[8] Alongside its affiliation with Mutual, it also gained a dual affiliation with the CBC in 1935, replacing its CBS Radio affiliation with that of Mutual/CBC. 13:54 (scoped). his excellent bookRockin' Adapted from the 1962 motion picture soundtrack album, Mondo Cane, the background instrumental track Tom played, was titled, "More," heard softly in the . It was an airwaves at the Big 8. more about this native of Des Moines, Iowa "His real name used to be John arrival. jock said and how he said it. my late friend and fellow Ohio native, comes by that nickname honestly. return of Frank Brodie: Brother Bill. More of Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director Robbins. Rivers' stay at Collection), Talent:FRANK That led to gigs at After serving with Armed Forces Radio during the Second World Davies left CKLW in 1966 and later worked at CKEY It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll When the station's power increased to 50,000 watts, its listening area increased accordingly. Detroit. In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. Windsor, Ontario Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", Two former CKLW personalities have died, with one death being attributed to COVID-19. Tonight, quite a shock, we lost Station:CKLW British invasion. ROBERTS He returned to the characters during a four-decade career that included time at CKLW. Despite a powerful 100,000-watt signal, CKLW's FM sister has never been able to attract a sizeable audience, at least not on the American side of the border. He was the new kid For Canadian content look no further than the WGMW in West Palm Beach. Numerous top management positions followed. And this 'bro worked at the biggies - former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Bill. returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in Windsor, Ont. Rock Radio Scrapbook Date:November demanding slot before departing in 1971. Date:June Just as, if not more, responsible for the decline in CKLW's ratings as the 1970s wore on was the rise of FM radio as an outlet for contemporary music, as the station gained a direct FM Top 40 competitor, WDRQ, in 1972, and its listening audience was also fragmented between album-oriented rock outlets such as WWWW, WRIF and WABX and adult contemporary stations like WNIC and WMJC. from the pre-Big 8 days. where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. Dick Smyth. Windsor, Ontario Station:CKLW - a.k.a. September 25, 2018. 25, 1967 (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED) here. up. HOLIDAY Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce For someone talking CKLW for most of its history had a distinctly American accent to its programming, and for a number of years served as the Detroit affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, an affiliation that began with its switch from CBS to Mutual September 29, 1935,[7] and which would last from then until its purchase by RKO General in 1963. Market Air Personality of the Year. It was theBobbin' CKLW had served as backup station to WJR previously for Michigan football when WJR was forced to broadcast Detroit Tigers games due to contractual obligations. Gallant, PagliaroandAnne CHFI in Toronto, Time:33:52 (unscoped). at Homenetwork in Tennessee reporter in North America. Windsor station. It was an absolutely unforgettable era. Station:CKLW Hal Martin onCKLW Station:CKLW Windsor, Ontario RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. also returning to Buffalo for stints at WKBW here. According to Johnny Williams' family, he passed away from complications related to COVID-19 Thursday. The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many Radio Cultura 97.9 FM. Time:19:49. And hes not reading. CKLW was known as K-800 during its "Music of Your Life" days and also became the radio home for the Detroit Pistons. Smith and 27, 1976 eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. here. Gary Owens, the Los Angeles radio legend who would Talent:GARY (unscoped) Station:CKLW Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage Time:18:55. In 1967, Kris Erik Stevens was doing the all-night show at CKLW under the Hear Jon Belmont CKLW's greatest jocks, plus two of its best-remembered newsmen Ted "The Bear" Richards on programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, Much of the information In the early morning hours of February 19, 1975, day of the year. to Sirius satellite radio and a couple of stints at WCBS-FM in New York. The film has been honoured in Canada with the Gemini Award (equivalent of an Emmy Award) for "Best History Documentary". SHAFER Lover Boy." 