Author: Jim Feliciano

PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: 11/08/1962

Thursday, November 8, 1962

DETROIT FREE PRESS: RADIO PROGRAMS FOR THURSDAY

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(Above article courtesy freep.com newspapers archives. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).

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THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL. 55 YEARS AGO TODAY

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‘CAR DETROIT RADIO: ’62 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK!

Thursday, March 8, 1962

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’Join W-CAR’s 5th Anniversary Celebration”

(Above WCAR ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com)

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‘CAR DETROIT RADIO: ’63 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK!

Sunday, October 27, 1963

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’So Good To Be With . . .  1-1-3”

(Above WCAR ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com)

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‘CAR DETROIT RADIO: ’63 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK!

Sunday, November 8, 1963

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’So Good To Work With . . .  1-1-3”

(Above WCAR ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com)

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD ‘HOT 100′: 11/1981

BILLBOARD HOT 100 November 7, 1981
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 November 7, 1981

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These were the record singles you bought thirty-six years ago. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM-FM radio in Detroit, November 1981.

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CKLW-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: BIG JIM EDWARDS!

CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

CKLW-AM 800 * 1968 * BIG JIM EDWARDS

Jim Edwards CKLW aircheck date: Monday, February 26, 1968

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NEW! Special THANKS to Ted Smucker, Granger, Indiana, for recently donating this CKLW radio aircheck (unscoped!) to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!

The Ted Smucker Collection

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WXYZ-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: JACK HAYES!

WXYZ RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WXYZ-AM 1270 * 1971 * JACK HAYES

NEW! Jack Hayes WXYZ aircheck date: Monday, October 25, 1971

Note: This audio aircheck, featuring Jack Hayes, transitions into the Dave Lockhart program on WXYZ.  With apologies, this aircheck will glitch inaudibly high speed at 23:48 near the end of the Dave Lockhart segment. Jack Hayes on WXYZ is the one and the same DJ heard on WHND (’80s and ’90s) aka Richard D.

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The Jim Feliciano Collection

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THIS WEEK IN AMERICA! BILLBOARD ‘HOT 100′: 11/1980

BILLBOARD HOT 100 November 8, 1980
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TABULATED BY RECORDS RETAIL SALES AND RADIO AIRPLAY

BILLBOARD HOT 100 November 8, 1980

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These were the record singles you bought thirty-seven years ago. Many went on to become the most popular radio airplays heard on AM-FM radio in Detroit, November 1980.

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS! BERRY GORDY, JR.

DETROIT FREE PRESS Monday, December 28, 1964 (click on image 2x for larger PC view)
Berry Gordy Jr. poses with the Supremes’ newest Motown album outside Hitsville USA headquarters on West Grand Boulevard in June, 1964. Detroit Free Press/Tony Spina; click on image 2x for largest PC view)

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