20 YEARS AGO. THE LAST GAME EVER AT THE CORNER
An EXCLUSIVE feature presentation. Going up, Friday, September 27. A day remembered. It was a special day in Tiger history.
You won’t want to miss it. Only on Motor City Radio Flashbacks
Author: Jim Feliciano
WJBK 1500 FORMULA ’40 SURVEY SOUNDS: 08/26/1957
— AUGUST 1957 —
WJBK RADIO 15
62 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
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The WJBK FORMULA 40 hits was compiled, tabulated and produced by Radio 1500’s Bob Martin and Rosemary McGann.
This survey was tabulated overall by each record’s popularity and its appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of WJBK Radio.
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Previewed for the week of August 26, 1957
Note: By year’s end, 1957, Casey Kasem was no longer at WJBK 1500. Kasem left Detroit for Buffalo’s WBNY, New York, in November 1957. To fill Kasem’s departure, Dan Baxter became the new replacement. Baxter was hired for the all-night shift on WJBK.
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— In Memory of George Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
SUMMERTIME! CBS RADIO: GREAT AMERICAN SUMMER
— CBS RADIO NETWORK —
THE GREAT AMERICAN SUMMER
PRODUCED BY JIM HAMPTON. DRAPER & HAMPTON, INC., LOS ANGELES
Syndicated around the nation on the CBS Radio Network some thirty-eight years ago, Jim Hampton (WXYZ, WABX, WJBK, WCAR) recently pulled this special programming from his radio archives and provided this site with 6 hours of the ‘Great American Summer’ shows he produced in the early-1980s.
In these programs you will hear great memories, events, and many of the hits by artists whose records were heard playing on the radio during the summer months the year they were released.
Jim Hampton and Ken Draper (WCAR, WCFL;Chicago) — Draper & Hampton, Inc., Los Angeles — produced this special summer programming for the CBS Radio Network.
The opening theme song was sung by, written and produced by production director Scott Chapin. Special programming features written by assistant writer, Scott Paton.
Program hosted by the great Tom Murphy (WCFL)
Motor City Radio Flashbacks will feature more of CBS’ ‘Great American Summer’ throughout the 2019 summer months.
So look for them here (there is one hour left to go) . . . . meanwhile, enjoy what remains left of this summer. It is almost over! ?
Featured today the 5th of 6 memorable pops of the ‘Great American Summer’
Missed our 4th installment of the ‘Great American Summer’? GO HERE
A special THANK YOU to Jim Hampton (Palm Springs, CA) for sharing this CBS summer radio summertime memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
NEW! ‘DRQ-FM BACK ON THE RADIO: JERRY ST. JAMES
WDRQ RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WDRQ-FM 93 * 1977 * JERRY ST. JAMES
NEW! JERRY ST. JAMES WDRQ aircheck date: MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1977
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* THE GREG INNIS COLLECTION *
— ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —
A special THANK YOU to senior website contributor GREG INNIS of Livonia, MI., for sharing this WDRQ audio memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
WDRQ BACK-PAGE DETROIT NEWSPRINT FEATURE: 1977
Sunday, March 6, 1977
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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SWINGIN’ TIME’ AT THE FOX W/ ROBIN SEYMOUR: 1966!
Friday, July 22, 1966
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: ROBIN SEYMOUR / SWINGIN’ TIME
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SWINGIN’ TIME’ AT THE FOX W/ ROBIN SEYMOUR: 1967!
Tuesday, July 18, 1967
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: ROBIN SEYMOUR / SWINGIN’ TIME
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WABX 99.5 FM: A ’65 DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
Sunday, July 25, 1965
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WABX-FM
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A WABX BACK-PAGE DETROIT NEWSPRINT FEATURE: ’66
Sunday, January 23, 1966
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’69!
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE
“Hot Fun In The Summertime” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart and Detroit Top 40 radio on this date. 50 years ago. August 1969
