A WJR 1996 NEWS PRINT: JIMMY LAUNCE REMEMBERED

Saturday, June 29, 1996

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WJR | “Launce Cut Loose by WJR”

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DETROIT RADIO NEWSPRINT: JIMMY LAUNCE RECALLED

Saturday, April 11, 1998

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: Jimmy Launce | “A House For All Seasons”

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WPON 1460 PONTIAC: ‘THE LIVE 25’ PLAYLIST! 7/1/1965

WPON ‘LIVE 25’ CHART

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Thursday, July 1, 1965

A special THANK YOU to Mike Lockhart, Ferndale, MI., for recently providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks with this *rare* find WPON Top 25 playlist. Issued; July 1, 1965.

WCZY-FM: THE Z 95.5 ALL HIT LIST! WEEK OF 08/03/1987

**Z 95.5 FM** ALL HIT LIST *August 3, 1987*

DETROIT WCZY-FM THE ‘ALL HIT’ LIST

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31 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

August 3, 1987

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

Above WCZY music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACK! BOBBY TAYLOR, ’68

**Bobby Taylor** *(sporting sunglasses)* **& The Vancouvers** circa 1968. With Wes Henderson and Tommy Chong. *(Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)*

**Bobby Taylor** *(holding briefcase)* **and the Vancouvers**, early 1968, at Hitsville U.S.A. *(L-R): Ted Lewis, Wes Henderson, Tommy Chong, Eddie Patterson and Robbie King. (Photo courtesy classic.motown.com/)*

MOTOWN MONDAYS: ‘MOTOWN’ NEWS PRINTS, 1960S!

**Detroit Free Press** *January 3, 1969*

Sunday, December 29, 1968

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Friday, January 3, 1969

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A MOTOWN MONDAY NEWS PRINT BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT’S ROCK ‘N’ EASY 100.3 FM: THIS MONTH, 1979!

WNIC 100.3 FM. 39 YEARS AGO

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU

In Memory of George Griggs

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Above WNIC music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patty Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.

WNIC 100.3: FROM THE PROGRAMMER. A STAFF MEMO

A MCRFB NOTE

JIM FELICIANO

A typical staff memo, from the desk of Joel Lind, WNIC programmer (1986-1988)

Revamping the weekend scheduling

Johnny Williams joined the airstaff in late 1985, having replaced Renee Greenwood, interim host to WNIC’s ‘Pillowtalk.’ For several weeks, Greenwood temporarily replaced Alan Almond after he left WNIC for WMJC in November 1985.

In this memo, Renee Greenwood’s “Saturday Night Rendezvous” program was added to Saturday nights, retaining the “Pillowtalk” hours, 7-12 M. As the memo suggests, “Pillowtalk” music (now with Johnny Williams) was to be heard across the Detroit airways — 7 nights a week.

While I was employed there (1983-1987), Jim Harper, morning host and program director at WNIC, left for WDTX 95.5 in July 1986. Joel Lind, replacing Harper, was hired as WNIC station programmer in May, 1986.

This was the weekend schedule. As mandated by the program director. Over 31 years ago on 100.3 WNIC . . . ‘Detroit’s Nicest Rock’

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WARMEST WISHES… HAPPY BIRTHDAY! TOM SHANNON

**WMJC Tom Shannon** *(Press Photo)* **1987**

**WCXI Tom Shannon** *(Press Photo)* **1981**

**CKLW Tom Shannon** *(Press Photo)* **1977**

**WCAR Tom Shannon** *(Press Photo)* **1981**

**CKLW Tom Shannon** *(Press Photo)* **1965**

**CKMR Tom Shannon** *(Press Photo)* **1991**

**CKLW Tom Shannon** *(Press Photo)* **1969**

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TOM SHANNON!

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A Detroit radio and television broadcast legend, his voice has been heard for four decades on numerous great Detroit radio stations, such as CKLW, WJBK, WXYZ, WCAR, WMJC, WTWR, CKMR, and WCXI.

He formally began his illustrious radio career as a news person, while in his teens, in Buffalo in 1955. He left Buffalo’s WKBW for CKLW in Windsor in December 1964, replacing Terry Knight.

After 50 years in radio (and television) after having been in multiple radio markets around the country, Tom Shannon retired from broadcasting radio in 2005. Tom’s last DJ stint was on WHTT-FM, Buffalo. He was 67.

He is a member of the Buffalo Broadcasting Hall of Fame and Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.

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In observation of his 80th birthday, Saturday, August 11, 2018, today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks extends warmest birthday wishes to Tom Shannon! 🙂

**Detroit Free Press** *September 6, 1971*

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**WXYZ-TV Tom Shannon** w/ co-producer Mary Fisher *(Press Photo)* **1971**

FROM DJ TO TV: A TOM SHANNON NEWS FEATURE, ’71

**Detroit Free Press** *August 26, 1971*

Thursday, August 26, 1971

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: Tom Shannon | “From DJ to TV Host”

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