CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Al Green*CKLW (No. 01) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Don McLean *CKLW (No. 02) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Melanie *CKLW (No. 03) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Joe Simon *CKLW (No. 04) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Jackson Five *CKLW (No. 05) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* New Seekers *CKLW (No. 06) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Badfinger *CKLW (No. 07) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Betty Wright *CKLW (No. 08) 12/27/71
CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY
MCRFB.COM has every song selection on this CKLW playlist archived in it’s music library. All CKLW TOP EIGHT HITS (1-8) titles were selected by the author for your listening enjoyment, here.
CKLW BIG HITBOUNDS* Carly Simon *CKLW 12/27/71
CKLW, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1971
These were the records you bought. Many went on to become some of the most popular singles heard played on AM and FM STEREO radio, December of ’71, including stations WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, (the new) WDRQ-FM, Detroit.
CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Sly & The Family Stone *CKLW (No. 01) 11/22/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Michael Jackson *CKLW (No. 02) 11/21/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Chi-Lites *CKLW (No. 03) 11/21/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Staple Singers *CKLW (No. 04) 11/21/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Bobby Womack *CKLW (No. 05) 11/21/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Donnie Elbert *CKLW (No. 06) 11/21/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Neil Diamond *CKLW (No. 07) 11/21/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Stylistics *CKLW (No. 08) 11/21/71
CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY
MCRFB.COM has every song selection on this CKLW playlist archived in it’s music library. All SEVENTEEN featured song titles randomly were selected for your listening enjoyment, here.
CKLW BIG HITBOUNDS* Jonathan Edwards *CKLW 11/21/71
CKLW, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1971
These were the records you bought. Many went on to become some of the most popular singles heard played on AM and FM STEREO radio, November of ’71, including stations WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, (the new) WDRQ-FM, Detroit.
For our previous feature, THE BILLBOARD HOT 100, for November, 1971, GO HERE.
Radio Frank Hub for Auto Tape Player Units and Cartridges in Dearborn for 1967
DETROIT — A “please handle” policy on tape cartridges has created a booming business for Radio Frank, a Dearborn-based, 2-way mobile phone and tape outlet here. “First, we tried keeping the cartridges back of the counter,” said owner Frank Meckrock. “But we now we put them out front where customers handle them. First thing you know, the customer is picking up two or three extra cartridges he never intended to buy.”
If Radio Frank returned the cartridges behind the counter, “business would drop 50 per cent,” Meckrock said. Pilferage is rare, but if a clerk suspects anyone of thinking of pocketing a cartridge without paying for it, the store clerk gives them extra special service and attention.
Tom Shannon CKLW 1967(click image for larger view)
Radio Frank, relying heavily on radio promotion, has been moving anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 tape cartridges a month and installing player units at the rate about 200 per month. Most of the business — “about 25 to 1” — is 8-track, Meckrock said. The firm promotes heavily on radio, mostly on weekends when people “have got money in their pockets,” including the major deejay shows of CKLW and WCHB in Detroit.
Tom Shannon on CKLW does an excellent job in marketing cartridges, Meckrock said. The radio advertising pulls 30-40 people into the store on a Saturday. About the middle of May, business tapered off a little bit . . . “there were only three to four cars waiting at a time in line in the alley behind our building to have units installed. We used to have 30-40 cars waiting out there like, for a car wash,” he said. Radio Frank installs units in six cars at a time, “doing this, all day.”
Overall, however, business has been very good. The firm is located on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, in “Ford Country.” Executives at Ford Motor Company get their cars free and all have tape cartridge players; they buy a lot of their cartridges from Radio Frank. The firm was mostly involved in the car radio business until about four years ago when it started selling 4-track units and cartridges.
“I thought at one time that the 4-track business was good,” but 8-track has far passed it.” he said. Meckrock got into the 8-track business in August 1965.
When he used to buy on 4-track cartridges, he bought the music he like personally. Some of those cartridges were still around, he says, and now he buys only the product that would sell. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; July 1, 1967)
CKLW Board Engineer Divulges What Makes Good Comradery Running Radio Shows
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jose H. Llombart, an engineer at one of the nation’s leading radio stations — CKLW-AM in Detroit — offers this personal viewpoint on the job of an engineer at a top 40 music station and his relationship to not only the programming but the air personality he works with.
DETROIT — One of the most underrated performers in top 40 radio today is the board engineer, also known as a transcription operator. Generally, broadcast people are not aware of the professional excellence and devotion that these men bring to their jobs. An operator actually runs the show, is responsible for all mistakes, controls operations of the on-air board, rides voice and music levels, knows the format and must have a good sense of timing.
The operators at “The Rock” of the Motor City give all they have, which will be borne out by any air personality who ever practiced his craft here.
Announcers rely on their operators for smooth segues, suggestions for lines, and encouragement, as well as criticism. CKLW-AM operators are an integral part of the broadcasting and are responsible for making a new air personality a part of the Big Eight Sound. Every good operator feels that “it takes two” to make a good show . . . and a good rapport between the two major ingredients on the air is necessary to insure that the show “will cook.”
CKLW-AM’s strong ratings position in Detroit is undisputed and each operator is proud to be a member of the winning team. The Big Eight engineers are marked by their youth and gung-ho attitude; two factors which combine to make CKLW-AM one of the most popular contemporary stations in North America. Most of the air personalities working at the Big Eight never experienced sharing a show with an engineer prior to arriving here.
Now, all of the Big Eight jocks swear by the set up and enjoy the teamwork utilized in producing a highly-rated show. — Jose M. Llombart
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(Information and news source: Billboard; February 9, 1974)
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* The Youngbloods *CKLW (No. 06) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Johnny Cash *CKLW (No. 07) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* The Dells *CKLW (No. 08) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Sly & The Family Stone *CKLW (No. 10) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Bob Seger System*CKLW (No. 13) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* The Intrigues*CKLW (No. 15) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Lou Rawls*CKLW (No. 17) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* O. C. Smith*CKLW (No. 23) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* The Lettermen*CKLW (No. 24) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Steppenwolf*CKLW (No. 25) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Flaming Ember *CKLW (No. 28) 09/03/69
CKLW BIG 30 HITS* Jerry Butler *CKLW (No. 29) 09/03/69
CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY
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MCRFB has every song selection on this CKLW playlist archived in it’s music library. All SEVENTEEN featured song titles randomly were selected for your listening enjoyment, here.
CKLW TOP 30 HITS TABULATED BY LOCAL RETAIL SALES AND NATIONAL RADIO AIRPLAY
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Don McLean * CKLW (No. 02) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG 30 HITS * Melanie * CKLW (No. 03) 12/27/71
CKLW BIG HITBOUNDS * Carly Simon * CKLW 12/27/71
