“WINTER WONDERLAND” (INSTRUMENTAL) * FUNK BROTHERS * 1965
Category: Flashbacks
15 STEREO SHOPPING DAYS ‘TIL CHRISTMAS! 12/9/1963
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Monday, December 9, 1963 —
RADIOS AND STEREO MARKED DOWN FOR CLEARANCE!
Home shopping for a stereo unit or for a portable radio? Shopping for a gift, perhaps? Check out these prices! This once famous Detroit appliance store (now defunct) had a clearance going in time for the holidays. As advertised this very Monday, exactly 56 years ago. 🙂
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WKNR TOP 31 DETROIT KEENER HITS! WEEK OF 12/01/65
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— SIGN UP TO WIN A BRAND NEW 1966 GTO! —
A 1966 Pontiac GTO contest giveaway! This was the second of three Pontiac GTOs WKNR would give away in the 1960s. The station gave away their first Pontiac GTO in March 1965, and their third (and last) Pontiac GTO was given away in December 1966, a brand new 1967 GTO!
The above photograph, showcasing the special Tom McAn 1966 Pontiac GTO, also captured a euphoric leap of Keener deejays — pictured here all wearing Tom McAn ‘GTO’ shoes, likewise, advancing promotion as well the shoemaker’s ‘GTO’ brand for their latest footwear to go with the special car giveaway (exclusively through WKNR) in December 1965.
The photograph ultimately would find its way on the cover of the WKNR ‘Oldies But Goodies’ album, Volume II, which WKNR released, early-1966.
(Photo L-R: Jerry Goodwin, Dick Purtan, Scott Regen, Jim Jeffries, Bob Green, J. Michael Wilson, Paul Cannon, Ted Clark)
— In Memory of George Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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Above WKNR music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate
ROBERT YOUNG. ‘A MOMENT FOR THANKSGIVING’ ’63
A MOMENT FOR THANKSGIVING * Robert Young * NOVEMBER 28, 1963
PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: 11/28/1963
Thursday, November 28, 1963
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: RADIO PROGRAMS for THURSDAY
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DETROIT TOP DEEJAYS PICK THE WEEK’S TOP HITS: 1966!
— Friday, November 25, 1966 —
THE WEEK’S TOP 10 DETROIT RECORDS
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MOTORTOWN REVIEW FLASHBACK: FOX THEATER! 1984
Sunday, November 4, 1984
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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE AD
The Detroit Free Press: ‘Motortown Review’
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WWJ: MICHIGAN REACTS TO DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
WWJ-FM John Hultman NOVEMBER 22, 1963
— FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963 —
JOHN HULTMAN * WWJ * NBC DETROIT
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WWJ WWJ FM John Hultman anchors and reports on the immediate Michigan and Detroit reactions to the news of President Kennedy’s assassination and his death.
Breaking momentarily from the national NBC radio coverage from New York, this WWJ news report was broadcast 7:00 p.m., Detroit, November 22.
In 1963, WWJ AM WWJ FM was owned and operated by the Detroit News. A NBC affiliate, WWJ was represented nationally by Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc.
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NOTE: This is the first of two Detroit WWJ news reports — as broadcast late Friday, November 22, 1963 — Motor City Radio Flashbacks is featuring today.
The second featured broadcast was reported by WWJ’s Don Perrie.
— A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT —
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A special ‘THANK YOU’ to Bob Pratt of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for sharing this historic, WWJ recording (he personally taped) from November 22, 1963 – exclusively – with this website.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured Bob Pratt’s historic recordings, having covered those four tragic days on Detroit radio — as was recorded in their entirety in November 1963.
The reeled recordings were presented in their entirety — digitized in mp3 format — on this website last November 2018 covering those four tragic days. (See and click on the link below.)
THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION
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Photo caption: President John F. Kennedy Is Dead. Detroiters gaze at the WXYZ TV news ticker marquee above the old Detroit Bank and Trust Building, downtown Detroit (1212 Griswold Ave. and State), Friday, November 22, 1963.
