If you were just one of the hundreds of thousands who signed up to be a member of the “Burger Club,” youmade it a point to stay tuned nightly to the Scott Regen Show.
The popular Keener 13 deejay “Scott Burger” (whose picture bore on the card as well) would call out a selected member’s number (printed on the card; registered to the card holder) for various station prizes and cash giveaways for Burger Club members — exclusively — listening to his 7-10 nightly show in 1966 and 1967.
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A special THANK YOU to KATHLEEN DUFF (formerly R.O.R.B Member), of Melvindale, Michigan, for recently sharing this WKNR (1966) memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks! 🙂
WKNR SCOTT REGEN 1966
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Detroit Free PressJanuary 24, 1965(a.)Detroit Free Press January 24, 1965 (b.)Detroit Free Press January 24, 1965 (c.)
Sunday, January 24, 1965
A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE
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The Primettes: Diane Ross, Barbara Martin, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard circa 1960
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DETROIT SOUND SURVEYApril 18, 1966DETROIT SOUND SURVEYApril 18, 1966
WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY
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52 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
April 18, 1966
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DETROIT — (03/1968) –The Jimi Hendrix Experience performed at the Masonic Temple Auditorium, Friday Feb. 23. The show was a WKNR-FM Russ Gibb production presentation. . . Ernie Durham, WJLB disk jockey who has for years hosted a Sunday night record hop at the 20 Grand for those 17 and over, will begin a weekly Friday night hop at the club for teenagers 14 to 17. In addition to presenting popular recording acts, Durham also plans to sponsor talent shows on those evenings . . . . Sybil Burton Christopher, originator of Arthur, the popular discotheque in New York, is opening a similar establishment here called the Woodward Streetcar. The Four Seasons performed a Detroit concert Friday Feb. 23 . . . . Sammy Davis Jr., will entertain at the annual Fight for Freedom dinner to be held at Cobo Hall April 28. Cleveland’s Mayor Carl Stokes will be the principal speaker at that affair. . . . Marian Anderson performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s last Kresge Concert at the Ford Auditorium Tuesday, Feb. 13 . . . . Count Basie, Miriam Makeba, Wes Montgomery, and Jimmy Smith Trio, the Oscar Peterson Trio, and comic Richard Pryor performed together for a one-night jazz concert at Cobo Arena, Friday Feb. 23.
Detroit Masonic Temple Auditorium(click on image for largest detailed view)
Diana Ross and the Supremes are now doing one-nighters across northern United States, including college campuses . . . . The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas left town recently to participate in the Motor Town Revue at the Japanese Festival which will tour Japan for one month. The artists have be en scheduled for TV appearances, concerts, and will entertain U. S.troops stationed in areas in and about Japan . . . . The Pop Concert Committee of Wayne State University has scheduled its first pop concert for Friday, March 22, at the Ford Auditorium. Dionne Warwick has been chosen to headline the concert, along with other acts still to be selected . . . . Robbie Dee, disk jockey on WCHB, has been promoted to production manager of that station . . . . Hello People are booked into the Chessmate for one week beginning March 12. . . . Leon Isaac is the new early afternoon disk jockey for WJLB . . . . Currently in progress is the Memphis Sounds Show at the Riviera Theater through Thursday (March 29). Among the artists on that show are J. J.Barnes, Pat Lewis, the Holidays, Eddie Floyd, Pig Meat Markham, Ruby Andrews, and Barbara Mercer. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; March 02, 1968)
Russ GibbWKNR-FMJimi Hendrix on stage at the Masonic Temple(Detroit) Friday, February 23, 1968A WKNR-FM Russ Gibb PRODUCTION Jimi Hendrix (poster) Masonic Auditorium 02/23/68
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NATION’S WEEKLY MUSIC POPULARITY CHART: THE TEN TOP TUNES INDEX
BING CROSBY * Now Is The Hour *No. 01
ART MOONEY * I’m Looking For A Four Leaf Clover *No. 02
PEGGY LEE * Manana *No. 03
FRANKIE CARLE * Beg Your Pardon *No. 04
BING CROSBY * But Beautiful *No. 05
VAUGHN MONROE * Ballerina *No. 06
ART MOONEY * Baby Face *No. 07
FREDDY MARTIN * The Dickey-Bird Song *No. 08
WOODY HERMAN * Sabre Dance *No. 09
GORDON McCRAE * You Were Meant For Me *No. 10
NATION’S WEEKLY MUSIC POPULARITY CHART: THE TEN TOP TUNES INDEX
WAY-BACK RADIO – MARCH 26, 1948
(Week-Ending)
1948 IN THE NEWS
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NEWS THROUGH MARCH —Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. Burma gains independence from the U. K. Winter Olympics opens in Switzerland. First color newsreel is shown by Warner Brothers. Soviets began to jam Voice of America broadcasts. In the U. S. NASCAR is formed. U. S. Supreme Court rule religious teachings in public schools unconstitutional. The Hell’s Angels motorcycle club is formed in California.
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DETROIT HEADLINES. APRIL 3, 1948
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DETROIT RADIO. 1948
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In March-April 1948 these same Top 10 hits had their spins on Detroit radio music shows, such as WJR (760) “Music Hall,” “Club 15,” and “Harvest Of Stars.” On WWJ (950) “Musical Clock” and “Supper Club.” On WXYZ (1270) “I’ve Got Your Number” and “Vox Pop.” On CKLW (800) “Musical Airs” and “Midnight Nocturne.” On WJBK (1490) “Tune Time” and “Album Time.” And on WJLB (1400) “1400 Club.”
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These records were America’s most popular TEN TOP RECORDS for the week ending March 26, 1948 on the Billboard Honor Roll of Hits.
70 YEARS AGO. ABOUT THIS FEATURE
Certainly this was not the music of our generation, nor that of the present as well. But from time to time this website will bring light to a certain time in decades’ past. These were the bands and artists Americans found themselves enamored with. The ’40s era. The greatest generation? Many historians arguably would agree today it was.
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A CBS RADIO SPECIAL REPORT * Douglas Edwards (CBS) * FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968
The New York Times Friday, April 5, 1968
A CBS SPECIAL REPORT. THE DAY AFTER DR. KING DIED
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968
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ABOUT THIS CBS RADIO BROADCAST
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This was the news the CBS Radio Network reported the evening after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
You will hear various reports of widespread rioting and disturbances from around the country, the aftermath. In the wake of Dr. King’s assassination the night before.Hardest hit overnight were 11 major American cities. You will hear reports from Jeb Duvall inChicago; Jim McQuarry inDetroit; reports by Tony Sargent and Robert Pierpoint inWashington D. C.; reports by Ed Rable and Tony Brunton in Memphis; Bill Stout in Los Angeles, and reports by CBS Washington correspondents Dan Rather and Eric Severeid. Anchored by CBS’ Douglas Edwards in New York.
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THE CBS RADIO NETWORK. 50 YEARS AGO TODAY
This special report aired on CBS affiliate WJR-AM 760 Detroit, April 5, 1968.
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER Andrew Young (L) and others standing on balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, pointing in direction of assailant seconds after a bullet felled Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who is lying at their feet. April 4, 1968
A FINAL WORD
While a minute and a half was found missing at the end of this CBS report, the substance of the news having been reported that day is most somber in having described the mood of a nation, having felt over this tragic event, and having witnessed, fifty years ago.
This CBS reporting on the death of Dr. King bears reminding much what the nation had lost on this day in April 1968.
MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN patrolling the streets of the nation’s capitol, Washington. April 5, 1968
