CKLW 20/20 NEWS | DICK SMYTH | DATE:MONDAY, MAY 26, 1969
REMEMBERING DICK SMYTH
— MARCH 6, 2021 —
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Today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks pay homage to the memory of famed Canadian news broadcaster and veteran radio news director, Dick Smyth. His voice was heard daily over the Detroit and Windsor airwaves on CKLW in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was also news director at CHUM, CFTR, and later, 680 NEWS.
While in hospice care, Dick Smyth passed away, Saturday, March 6. He was 86.
For more on the passing of Dick Smythe, pleasego here.
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Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends heartfelt condolences to the Smyth family
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Audio source from the Motor City Radio Flashbacks archive.
THE MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS AIRCHECKS COLLECTION
Ed McKenzie. During his prime years on radio WJBK and by the time McKenzie left the station for WXYZ in January 1952, he was by then recognized, having been established in the trade as the “Nation’s Number One Disc Jockey.”
Today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will feature “the saga” of Ed McKenzie. His life and his times in Detroit radio, and what brought this Detroit broadcast (and jazz) legend to prominence. Not just here in the Motor City, but also around the country in the 1940s and 1950s.
Ed McKenzie passed away in 2001. He was 90.
The featured and extensive article was initially published in the quarterly journal, International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC; Summer 1995).
The article authored by Stan Kuwik.
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Note: This article was submitted to Motor City Radio Flashbacks in 2019 by “Radio Muze”. It originated from a former Detroiter — who resides today in Los Angeles — who expressed desire his name remain undisclosed.
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The entire IAJRC 1995 article was digitally enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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WXYZ ‘FUTURESONIC’ Jingles on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WXYZ-AM | “Action Radio” | 1963-1964
FUTURESONIC PRODUCTIONS, DALLAS, TX
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According to renown radio historian and master jinglecologist Ken R., Futuresonic “rivaled PAMS for creative output in the late 1950s and early 1960s.” In this featured presentation you will hear a Futuresonic sampler for WXYZ 1270, Detroit, circa 1963-1964.
Futuresonic also created jingle packages for Detroit’s WWJ in the early 1960s.
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The featured Futuresonic WXYZ jingle package was audio remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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Note: On our site’s Facebook page, according to WXYZ’s Lee Alan, this featured Futuresonic jingle sampler was not used on WXYZ in 1963 nor in 1964.
BILLBOARDDetroit Top 40 Records(Week-Ending)March 5, 1966
BILLBOARD TOP SELLERS IN TOP MARKETS
—DETROIT—
Week Ending March 5, 1966
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THIS (Detroit) CHART IS BASED upon territorial sales of the Top 40 single records as reported by retail stores in 15 top markets, respectively. This chart applies to the Detroit market.
Total markets including Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; New Orleans; New York; Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland; Detroit; Los Angeles; Miami; San Francisco; Seattle; St. Louis; Washington.
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Photo Inscription (written on the back of second photo): “Shutty (9 AM) landing after 3 hours of traffic reporting from helicopter for CKLW.” (Photos: Ira Rosenberg; November 7, 1974)
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JIM HAMPTON (Last Show) | DATE:FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967
— SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Jimmy Hampton, of Cathedral City, California, for recently donating his 1967 (very last show) WXYZ radio aircheck to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks archives.
National Black Radio Hall of Fame Posthumous Award
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(Feb. 27, 2021 at 6 pm EST on Zoom)
The National Board has approved Martha Jean ‘The Queen’ Steinberg and the following industry members into our prestigious National Museum for our 2020 and 2021 Induction Awards.
Guy Brody, Yvonne Daniel, Big George, Burke Johnson, Irene Johnson Ware
In honoring Martha Jean Steinberg, Diane Steinberg (in behalf of her family) will speak and will be accepting the NBRHOF posthumous award presentation.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
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The National Black Radio Hall of Fame
These outstanding inductees join the ranks of those who were inducted in the 2019 National Black Radio Hall of Fame held in Atlanta.
The National Black Radio Hall of Fame located in St. Louis, Mo. is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable non-profit organization established in 2010 to recognize and acknowledge the countless contributions of personalities and pioneers to African American Radio Nationally. Our facility is located in the beautifully remodeled “Big Picture School” and consists of: a museum that showcases memorabilia, exhibits, and displays honoring personalities who developed and shaped Black Radio nationally. (See below)
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For more on the National Black Radio Hall of Fame visit their websiteHERE.
For the Detroit Chapter of the National Black Radio Hall of Fame, go HERE.
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(The National Black Radio Hall of Fame program courtesy of Diane Steinberg)
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— 56 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK —
The above WKNR music chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
— In MemoryofGeorge Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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A sincere, thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