A Note of Interest: The old Colonial Department Store is seen to the right in photo, facing State St., as it appeared in 1963. You can view the same building today in this May 2019 Google street map imagery here.
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Last November 2018, in commemorating the 55th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, Motor City Radio Flashback featured a comprehensive Detroit NBC Radio coverage of those four dark days in November 1963 as was reported on WWJ-AM WWJ-FM and WJBK-AM WJBK-FM radio in Detroit.
Our special ‘Kennedy Tapes’ Detroit radio coverage can be found archived HERE
WWJ: MICHIGAN REACTS TO DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT
WWJ-FM Don Perrie NOVEMBER 22, 1963
— FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1963 —
DON PERRIE * WWJ * NBC DETROIT
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WWJ WWJ FM Don Perrie anchors and reports on the immediate Michigan and Detroit reactions to the news of President Kennedy’s assassination and his death.
Breaking momentarily from the national NBC radio coverage from New York, this WWJ news report was broadcast 10:45 p.m., Detroit, November 22.
In 1963, WWJ AM WWJ FM was owned and operated by the Detroit News. A NBC affiliate, WWJ was represented nationally by Peters, Griffin, Woodward, Inc.
NOTE: This is the second of two Detroit WWJ news reports — as broadcast late Friday, November 22, 1963 — Motor City Radio Flashbacks is featuring today.
The first featured broadcast was reported by WWJ’s John Hultman.
— A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT —
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A special ‘THANK YOU’ to Bob Pratt of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for sharing this historic, WWJ recording (he personally taped) from November 22, 1963 – exclusively – with this website.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks featured Bob Pratt’s historic recordings, having covered those four tragic days on Detroit radio — as was recorded in their entirety in November 1963.
The reeled recordings were presented in their entirety — digitized in mp3 format — on this website last November 2018 covering those four tragic days. (See and click on the link below)
THE BOB PRATT COLLECTION
— ABOUT THESE IMAGES —
Above newspaper images courtesy from the freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2018. Newspapers.com.
The above featured images was ‘clipped,’ saved, and imaged from the credited source by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
Photo caption: President John F. Kennedy Is Dead. Detroiters gaze at the WXYZ TV news ticker marquee above the old Detroit Bank and Trust Building, downtown Detroit (1212 Griswold Ave. and State), Friday, November 22, 1963.
A Note of Interest: The old Colonial Department Store is seen to the right in photo, facing State St., as it appeared in 1963. You can view the same building today in this May 2019 Google street map imagery here.
Photo caption: Mrs. Daisy Fisher reflects on the JFK memorial display at the J. L. Hudson building (closed), downtown Detroit, Friday evening, November 22, 1963.
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Last November 2018, in commemorating the 55th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, Motor City Radio Flashback featured a comprehensive Detroit NBC Radio coverage of those four dark days in November 1963 as was reported on WWJ-AM WWJ-FM and WJBK-AM WJBK-FM radio in Detroit.
Our special ‘Kennedy Tapes’ Detroit radio coverage can be found archivedHERE
WJBK 1500 FORMULA ’40 SURVEY SOUNDS: 11/11/1957
— NOVEMBER 1957 —
WJBK RADIO 15
62 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
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The WJBK FORMULA 40 hits was compiled, tabulated and produced by Radio 1500’s Bob Martin and Rosemary McGann.
This survey was tabulated overall by each record’s popularity and its appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of WJBK Radio.
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Previewed for the week of November 11, 1957
Note: By year’s end, 1957, Casey Kasem was no longer at WJBK 1500. Kasem left Detroit for Buffalo’s WBNY, New York, in November 1957. To fill Kasem’s departure, Dan Baxter became the new replacement. Baxter was hired for the all-night shift on WJBK.
Eventually, by early-1958 Tom Clay would fill the time slot allocated the same hours Casey Kasem held prior his exit on WJBK.
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— In Memory of George Griggs —
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
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Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