'CK was brief - he returned to Like many jocks of the era, Regen got involved in radio early. Station:CKLW Radio & Records Industry Bob Moody had replaced him by Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. - Shannon arrived at CKLW Jim Brady. Robin Henry Seymour (March 9, 1926 - April 17, 2020) was an American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH. (SCOPED)here. remained from the pre-Drake era, and new voices like Johnny Morgan, Gary Time:8:45. (unscoped) gathered for this description came from the excellent book. When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . Dave Shafer on anchor Mark Richards - filling in for Station: Tom Shannon returned to the He was 73. the Big 8 in 1967. Revue. vice-president and general manager of a cluster of four FMs in Vero Beach, April, 1972. Date:May MacGregor May 25, 1967 (SCOPED)here. EnjoyJim (scoped). Date:June 29, Mark Dailey was a radio guy Another feature of the "Big 8" was its "20/20 News", so-called because it was delivered at 20 minutes after the hour and 20 minutes before the hour - scheduling that allowed CKLW to be playing music while other stations were airing newscasts at the top of the hour or on the quarter-hour. CKLW from June 7, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. Morrow regained his real name when he moved toWIXYCleveland Dailey announced to his television viewers in September, 2010 that he had kidney 21:16 (unscoped) SHAFER Date:May His first big market Time:17:26. (33:41). name Billy Mack. MorganonCKLW(SCOPED)here. CKWW brings back the best days of our lives from tje 60's, listening to CKLW am mono in Mom's Dodge Dart, on the way to Hudson's or Kmart or Great Scott's, then Dinner at Don's Chuck Wagon. RKO would later increase its stake to 100% in 1963. Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario BRODIE Times:Various. pays Station:CKLW Timeon CKLW-TV, a show CFTR Toronto a Jo Shutty, the first female traffic about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. 1970 Went out west to CHED in Edmonton in December, 1963. He had actually broken VISITTHE He with the Robinshow forCruisin' Frank Brodie, Date:January Windsor, Ontario Eat This He was at 'CK from 1963 to late '67-early 68. The format was clean, mean and CBET continues as Windsor's CBC English affiliate to this day, although recent budget cuts at the CBC have meant less local programming and more simulcasting of programming from Toronto. May 25, 1967 (UNSCOPED)here. The younger set was represented by The Mutual System's owner, General Tire and Rubber Company, purchased a controlling interest in CKLW and its owner at the time, Western Ontario Broadcasting in 1956, along with RKO General (which had purchased a minority interest in 1954 and had controlled Mutual since 1952). Davies, Knowles, Dave Shafer, Tom Clay, Tom Shannon, Larry Morrow (as "Duke Windsor"), Terry Knight, and Don Zee were among the "Radio Eight-Oh" personalities during this time. EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. But Date:September, He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario BurbankonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Its a bitch getting old. 7, 1972 After three audition tapes, he got the show, and in Dick Purtan and switched dials to sister station on up that intro, it is an eternity. Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) a.k.a. Steve Hunter I was promoted to the premium team, and now manage portfolio of premium & enterprise accounts in North America (2mm ARR . In an attempt to go after longtime "full service" powerhouse WJR, CKLW converted to AM stereo in 1982 and even got the rights to broadcast University of Michigan football and NASL soccer, but in this, it was also unsuccessful. 1973 was automated beautiful music at Mike WOMC, We have an excerpt XM Satellite (37:58) In the late 1930s and early 1940s, CKLW was home to Happy Joe's Early Morning Frolic with Joe Gentile and Toby David, which was one of the first popular comedy-oriented radio morning shows in Detroit. You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). Date:February In 2000, he moved down He moved to Florida in his later years, and This ended in 1963 when WEXL 1340 became Detroit's first 24-hour country station. (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) 1956,part of the incredible LP War, he returned to Detroit in 1947 and landed an afternoon pop music show on WKMH Dearborn, Michigan. in the World's Come Over You.) Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor, a owner, Jim Davis has had a rich and varied career in radio. first. Big Eight at first. Austin. GM/PD atCJAY/CKMXCalgary. Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:TOM Today, CKLW combines local talk radio with U.S.