MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS CLOSING OUT THE HITS for ’68!
Author: Jim Feliciano
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
JACK RUBY IS DEAD, DENIES PLOT TO END: 01/03/1967
52 YEARS AGO * JANUARY 3, 1967 * JACK RUBY DEATH REPORTS
WJR FM / WWJ FM aircheck date TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1967
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Bob Pratt, of Farmington Hills, MI, for recently donating this WJR WWJ radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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ABOUT THESE RECORDINGS
As an aftermath to Bob Pratt’s historic recordings of the JFK assassination featured here last November on this website, Bob also recorded these two reports on the death of Jack Ruby. As broadcast on WJR FM, WWJ FM, January 3, 1967.
Today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks presents these two historic, Detroit radio, JFK-related reports. As was recorded by Bob Pratt. 52 years ago.
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* THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION *
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WXYZ 1964 TOP 40 SOUND SURVEY: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 54 YEARS AGO
December 1964
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(From the Jim Feliciano Collection)
Detroit Sound Official Hit Survey
— WXYZ Top 40 1964 Hits —
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This special souvenir playlist of the top 40 most popular records for the year was selected by WXYZ Radio from reports of record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ throughout the 1964 year.
THE KEENER ‘TOP 31’ HITS FOR 1965: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate
NEW YEAR’S DAY ’70: RON SHERWOOD ON THE RADIO!
WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WKNR-AM 1310 * 1970 * RON SHERWOOD
RON SHERWOOD WKNR aircheck date: THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1970
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to David Charles Milatz, of Rochester, MI, for recently donating this WKNR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE DAVID MILATZ COLLECTION *
NEW YEAR’S EVE, 1984: LEE ALAN BACK ON 100 WNIC!
WNIC RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WNIC-FM 100.3 * 1984 * LEE ALAN
LEE ALAN WNIC aircheck date: MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1984
NEW! FROM THE Jim Feliciano COLLECTION
NEW YEAR’S EVE: THE CKLW ALL-TIME TOP 300! 12/1967
CKLW ‘FUN’ RADIO 8
51 YEARS AGO
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This special 1967 CKLW TOP 300 record survey was tabulated overall by record popularity appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of CKLW Radio.
The popularity of records listed within is the opinion of CKLW based upon votes mailed and phoned in by its listeners listing their favorite all time records.
DECEMBER 1967
Over a decade of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The CKLW ALL-TIME TOP 300 hits from the ’50s and ’60s!
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A SPECIAL THANK YOU
In Memory of George Griggs
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Above CKLW music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate