CARL COFFEY WCSX aircheck date: Wednesday, June 10, 1992
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Jason Chase of Lake Orion, MI, for recently donating this WCSX radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE JASON CHASE COLLECTION *
In November 1963, 55 years ago this month, WKMH — 1310 on the dial — faded into the stratosphere while transitioning into a brand new Detroit radio sound.
Today, and in celebration of that event, Motor City Radio Flashbacks presents a myriad of classic WKNR promos heard on ‘Keener Radio’ in the ’60s and early-’70s, courtesy of Bob Green.
A special THANK YOU to Bob Green for providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks with these classic recordings (back in 2001!). The audio presented here was transferred from three separate reeled tapes (boxed) and presented here for the very first time.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends another special ‘THANK YOU’ to Bob Pratt, of Farmington, MI, for transferring three Bob Green Production (reeled) recordings to its present audio format, as they are featured here today.
Detroit AM Radio DJs aircheck date: Various; 1966
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Scott Christides of Bloomfield Hills, MI, for contributing this Detroit ’60s radio compilation aircheck to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks repository.
Scott Christides is the son of Detroit radio great (’70s -’90s), Paul Christy. More Detroit radio memories to come from Scott Christides on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE SCOTT CHRISTIDES COLLECTION *
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For the first time in 16 years, hear the CKLW Radio Reunion Radio Roundtable Show. Big8Radio presents this three hour radio special with Hour One debuting this Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8pm Eastern time.
The following two hours will air on the next two successive weekends, as noted on the dates below —
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Hour 3: Starts TONIGHT! 8 p.m. on big8radio.com!
RADIO REUNION HOUR THREE * Charlie O’Brien * BIG8RADIO.COM
DAVE McNEA CHYR aircheck date: Saturday, August 6, 1977
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Dave McNea, former CHYR morning personality for donating his CHYR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE DAVE McNEA COLLECTION *
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Dave McNea, 19 years old (pictured above; 1975), formerly was the morning personality at CHYR. He started CHEER radio in 1974. McNea’s tenure there would be brief, as he would be at the Leamington, Ontario radio station until October, 1977.
Thereafter McNea left for CHTK in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, his tenure there, nearly 3 years. Next stop was a hop over to Vernon, BC, on CKAL, a Country station 1050 on the AM dial. Having left radio 1987, Dave McNea’s final stop was at CKO-FM in Vancouver.
While CHYR was not a Detroit radio by any means, Detroiters picked up it’s AM 710 signal from across the Detroit River clearly on the dial. Having said, we remember their CHEER radio ‘brand’ and its great Top 40 sound during the 1960s and 1970s.
This CHYR aircheck is 2 of 5 recently donated to the website. These series of airchecks have become our first CHYR inclusions into the website’s repository.
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A special THANK YOU to Dave McNea for his CHYR aircheck contributions to Motor City Radio Flashbacks