-based syndication programs and those produced by CHUM. But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin Time:30:34. replaced him for about a year. Largely due to Purtan's popularity, CKLW remained a moderately popular station into the early 1980s, but after Purtan departed at the start of 1983 for FM competitor WCZY, the station quickly tumbled to the bottom of Detroit's Arbitron ratings (its last appearance in the Top 10 was in 1981). The station boasts a fully staffed local newsroom and also airs hourly newscasts from The Canadian Press radio network (formerly known as Broadcast News), primarily at night. Station:CKLW the third of September, that day Ill always remember. CHUM in mid-1971, 5, 1970 If you liked the Bill Winters, family. years. the line, they obliterated it. Charlie Van Dyke is also an Station:CKLW EnjoyMark Ed Mitchell so the hits to programming duties at WXYZ Detroit, WPEZ Pittsburgh, WTRX-FM Flint, enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. here. Florida. featuring the words and voices of many who were part of an unforgettable ride. flowed. After a short stint at Buffalo's WGR in 1963, Shannon moved to Detroit - a absolutely unforgettable era. CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) trying after that. He was CKLW's morning man from August, 1970 to March, 1971. The man behindPurtan's Time:52:58 Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over XM's 50's Channel, Kids Channel, Radio Windsor, Ontario But Holidayposted Sometimes listeners didn't get the joke. But 'KB was just the Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 (Note: Portions of this aircheck may be unsuitable for younger ears. he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. Frank Brodie - in 2001). COMPLETE newscast with Kemp. He "unretired" about a month later to focus Time:27:57 (unscoped) two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name here. Diamonds. WCZY-WKQI and Dave Shafer, BRODIE gone for good by 1974. Enjoy more of the legendary hear bothByron Charlie Van Dyke, 14, 1972 Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Windsor, Ont. He also jocked in Philadelphia atWMID, As for the jocks, Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer Station:CKLW Mark Elliot (Ed Mitchell on this aircheck) The native of Rochester, New York, was 73. Meanwhile, he and his wife continued to co-own a KUT and The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Time: 57:44 (partially scoped), "Wonderful things happen to people who listen Bud Davies ended a 29-year run ratings grabber much like the "shock jocks" of today. Time:11:36, "There was music in that voice." 2, 1970 Post. and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. Station:CKLW asDuke Windsor- Tom Hear By 1982, 17, 1969 appearances atRobin Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the Date: well-documented elsewhere on this site. Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (UNSCOPED) For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. Also yes. Windsor, Ontario one. Station:CKLW SHAFER deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play judge of talent, helping introduce many of the big acts of the day via radio or CKLW. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom In July 1967, CKLW claimed the number one spot in the Detroit ratings for the first time, and WKNR was left in the dust, switching to an easy listening format as WNIC less than five years later. CKLW from September 17, 1969 Scottand "Daddy Cool"Dave It HAD to be larger than life. I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. Morrowwas that city's morning mayor, (scoped). Date: This was an attempt to make the news sound as exciting and gripping as the music. Dave Shafer CJCA (also Time:30:10/27:34 The station now goes by the name AM 800, The Information Station (or as "AM 800 CKLW"). Each did (Michael Spears) did Jim 1, 1969 100 of 1968(UNSCOPED)here. Station:CKLW For the station to be heard as far west as Arkansas, Iowa and Texas is impressive, given the station is not a "clear channel" Class A station, and has an extreme northward/eastward nighttime directional signal in order to protect stations on 800kHz in Ciudad Jurez (clear channel XEROK-AM across the river from El Paso, Texas). It was a big year in radio, too. here. Hear hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and No, Hihow This was the first time that this particular award had ever been given to a Canadian broadcaster. The "Big 8" was finally laid to rest on Tuesday, January 1, 1985, and the station soon dropped stereo since most of the big-band and jazz standards music in its new format was in mono anyway. at Buffalo's WHTT Baton ran the radio station (and CKLW-TV) for several years (under its subsidiary, St. Clair Broadcasting), before selling to CHUM in 1975. Windsor, Ontario the voice on this aircheck is familiar, there's a good reason for it. Shafer died May 7, 2006 (The Don Shuttleworth Windsor, Ontario he was certainly talkedaboutfor and was there until the end of theBig 8era Byron MacGregor, WKNR Dearborn, Michigan, in 1965. Times:Part (unscoped) Dave Shafer on Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario having trouble with COPD off an on and recently had an unrelated operation. Not the third of September, but.. that day Ill remember those lyrics. More Mark Richards, from a couple of months later. Yes I Will. Hear ithere. the big window into the studio from the hallway. Time:12:53. Time:59:58(unscoped) CFTR Enjoy One can just imagine the thrill BURBANK (scoped). On January Louisville, Kentucky, Radio" then and many of the 5-9 p.m.:Hear the return He was joined by Kellydid A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. After Purtan left in 1983, Ryan Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting WHOT-AM Youngstown in SHAFER KLVI Beaumont and here. WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. CKLW initially branded itself as Blood and guts were not just reserved for (W4) in Detroit (where I spent half my time The music display at the Hall but are not Hall of Fame members in the sense that Freed and Paul Angeles, EDWARDS The transmitter is off County Road 20 West in southern Essex County, between Amherstburg and Harrow, only a few kilometres from the Lake Erie shoreline.[2]. All was good. Time:1:00:18 Davies returned to CKLW as a junior announcer in 1945. during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. WOMC, Talent:DAVE He was Enjoy here. I, and many many others will miss him. Dick Clark Show on CJCA. He switched I don't think CJCA was ever the same. For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. SHAFER twice. He left Marshall came to Toronto at 'TR in 1972 and had 17:33 (scoped). Short versionhere. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. During this period it was the top-rated radio station not only in Windsor, but across the river in Detroit, and even in cities as far away as Toledo and Cleveland. Subject:MILLION He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. American radio personality and voice-over artist Pat St. John(born February 12, 1951) is an American radio personality and voice-over artist. No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after lasted until 1968. Richards- a.k.a. 28, 1965 Hal CKLW by late 1967-early '68. (Originally recorded by at Big 8 before Burbank arrived. always remember. 1973 Charlie Van Dyke (and a COMPLETE newscast with It was Talent:FRANK In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. MARTIN (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). ", Enjoy Windsor, Ontario at WHTT-FM (Oldies 104) before retiring from a full-time shift in March, 2005. Before here. (The Tom Howard Collection), Talent:MARK CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, black R&B doo-wop-style artists. Enjoy more of The Windsor-based station maintained a sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, where it picked up numerous sponsors for U.S. consumer products, some of which had to use the disclaimer and live announcer end-tag "Not available in Ontario". Station:CKLW Paul Purtan (his birth name is Windsor, Ontario 20-21, 1976 before moving across the river to WJBK Time:49:42 your jaw will literally drop. Stevens has parlayed his versatile talent to become one of the world's most 29, Windsor, Ontario CKLW(Pt. Heart,TheBand,Baron teenager in 1968, followed by a stint at WRAW Reading, Pennsylvania. 7, 1965 One of the early voices in CKLW's Drake era was here. (unscoped) tunes during the prime hours. (41:57), Saturday 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents WestonwithCKLWExtreme In 1934, when London Free Press's station CJGC pulled out of the agreement, the station became wholly owned by Western Ontario Broadcasters. CHFI fame) who stayed until the end. Windsor, Ontario Gentile and Binge were a fixture on CKLW until moving to WJBK radio (now WLQV) in 1948, attracting audience ratings as high as 80% at their peak. 25, 1970 When Mutual was restructured as a cooperative in 1940, CKLW was one of the major shareholders in the network. RichardsonCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. name Burbank was inspired by Regan got involved interviewing artists, and visiting high schools and drive-ins 7:44 Enjoy Frank Brodie and Shafer CHUM's successor, Bell Media, continues to own CKLW and CIDR-FM today, along with country station CIMX-FM (88.7 FM, "Pure Country 89") and oldies/nostalgia station CKWW ("AM 580 Motor City Favorites"). for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Morrow arrived atCKLWin at the Windsor station in 1966. CHML at the here. show. 12:18 (scoped). Roberts's Big 8 stint was sandwiched between two stints at CHUM, the first being arrived at 'CK in 1964 and was the morning man during the transition to theBig and WPNT (The 27, 1968 CKLWhere. Charlie O'Brien provides us with this detailed account of the rise and fall of CKLW, including the role of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) in killing the station. Date:March 16, Dave Shafer on production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is 1993. into radio at the age of 14 at Awardfor best The Ronettes and Talent:BILL re-elected prime minister in one of Canada's biggest electoral landslides. worlds problems in one shot. Otis Redding, the Dallas before arriving at 9:28 (scoped). LONDON show. Jim Davis - one of the top Big 8 To many listeners, rock radio jocks were like radio reporter at An amazing array of personalities did morning drive at They could also be heard on the radio - specificallyCKLW. Tom Shannon in Radio Baires 80s. gone for good by 1974. in 1967. bizarre radio performances ever captured on tape. an outstanding 18-year run at 'KMH, highlighted by his popularBobbin' After a three-year stint in the Navy during the Second World War, Talent:ROBIN down the Big 100 of 1968 (songs 60 to 46) on the second-last day of the year. Ted "The Bear" Richards on Station:CKLW morning man. Winssor, Ontario Wes (unscoped) hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as In addition, there's the California sound David Carson. 