STEPPENWOLF * 1968
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THE ’68 MAGICAL YEAR THAT WAS! GO GET ‘EM TIGERS
ARTIE FIELDS PRODUCTIONS * “Go Get ‘Em Tigers” * 1968
THE ’68 WORLD SERIES. COMING SOON ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS!
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In commemorating the 50th anniversary when the Detroit Tigers won it all in October ’68, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will be presenting the complete 7 games of the 1968 World Series.
Look for each respective game to be posted on the represented dates the game actually aired over NBC radio affiliate WWJ 950 in Detroit, October 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 2018.
With each posted game featured, you will find game-day links, next-day newspaper pages and clippings (courtesy of the Detroit Free Press archives) and many photos from the ’68 Series.
This exclusive 1968 World Series presentation will be a memorable commemoration recalling that ’68 Detroit magical baseball year we celebrated fifty years ago. Truly, still remembered as . . . “the year of the Tiger.”
So look for it here.
Beginning next week, Tuesday, October 2. Only on Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
A CKLW LEGEND. REMEMBERING ‘BROTHER BILL’ GABLE
CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CKLW-AM 800 * 1974 * BROTHER BILL GABLE
Remembering Bill Gable
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Late Tuesday evening, September 18, Motor City Radio Flashbacks received devastating word from CKLW alumni Charlie O’Brien, Bill Gable had passed away.
A legend and one of the most popular DJ in Detroit during the 1970s, Brother Bill (as he was known at CKLW) spanned 46 years in the radio business.
His resume in broadcasting comprised stops at WEAM (Washington); WHBQ (Memphis); CKLW (1972-1980); CFTR (Toronto); WLW (Cincinnati); WMAG (Greensboro); WOCL (Orlando); WMMO (Orlando) and CHFI (Toronto) in 2002.
Bill Gable retired from Toronto’s 740-AM Zoomer Radio in April 2014.
Bill Gable will be remembered by his radio peers who knew him best — a kind and gentle man, a legendary voice, a Detroit radio great.
Motor City Radio Flashbacks remembers
CKLW Brother Bill Gable aircheck date: Saturday, July 13, 1974
THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!
NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * Jeannie C. Riley * 09/15/68 – 09/21/1968
BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING September 21, 1968
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NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!
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THIRTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “Harper Valley PTA” by Jeannie C. Riley peaked this week at No. 01 (1 week) on the Billboard Hot 100. September 15 through September 21, 1968. (Source: Billboard)
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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1968 GO HERE.
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
THE O’KAYSIONS * 1968
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
JOSE FELICIANO * 1968
50TH! TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP HITS OF ’68!
GARY LEWIS & THE PLAYBOYS * 1968
SCOTT W. HOSTS THE WKNR KEENER13.COM PODCAST!
THE KEENER PODCAST * 07/23/06 * SCOTT W. RECALLS SUMMER OF ’69 KEENER HITS!
THE KEENER PODCAST! JULY 23, 2006
Where were you in the Summer of 1969? If you listened to WKNR, you heard the eclectic mix of pop, rock and soul that was Keener’s late 60s trademark.
We have some of each in this week’s podcast including Keener one-hits from Clarence Reid, Shannon, The Electric Indian, Duke Baxter and the Winstons. We remember the movies of that summer and Philip Nye covers Woodstock and Neal Armstrong’s first steps on the moon.
Danny Mullins of St. Johns in Wyandotte was just 18 when he entered Keener’s Motor City Music Search. We have a pristine recording of his performance along with tunes that Bob Seger and Savage Grace played at an outdoor Oakland Mall concert Keener sponsored 37 years ago.
For you Woodward Dream Cruisers, we have details on how you can stick an authentic WKNR Bumper Magnet on your vehicle, and we count down the top 13 Keener hits for the week ending July 24th, 1969. — Scott W.
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Hosted by Scott Westerman, keener13.com
HARWELL. THE VOICE OF SUMMER’S PAST REMEMBERED
ERNIE HARWELL * McLain Wins 30 * ERNIE HARWELL’S AUDIO SCRAPBOOK
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‘McLAIN WINS 30‘
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Besides the voice of Ernie Harwell, the various narratives you will hear throughout the entire audio book is by Raleigh, N.C. sports broadcaster Gordon Miller. Occasional questions you will also hear is by veteran Duke University sports broadcaster Bob Harris.
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Ernie Harwell passed away on May 4, 2010. He was known as “the voice of the Detroit Tigers” for over 40 years. He called his last Tiger game in Toronto, on September 29, 2002. In 1981, Harwell was awarded baseball’s most prestigious Ford C. Frick Award.
He became only the fifth baseball broadcaster enshrined into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
THE VOICE of SUMMER REMEMBERED
(CD audio set availability, link: Ernie Harwell’s Audio Scrapbook 2009)
CKLW-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: DUKE ROBERTS!
CKLW RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS
CKLW-AM 800 * 1970 * DUKE ROBERTS
Duke Roberts CKLW aircheck date: Friday, March 20, 1970
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Mike Lockhart, of Ferndale, MI, for recently donating this CKLW-AM radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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* THE MIKE LOCKHART COLLECTION *
