WGPR-FM 107.5 BACK ON THE RADIO! ROSETTA HINES

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**WGPR-FM 107.5 * ROSETTA HINES * September 11, 1998**

NEW! Rosetta Hines WGPR aircheck date Friday, September 11, 1998

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* THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION *

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

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’69 * Henry Mancini Orchestra * 06/22/69 – 07/5/1969

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING June 28, 1969

(Click on chart image 2x for detailed view)

NUMBER ONE FOR 1969!

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FOURTEEN WEEKS on the singles chart, “(Love Theme From) Romeo And Juliet” by Henry Mancini peaked this month at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. Week ending June 22 through July 5, 1969. (Source: Billboard)

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MCRFB Link: For the previous No. 1 record in the U.S.A. 1969 GO HERE.

NEW! WGPR-FM ON THE RADIO: ‘ELECTRIFYING MOJO’

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**WGPR-FM 107.5 * 1982 * THE ELECTRIFYING MOJO**

NEW! ELECTRIFYING MOJO WGPR aircheck date Wednesday, April 7, 1982

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Mario Simone of Warren, MI., for recently donating this WGPR radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

This is our very first ‘Mojo’ inclusion to the aircheck library from the Mario Simone collection . . . . more Electrifying Mojo airchecks will be forthcoming on this site!

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* THE MARIO SIMONE COLLECTION *

THE ELECTRIFYING MOJO

— CHARLES JOHNSON —

Beginning in 1979, Charles Johnson (a.k.a. as the Electrifying Mojo) was heard nightly on several of the finest urban-contemporary radio stations on the FM side during his 14 years of radio broadcasting in Detroit.

The Electrifying Mojo (never seen), as he called himself on the radio, touched down his “Mothership” on WGPR, WJLB, WHYT, WTWR (Monroe; Saturday nights only) and WMXD.

Charles Johnson closed out his Detroit radio career on the station who hired him first nearly 40 years ago, WGPR 107.5. He remained there nearly three years before leaving the station and the Detroit radio scene altogether, sometime late-1993.

SUMMERTIME! CBS RADIO: GREAT AMERICAN SUMMER

— CBS RADIO NETWORK —

THE GREAT AMERICAN SUMMER

PRODUCED BY JIM HAMPTON. DRAPER & HAMPTON, INC., LOS ANGELES

Syndicated around the nation on the CBS Radio Network some thirty-eight years ago, Jim Hampton (WXYZ, WABX, WJBK, WCAR) recently pulled this special programming from his radio archives and provided this site with 6 hours of the ‘Great American Summer’ shows he produced in the early-1980s.

In these programs you will hear great memories, events, and many of the hits by artists whose records were heard playing on the radio during the summer months in the year they were released.

Jim Hampton and Ken Draper (WCAR, WCFL;Chicago) — Draper & Hampton, Inc., Los Angeles — produced this special summer programming for the CBS Radio Network.

The opening theme song was sung by, written and produced by production director Scott Chapin. Special programming features written by program assistant writer, Scott Paton.

Program hosted by the great Tom Murphy (WCFL)

Motor City Radio Flashbacks will feature more of CBS’ ‘Great American Summer’ throughout the 2019 summer months.

So look for them here . . . . meanwhile enjoy your summer! 🙂

Featured today the 1st of 6 memorable pops of the ‘Great American Summer’

A special THANK YOU to Jim Hampton (Palm Springs, CA) for sharing this CBS summer radio memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks

ANOTHER 1975 BIG 8 RADIO SPOT! ‘ENDLESS SUMMER’

NEW! A 1975 CKLW RADIO ‘ENDLESS SUMMER’ PROMO SPOT

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A special THANK YOU to our Big 8 friend, Charlie O’Brien, for providing another CKLW Bill Gable ‘Endless Summer’ radio spot — aired one week — sometime during the HOT summer months of 1975 🙂

Charlie says . . . keep it here. More CKLW promo spots to come!

TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: TOP SINGLES OF 1964!

— TRINI LOPEZ —

Debuted on May 2 (#91), “What Have I Got Of My Own” was playing the Billboard Pop Singles chart (#55) on this day, as featured, week of June 14-20, 1964.

NEW! KEENER ‘CONTACT NEWS’ ON THE RADIO: ’64-’68

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**WKNR-AM 1310 * 1964-1968 * KEENER CONTACT NEWS**

NEW! WKNR ‘CONTACT NEWS’ — (voices) — 1964-1968

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* THE JIM FELICIANO COLLECTION *

— KEENER CONTACT NEWS —

In this Keener Contact News aircheck audio compilation — hear the voices of WKNR news reporters Bob Neil (1966); John Maher (1966); Eric Smith (1965); Lou Morton (1964); Phil Nye (1966); George Hunter (1965); Phil Nye (1968); Ed Mullen (1967)

For more on WKNR News director Phillip Nye, the WKNR News department, the voices, and the award-winning WKNR news staff, visit the ‘Contact News’ page at the official WKNR Keener 13 website — linked HERE