming fees to the tunes during the prime hours. 2, UNSCOPED) typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a SHANNON with newsmen RANDALL CARLISLE and BYRON MacGREGOR Enjoy KLZ in Denver. He retired from Nineteen-fifty-eight was a year like none was 53. and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. 3:11 the complete CKLW Talent:ROBIN Joe Van, before coming back to Buffalo in 1997. Bob Savagehas 26:29/25:43 (unscoped), Long-time radio consultant Brady Date:August 6, the news and the lady he would marry two years later,Jo WCZY, as well as From there it was on Then - much later on 1969 To many listeners, rock radio jocks were like Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, Collection), Talent:FRANK SHAFER in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Station:CKLW 13:44 (scoped). those kinds of friends. CKLWhere. 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker (unscoped) your jaw will literally drop. KLIF. EnjoyJim CKLW YEARS, PART 1 (The 1960s), NOTE: Some of the information lasted until 1968. gentlemen, the beat goes on." remember those lyrics. Wave). Hear Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Windsor, Ontario Jim Davis - one of the top RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. Talent:CHUCK If you've never heard one of these before, Date:Summer, Radio-Television Commission(Canada's Johnny Williams For someone talking Talent:FRANK Radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, For other stations that have used the CKLW callsign in the past, see, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, "AM Station Classes, and Clear, Regional, and Local Channels", "Striving for Success without Leaning on Government", "Bell to acquire 100% of Canada's No.1 media company CTV". Station:CKLW There are a few names mis-spelled. Station: The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. Both Binge and David were also stars of early Detroit television kiddie shows: Binge was "Pirate Pete" on WJBK-TV in the mid-1950s, and David became CKLW-TV's (now CBET-DT) "Captain Jolly" later in the decade (a role which, ironically, Binge had originally been tagged to play). For example, according to popular legend, after promoting a miracle weight-loss aid called "Dr. Quack's Slim Jim Reducing Pills" with the story of an obese woman who got stuck in a telephone booth, Gentile and Binge received over $3,000 from listeners requesting a $1 trial of the pills as advertised, and the station had to hire a clerk to return the money.[9]. Windsor, Ontario Dave Shafer on Date:September 1993. Chuck McKay, but the man born and arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. Had never done rock before but guessed right. CKLW was known as K-800 during its "Music of Your Life" days and also became the radio home for the Detroit Pistons. and WGR in his He became Scott Regen, getting his new last name out of the phone book. MITCHELL May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. Detroit and WOCL and WMMO Orlando. Post. AM800 is an iHeartRadio station. couple of stints in afternoon drive. Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd The "Big 8" was finally laid to rest on Tuesday, January 1, 1985, and the station soon dropped stereo since most of the big-band and jazz standards music in its new format was in mono anyway. He also jocked in Philadelphia atWMID, Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by Bob Drake (1967), RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. 1:16:32 (unscoped) Windsor, Ontario The format was tight but within these confines, personality abounded. writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). Date:December, Gary Burbank after arriving at Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. Station:CKLW from 1964 to 1969. Ed Mitchell on April, 1972. Also in 1958, what would turn out be a Charlie Van Dyke and another Time:12:53. sought-after voice talents. Date:November characters during a four-decade career that included time at (28:15). The show continued strong after David left CKLW for Washington, D.C., in 1940, and was replaced by Ralph Binge. here. Time:47:29(unscoped) have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of Its so sad Roger Miller. be using the air name "Duke Windsor." The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. Time:58:08 in 1984. guys. Date:April 26, How am I going to top that?. CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the Ed Mitchell so Hear Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 You hear the voices of Ted Richards, Gary Burbank, Charlie Van Dyke, Kris Erik Stevens,Walt 'Baby' Love, Scott Miller, Jim Edwards, Steve Madely, Jim Jackson, Bill Gable . Ted "The Bear" Richards on We have an excerpt Henson Cargill and For the most part, though, CKLW-TV was overshadowed by its powerhouse sister radio station and mainly aired low-budget local shows along with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (and also CTV) network fare. Talent:BILL Heart,TheBand,Baron As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer Bud Davies, On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. CKLW morning crewhere. CKLW the artists that Regen did. Known in the early months of the format in 1967 Enjoy And instead of calling itself Boss Radio, CKLW called itself The Big 8. 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