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WHND-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: JUKEBOX MEMORIES

WHND RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WHND-AM 560 * 1983 * TIM NIXON * DETROIT ROCK RADIO ’60s * HR1

Tim Nixon WHND aircheck date: Sunday, October 16, 1983

‘DETROIT ROCK RADIO of the ’60s’ (HR1 of 4)

In Memory of Tom Knight

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NEW! UNSCOPED! In these four special HONEYRADIO JUKEBOX MEMORIES aircheck series you will hear many of the voices and sounds of Detroit radio from the 1960s. Scott Regen, Dave Shafer, Tom Shannon, Bob Green, Lee Alan, Ernie Durham, Clark Reid and more. Also, in this hour, you will hear Detroit radio memories relived by Honey DJ morning-man Kevin O’Neill. Hosted by Tim Nixon. Produced by Tom Knight of Knight Train Productions.

HOUR 1 of the show featured today. Tomorrow: HOUR 2.

THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION

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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-AM BACK ON THE RADIO: SCOTT REGEN!

WKNR RECALLED ON MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

WKNR-AM 1310 * 1967 * SCOTT REGEN

Scott Regen WKNR aircheck date: Friday, May 12, 1967

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NEW! Special THANKS to Mike Lockhart, Ferndale, Michigan, for recently donating this WKNR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks

* The Mike Lockhart Collection *

WKNR SCOTT REGEN 1967

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