WWWW-FM. IN REMEMBERING JOE WADE FORMICOLA

IN MEMORY

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Former WWWW-FM/WYCD Detroit Country morning legend Joe Wade Formicola passed away, Tuesday May 30, 2017. He died due to an undisclosed illness.

Joe Wade was the morning man at Detroit’s WWWW from 1987 to 1995. He was named CMA Personality of the Year in 1988. Joe Wade Formicola was recently inducted in the Country Radio Hall of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee, in February 2017.

Along with WYCD alumi Linda Lee (Linda passed away, March 2017), he will be posthumously inducted in the country hall’s ‘Class of 2017,’ on Wednesday, June 21.

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Photos: Joe Wade Formicola (main) in 1993. Joe Wade (WWWW; bottom left) in 1986. Joe Wade (WWWW; bottom right) in 1988.

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NBC RADIO: THE SOUPY SALES ‘MOLDY OLDIES’ SHOW!

 

SOUPY SALES MOLDY OLDIES SHOW: 04 * Soupy Sales * NBC RADIO NETWORK (1986)

 

 

A MCRFB Note: The nationally syndicated NBC Radio Soupy Sales ‘Moldy Oldies Show‘ was heard Sunday mornings, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., in Detroit, having premiered on WKSG-FM 102.7, Sunday, April 6, 1986.

(source: Detroit Free Press, Saturday, March 29, 1986)

 

 

HEAR IT AGAIN! From the MCRFB.COM archive: Our THIRD install of the ‘SOUPY SALES MOLDY OLDIES SHOW’ No. 03 — GO HERE.

 

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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’67 * Aretha Franklin * 05/28/67 – 06/10/1967

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING JUNE 3, 1967

(click on chart image 2x for detailed view)

NUMBER ONE FOR 1967!

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THIRTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Respect” by Aretha Franklin peaked this week at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100, week May 28 through June 10, 1967. (source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1967 GO HERE.

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WKNR DETROIT RADIO: ’65 NEWSPAPER AD FLASHBACK

Monday, May 17, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “New On WKNR”

(Above WKNR ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).

Thursday, May 20, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “’R’ Is For Regen”

(Above WKNR ad courtesy freep.com newspapers archive. Copyright 2017; Newspapers.com).

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A DETROIT WKNR-AM 13 NEWSPAPER 1966 FLASHBACK

Monday, October 17, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Scott Regen: Sort Of ‘Hipburger” ’ 

(Above WKNR related article is courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2017. Newspapers.com).

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