THE QUEEN of SOUL
1942 – 2018
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Aretha Franklin Dies at 76
THE QUEEN OF SOUL: DETROIT STAR TRANSFORMED AMERICAN MUSIC . . . AUGUST 16, 2018
Category: Flashbacks
WNIC 100.3: FROM THE PROGRAMMER. A STAFF MEMO
A MCRFB NOTE
JIM FELICIANO
A typical staff memo, from the desk of Joel Lind, WNIC programmer (1986-1988)
Revamping the weekend scheduling
Johnny Williams joined the airstaff in late 1985, having replaced Renee Greenwood, interim host to WNIC’s ‘Pillowtalk.’ For several weeks, Greenwood temporarily replaced Alan Almond after he left WNIC for WMJC in November 1985.
In this memo, Renee Greenwood’s “Saturday Night Rendezvous” program was added to Saturday nights, retaining the “Pillowtalk” hours, 7-12 M. As the memo suggests, “Pillowtalk” music (now with Johnny Williams) was to be heard across the Detroit airways — 7 nights a week.
While I was employed there (1983-1987), Jim Harper, morning host and program director at WNIC, left for WDTX 95.5 in July 1986. Joel Lind, replacing Harper, was hired as WNIC station programmer in May, 1986.
This was the weekend schedule. As mandated by the program director. Over 31 years ago on 100.3 WNIC . . . ‘Detroit’s Nicest Rock’
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WARMEST WISHES… HAPPY BIRTHDAY! TOM SHANNON
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM SHANNON!
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A Detroit radio and television broadcast legend, his voice has been heard for four decades on numerous great Detroit radio stations, such as CKLW, WJBK, WXYZ, WCAR, WMJC, WTWR, CKMR, and WCXI.
He formally began his illustrious radio career as a news person, while in his teens, in Buffalo in 1955. He left Buffalo’s WKBW for CKLW in Windsor in December 1964, replacing Terry Knight.
After 50 years in radio (and television) after having been in multiple radio markets around the country, Tom Shannon retired from broadcasting radio in 2005. Tom’s last DJ stint was on WHTT-FM, Buffalo. He was 67.
He is a member of the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.
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In observation of his 80th birthday, Saturday, August 11, 2018, today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends warmest birthday wishes to Tom Shannon! 🙂
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TOM SHANNON: TWO DETROIT MEDIA NEWSPRINT ADS!
Sunday, January 20, 1980
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Monday, February 3, 1969
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DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE ADS
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DETROIT FREE PRESS: TOM SHANNON
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ROOSTERTAIL ’66: FOUR TOPS LIVE AT THE UPPER DECK!
‘THE UPPER DECK’ PRESENTS! THE FOUR TOPS * Scott Regen * AUGUST 22, 1966
CONSUMERS STEREO ELECTRONICS ’68: RADIO SHACK!
CONSUMER ELECTRONICS 1968
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50 YEARS AGO
Tape recorders. Home stereo components. Portable record players. Transistor radios.
A look back at some of the ’60s electronics American consumers were buying from the Radio Shack chain, 1968. These four product pages were taken from the Radio Shack catalog, from that year.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks found an amazing website online where you can view the entire archived Radio Shack publications — where you can view page-to-page — every single catalog from 1936 to 2005.
It’s a ‘Realistic’ decades’ electronic blast from the past you’ll enjoy viewing. Check it out! ?
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KEENER 13! BOB GREEN RECALLS: ’60s BRITISH SOUND
BOB GREEN * THE ’60s BRITISH INVASION * BOB GREEN PRODUCTIONS 2010 (A)
BOB GREEN * THE ’60s BRITISH INVASION * BOB GREEN PRODUCTIONS 2010 (B)
BOB GREEN * THE ’60s BRITISH INVASION * BOB GREEN PRODUCTIONS 2010 (C)
THANK YOU, BOB GREEN
A special THANK YOU goes out to Bob Green for sharing his special WKNR/WOMC ‘British Invasion’ memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
Having never aired, this exclusive Bob Green production segment was intended for broadcast/airing during the ‘WOMC 104.3 Detroit Radio Reunion‘ in 2010.
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WES MONTGOMERY, 45, DEAD OF HEART ATTACK . . . JUNE 29, 1968
Former Verve Label Jazz Guitarist Switched For A&M Records Last Year
INDIANAPOLIS — Wes Montgomery, whose albums topped Billboard’s Jazz Chart for 24 of the first 25 weeks of 1968, died of a heart attack at his home here on June 15. He was 45. The jazz guitarist was home after a concert tour with a quintet that included his brothers Buddy and Monk.
Montgomery, after several successful years on Verve, switched to A &M last year. His first A &M album “A Day In The Life” topped the jazz chart for the last four weeks of 1967 and chalked up 22 more weeks as No. 1 this year. His second A &M album “Down Here On The Ground” had two weeks on top.
“A Day In The Life” also scored high on the album chart, starting this year at No. 13. Verve’s “Best of West Montgomery” also registered well on both charts. Other Verve albums that hit the jazz chart last year were “Tequila,” “California Dreaming,” and “Dynamic Duo.” The last also featured organist Jimmy Smith.
Montgomery’s Verve album “Goin’ Out of My Head” was the 1966 Grammy Award winner as the best instrumental jazz performance. Smith’s Verve albums were produced by Creed Taylor since 1963.
It was Taylor who suggested the guitarist do his first album with orchestra. The LP, “Movie Wes,” was released in 1965. Then came “Bumpin’ ” and “Goin’ Out Of My Head.”
He toured with the Lionel Hampton Band for two years beginning in 1948.
He began recording for Riverside Records in 1959 and regularly toured with a small group that usually included his brothers. Montgomery also had two albums on Pacific Jazz. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; June 29, 1968)
MOTOWN MONDAYS: A ’66 MOTOWN NEWS PRINT AD!
Tuesday, December 27, 1966
A MOTOWN MONDAY ‘BACK-PAGE’ NEWS PRINT AD
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DETROIT MOTOWN MONDAY RECORD FLASHBACK ’65!
FRANK WILSON * 1965
JACK WHITE’S THIRD MAN RECORDS (Detroit) NOW OWNS THIS ULTRA-RARE MOTOWN SINGLE!
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Recently, Detroit’s own Jack White reportedly paid $70,000 (according to WDIV; June 21) to Eastpointe’s Melodies and Memories for the titled Frank Wilson 1965 Motown single and will be keeping it in Detroit. Purportedly, out of 250 initially pressed (the entire lot was alleged having been destroyed by Motown) the Frank Wilson single is just one of two known to exist today.
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