MABEL JOHN on ATLANTIC RECORDS
—1966—
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THE KEENER PODCAST * 04/06/06 * SCOTT W. RECALLS ’60s CLASSIC COMMERCIALS!
As much as we’d like to deny it, those commercials we saw and heard in the 60s are as much a part of our consciousness as are the rock acts we listened to on WKNR. This week we bring back some of the most memorable ad themes of the Keener era. We also answer your requests for the Radiants, the Raiders and some 1970 reflections.
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COCA COLA * JAY & THE TECHNIQUES (1967) * THE COCA COLA CO.
THE FLAG
… Is it possible to wave the flag too much … provided of course, that you wave it with integrity….
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Charles Leo Steinle aka Charlie Van Dyke, first launched his career in radio broadcasting in 1966, as a nineteen-year old with the legendary KLIF 1190 in Dallas, Texas. By the early 1970s, and rapidly-rising in the industry known for his baritone pipes, his distinct voice behind the radio microphone would eventually carry him to major markets around the country.
Harnessed by Bill Drake for his RKO radio stable, stops would include morning drives at KFRC in San Francisco, KHJ in Los Angeles, a short stint at CKLW in Windsor/Detroit and then it was on to WRKO in Boston.
But it’s the Bicentennial Year. 1976.
Seemingly what was lacking was a narrative to commemorate the country’s bicentennial celebration for that year. And that’s when Van Dyke decided to step in.
According to Charlie Van Dyke, he had retained a particular speech his uncle had written and prepared for an oratory-speech contest while in high school. His mother, in adding to the Van Dyke story, had saved a copy of that award-winning speech. That narrative saved would become The Flag.
With minor changes in the lyrics, Clive Fox worked on the produced project for release through United Artists Records. Jimmy Haskell would provide the music behind Van Dyke’s saturated, patriotic salute he voiced-over in The Flag.
Today, while no longer in radio, Charlie Van Dyke continues to free-lance his voice talents for media markets in both radio and television affiliates across the country.
Charlie Van Dyke, we thank and salute you for your acclimated 1976 display and show for true-American patriotism!
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A MCRFB NOTE: Previously posted on Motor City Radio Flashbacks, February 5, 2012.
CHARLIE VAN DYKE * THE FLAG * JULY 4, 1976
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–THE GUEST LIST–
Your last chance to hear them all. The Guest List re-plays begin today, July 1, through Sunday July 5, and it all starts at 10am Eastern/7am Pacific time. The Guest List:
Wednesday: singer Keith Hampshire, musician Bill King, The Wrecking Crew’s Denny Tedesco and Don Randi, Bill Loop (Edward Bear)
Thursday: Sirius/XM’s Phlash Phelps and Pat. St. John, Doug Podell and Robbie Lane (Robbie Lane & the Disciples)
Friday: PBS-TV’s T.J. Lubisnksy, Detroit News journalist/Author Susan Whitall and west coast musicians Probyn Gregory, Rob Bonfiglio, Morty Coyle, Jim Laspesa and Derrick Anderson
Saturday: Big 8 Day – Scott Regen, Tom Shannon, Gary Burbank, Frank Brodie, etc.
Sunday: Documentary producer Michael MacNamara (“Radio Revolution”), John Landecker (WLS), Art Vuolo, Dennis Mitchell (Breakfast With The Beatles), Peter Foldy (“Bondi Junction”/ “Roxanne”)
The Guest List will stream at the top of each hour beginning 10:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m. each day, July 1-5. The Guest List. Listen HERE. Only on big8radiocom!
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A MCRFB NOTE: Yours truly — curator of this website — check out my Guest List Top 10 selections at 8:00 p.m., tonight.
Thank you, Charlie O’Brien, honored in having made your Guest List as well 🙂
THE GUEST LIST * Jim Feliciano * APRIL 23, 2020 (date initially having first aired)
(Above radio guide courtesy freep.com newspapers archives. Copyright 2020; Newspapers.com)
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Above article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2020. Newspapers.com.
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: JIM HARPER
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— The Ed Sullivan Show —
The entire Ed Sullivan Show catalogue hits the streaming platforms!
On June 12, came news Universal Music Enterprises and Sofa Entertainment brokered a deal to license and make available the entire Ed Sullivan video performance from the Sofa library, who acquired the entire catalogue in 1990. UME will make available the entire catalogue for public streaming in restored, digitized form, according to the Detroit Free Press.
For its premiere launch this past Friday, several videos are now posted on the official Ed Sullivan You Tube channel, highlighting the Motown sound. As reported, it will take three years to upload the more than 10,000 performances which aired Sunday evenings on CBS-TV from June 20, 1948 to June 6, 1971.
For more on this story, go HERE.
Ed Sullivan passed away on October 13, 1974. He was 73.
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NEW! For this ‘Motown’ Monday, we are featuring three classic Motown video performances from the Ed Sullivan Show:
The Supremes (1966), Marvin Gaye (1966), The Temptations (1969)
MORE Ed Sullivan Motown performances will be forthcoming on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
