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Released November 12, “I’m Ready For Love” peaked at #2 for one week (11 total weeks) on the Billboard R&B chart in 1966. B-side: “He Doesn’t Love Her Anymore”
WWJ WWJ FM John Hultman anchors and reports on the immediate Michigan and Detroit reactions to the news of President Kennedy’s assassination and his death.
Breaking momentarily from the national NBC radio coverage from New York, this WWJ news report was broadcast 7:00 p.m., Detroit, November 22.
In 1963, WWJ AM WWJ FM was owned and operated by the Detroit News. A NBC affiliate, WWJ was represented nationally by Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc.
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NOTE: This is the first of two Detroit WWJ news reports — as broadcast late Friday, November 22, 1963 — Motor City Radio Flashbacks is featuring today.
The second featured broadcast was reported by WWJ’s Don Perrie.
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A special ‘THANK YOU’ to Bob Pratt of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for sharing this historic, WWJ recording (he personally taped) from November 22, 1963 – exclusively – with this website.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured Bob Pratt’s historic recordings, having covered those four tragic days on Detroit radio — as was recorded in their entirety in November 1963.
The reeled recordings were presented in their entirety — digitized in mp3 format — on this website last November 2018 covering those four tragic days. (See and click on the link below.)
THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION
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Photo caption: President John F. Kennedy Is Dead. Detroiters gaze at the WXYZ TV news ticker marquee above the old Detroit Bank and Trust Building, downtown Detroit (1212 Griswold Ave. and State), Friday, November 22, 1963.
A Note of Interest: The old Colonial Department Store is seen to the right in photo, facing State St., as it appeared in 1963. You can view the same building today in this May 2019 Google street map imagery here.
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Last November 2018, in commemorating the 55th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, Motor City Radio Flashback featured a comprehensive Detroit NBC Radio coverage of those four dark days in November 1963 as was reported on WWJ-AM WWJ-FM and WJBK-AM WJBK-FM radio in Detroit.
Our special ‘Kennedy Tapes’ Detroit radio coverage can be found archivedHERE
WWJ WWJ FM Don Perrie anchors and reports on the immediate Michigan and Detroit reactions to the news of President Kennedy’s assassination and his death.
Breaking momentarily from the national NBC radio coverage from New York, this WWJ news report was broadcast 10:45 p.m., Detroit, November 22.
In 1963, WWJ AM WWJ FM was owned and operated by the Detroit News. A NBC affiliate, WWJ was represented nationally by Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc.
NOTE: This is the second of two Detroit WWJ news reports — as broadcast late Friday, November 22, 1963 — Motor City Radio Flashbacks is featuring today.
The first featured broadcast was reported by WWJ’sJohn Hultman.
— A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT —
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A special ‘THANK YOU’ to Bob Pratt of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for sharing this historic, WWJ recording (he personally taped) from November 22, 1963 – exclusively – with this website.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured Bob Pratt’s historic recordings, having covered those four tragic days on Detroit radio — as was recorded in their entirety in November 1963.
The reeled recordings were presented in their entirety — digitized in mp3 format — on this website last November 2018 covering those four tragic days. (See and click on the link below)
THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION
— ABOUT THESE IMAGES —
Above newspaper images courtesy from the freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.
The above featured images was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
Photo caption: President John F. Kennedy Is Dead. Detroiters gaze at the WXYZ TV news ticker marquee above the old Detroit Bank and Trust Building, downtown Detroit (1212 Griswold Ave. and State), Friday, November 22, 1963.
A Note of Interest: The old Colonial Department Store is seen to the right in photo, facing State St., as it appeared in 1963. You can view the same building today in this May 2019 Google street map imagery here.
Photo caption: Mrs. Daisy Fisher reflects on the JFK memorial display at the J. L. Hudson building (closed), downtown Detroit, Friday evening, November 22, 1963.
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Last November 2018, in commemorating the 55th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, Motor City Radio Flashback featured a comprehensive Detroit NBC Radio coverage of those four dark days in November 1963 as was reported on WWJ-AM WWJ-FM and WJBK-AM WJBK-FM radio in Detroit.
Our special ‘Kennedy Tapes’ Detroit radio coverage can be found archivedHERE
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A MCRFB Note: Only the third WKNR music guide having been published, this Keener 13 playlist was issued Thursday, November 21, 1963. The day before WKNR abruptly stopped playing the music, Friday, November 22. For the next four days, the WKNR news department and the Mutual Broadcasting Network took control of the news out coming out of Dallas and Washington (2:00 p.m. Detroit, EST) after the first Mutual bulletin broke over the wires (1:40 p.m.) President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, 56 years ago.
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This is the fourth of four rare (November) WKNR Music Guides featured on the site this month.
All four issues were digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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A special THANK YOU. Above WKNR music chart courtesy of John Freist.
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY
BILLBOARD HOT 100 NOVEMBER 14-20, 1965
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