PRESS IMAGE: A DETROIT MEDIA LEGEND! SOUPY SALES
Author: Jim Feliciano
NBC RADIO: THE SOUPY SALES ‘MOLDY OLDIES’ SHOW!
SOUPY SALES MOLDY OLDIES SHOW: 04 * Soupy Sales * NBC RADIO NETWORK (1986)
A MCRFB Note: The nationally syndicated NBC Radio Soupy Sales ‘Moldy Oldies Show‘ was heard Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., in Detroit, having premiered on WKSG-FM 102.7, Sunday, April 6, 1986.
(source: Detroit Free Press, Saturday, March 29, 1986)
HEAR IT AGAIN! From the MCRFB.COM archive: Our THIRD install of the ‘SOUPY SALES MOLDY OLDIES SHOW’ No. 03 — GO HERE.
PRESS IMAGE: A DETROIT MEDIA LEGEND! SOUPY SALES
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * Aretha Franklin * 05/28/67 – 06/10/1967
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JUNE 3, 1967
(click on chart image 2x for detailed view)
NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!
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THIRTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Respect” by Aretha Franklin peaked this week at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week May 28 through June 10, 1967. (source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.
WKNR DETROIT RADIO: ’65 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK
Monday, May 17, 1965
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “New On WKNR”
(Above WKNR ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).
Thursday, May 20, 1965
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’R’ Is For Regen”
(Above WKNR ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).
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Missed any previous ‘Detroit Radio Back-Pages’ features? GO HERE.
A DETROIT WKNR-AM 13 NEWSPAPER 1966 FLASHBACK
Monday, October 17, 1966
A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Scott Regen: Sort Of ‘Hipburger” ’
(Above WKNR related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2017. Newspapers.com).
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WKNR-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: SCOTT REGEN!
WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
WKNR-AM 1310 * 1967 * SCOTT REGEN
Scott Regen WKNR aircheck date: Friday, May 12, 1967
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NEW! Special THANKS to Mike Lockhart, Ferndale, Michigan, for recently donating this WKNR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks
* The Mike Lockhart Collection *
THIS MEMORIAL DAY. REMEMBERING ALL WHO SERVED
IN REMEMBRANCE
IN REMEMBRANCE OF SWINGIN’ SWEENEY. 05/25/2017
* Frank ” Swingin’ ” Sweeney *
IN MEMORY
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Late last night, Motor City Radio Flashbacks received sad word Frank “Swingin'” Sweeney passed away, yesterday, May 25, in New York City. He was 83.
In tribute to the WKNR legacy of Frank Sweeney please visit Keener13 com. ‘Remembering “Swingin'” Sweeney‘
On October 31, 2013, Frank Sweeney reflects his memories of WKNR for the 50th year on the birth of Keener 13. You can listen to Frank Sweeney (audio @ 10:09 to 16:13) in this Motor City Radio Flashbacks aircheck HERE.
Photo: Frank Sweeney with Gary Stevens, Novi, MI., April 25, 1998
IN REMEMBRANCE OF TED CLARK. DECEMBER 25, 2015
* Ted Clark *
IN MEMORY
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In February of this year, Motor City Radio Flashbacks received word, having been confirmed by his daughter, Patricia, from Illinois, Ted Clark (real name Alva Phillips) passed away on December 25, 2015. He was 84.
For more on the WKNR legacy of Ted Clark visit keener13.com.
