A DETROIT RADIO BROADCASTING ICON REMEMBERED

—BOB ALLISON—

1933-2020

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Bob Allison, who was the longest living and still active broadcaster in Detroit, died on March 25, 2020. This video is from his August 2018 induction ceremony into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Rest in Peace Bob.

–Art Vuolo, Jr.

—ACKNOWLEDGMENT—

The above video presentation was created, produced by “Radio’s Best Friend” Art Vuolo, Jr.

www.vuolovideo.com

MARCH 25, 2020

—LINK—

Longtime Detroit Radio, TV Host Bob Allison Dies At 87

Allison began his show, “Ask Your Neighbor” on WWJ in the 1960s.

(Note: WWJ’s Roberta Jasina interviews Bob Allison, August 2019)

—IN MEMORY—

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Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends our deepest heart-felt condolences to Bob Allison’s surviving wife, Mrs. Maggie Allison, their four children, and the entire Allison family.

CKLW! THE CK 80 SURVEY: THE ‘GREAT EIGHT’ 03/24/64

**CKLW RADIO 8-0 SURVEY** March 24, 1964

THIS WEEK 56 YEARS AGO

—CKLW 1964 MARCH—

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The CKLW BIG 50 (plus) 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 March 24-30, 1964

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The above CKLW chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

— In Memory of George 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 and your continuous support.

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

BIG 8 CKLW BIG 30 CHART BUSTERS! WEEK OF 03/26/74

**CKLW BIG 30 HITS** March 26-April 2, 1974

CKLW 1974

—MARCH 26—

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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 March 26-April 2, 1974

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— In Memory of George 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 and your continuous support.

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

BIG 8 CKLW BIG 30 CHART BUSTERS! WEEK OF 03/19/68

CKLW 1968

—MARCH 19—

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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 March 19-25, 1968

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— In Memory of George 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 and your continuous support.

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

SHOWING TODAY AT A THEATER NEAR YOU: HOLD ON!

**Detroit Free Press** Wednesday, March 23, 1966

PREMIERS TODAY! MARCH 25

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WKNR ‘KEENER 13’ TOP 31 HITS: THIS WEEK! 03/24/1971

—March 22, 1971—

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—49 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—

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— In Memory of George Griggs —

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

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

WKNR ‘KEENER 13’ TOP 31 HITS: THIS WEEK! 03/23/1966

—March 23, 1966—

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—54 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK—

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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.

WDTM-FM: NEW DETROIT STATION ON THE RADIO DIAL

WDTM-FM * 106.7 * OCTOBER 16, 1960

WDTM-FM 106.7

—Sunday, October 16, 1960—

“A new FM station will make its Detroit bow Sunday. WDTM at 106.7 megacycles on the FM dial, is located in the Cadillac Tower in downtown Detroit. The broadcast schedule will include talk and good music. They will carry broadcast concerts of the Philadelphia, Hartford and New York Philharmonic Orchestra exclusively in the Detroit area.”

(Note: In this 1960 WDTM aircheck, you will also hear statements from Detroit Mayor Louis Miriani and Governor G. Mennen Williams).

— The Detroit Free Press Sunday, October 16 (pg. 21)

— ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —

NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI, for donating his personally recorded WDTM-FM aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

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* THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION *

**The Detroit Free Press** Wednesday, January 31, 1962

A DETROIT WXYZ RADIO NEWSPRINT FEATURE: 03/03/54

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

— Wednesday, March 3, 1954 —

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DETROIT FREE PRESS

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WAKE UP UHMERIKA! EARL PITTS’ GREATEST RADIO BITS

WAKE UP UHMERIKA! * EARL PITTS

—EARL PITTS—

“Drinking And Walking”

WAKE UP UHMERIKA!

Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio in 1968.

Pitts, who is almost always referred to as “Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun” (as in “American”) is a stereotype of a redneck from the Southern United States. As such, Pitts presents a daily “editorial,” which always begins with a bugle call of “Assembly”, and the words, “Ya’ know what makes me sick?” followed by another line like, “You know what makes me so angry, ah just want to soak mah butt in a bucket of toxic waste?” Pitts then goes off on a rant, either about some cultural topic of the day as seen from a redneck point of view, or an anecdote about his home life or his job at the local tavern.

His signature ending lines are “Wake Up, Uhmerika!” and “Ah’m Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun. Pitts off!” while The Washington Post march plays in the background.

Burbank says that Pitts is the second-longest running syndicated comedy program ever behind Paul Harvey News and Comment.

(Side note: Gary Burbank was formerly a jock at CKLW in the 1970s.)

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(Source: Earl Pitts; Wikipedia)