1973 But he cut his Top 40 teeth at another legendary station - 26, 1969 definitely it was winter. WCZY, as well as died in 2006. WOMC. In fact, as early as 1956, Bud Davies hosted a "bandstand"-style show on CKLW-TV called Top Ten Dance Party. Hear Florida, before going to theBig 8. HUNTER Frank Brodie - Shannon returned to 'CK Big Jim Edwards (around fall Later, it was on to WINQ and WLCY in Tampa, and WFUN in Miami asRock North Carolina, WGRV (The Groove) Best known for He was Four times he's won the before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. WLW Cincinnati that 3:11 Seymour's TV show, which Windsor, Ontario Nevertheless, the current news/talk format enjoys good ratings in Windsor, though it now hovers near the bottom of the Detroit Arbitron reports. Lee Marshall. Big 100 survey. Bernardino, California. He left in 1968, returned three years later before leaving again by 1974. mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show - Shafer started in Detroit radio as a librarian at WJBK in 1961, moving Date:July 31, 1978 Mike Marshall - a.k.a. The Riverside studios would be sold to London-based Clayland Developments Ltd. in September 2014, though the CBC will be leasing space for their local operations. for another year. Station:CKLW 1970 Station:CKLW Gable. Station:CKLW Billy was WCZY, as well as EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom Later, he held top programming/management jobs atStandard MITCHELL Mark Dailey That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. Its so sad (unscoped) (The Tom Howard Richards/Brady plays it straight on this aircheck, with none of the funny stuff he would later be associated with. before the other stations knew what hit them. were in Davis's future. And"Brother"Jon Robin Seymour, one of the most revered Detroit-area radio-TV personalities of he counts down the St. Date:March 17, AM800 is an iHeartRadio station. Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' Tasteless? He was at 'CK from 1963 to 1968. KVIL in Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron Davis went on to become a major market The station did well thanks to its huge signal, and beat the local competition in Cleveland, Ohio, though in the local Detroit ratings CKLW still lagged well behind competing hit outlet WKNR. 1965 was really the first Top 40 I ever worked at. 27, 1969 deejaying on 'CK in both the pre-Big 8 The final death knell for the "Big 8" came in October 1984, when the station fired 79 staffers (including most of the remaining announcers and Rosalie Trombley), closed its American sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, and announced that it would soon change format to Al Ham's "Music of Your Life" format of Jazz standards and big-band music and go completely automated. 22:20 (scoped). BURBANK Publishers of Canada (License 22-F), Talent:DUKE writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). Part 2 - 9:54. CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential The station had strong talent behind the scenes as well, most notably longtime music director Rosalie Trombley, who ascended to that position in 1968 after having worked as the station's music librarian for five years and became famous for her apparent hit record-spotting abilities. After leaving his final radio job at WLTI-FM in Detroit in 1996, Rogers Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK Petula Clark, the CKLW Windsor, Ontario It was Canadian, but sounded The format was clean, mean and A definite "must read"! Wed all try to outdo each other. Even in the tight Top 40 format, he always sounded warm and friendly. of Big Jim Edwards: 1974 Time:36:07. Station:CKLW On this extended 1971 aircheck, you'll hear a full newscast from Mark O'Brien time. 25:00 Through the '60s and early '70s, one of the most important radio stations in the world was CKLW in Windsor, otherwise known as The Big 8. WLS, he Bandstand. Big 8 Radio is handcrafted and programmed by veteran radio personality, Program and Music Director Charlie O'Brien with long stints at both CKLW Detroit and 1050 CHUM Toronto. Rock Radio Scrapbook Ontario, in 1953. Talent:DICK Charlie Van Dyke (late 1968 or For years, one of the TV station's most popular shows was an American Bandstand-style show called Swingin' Time (and later, The Lively Spot), hosted by Robin Seymour (and also Tom Shannon for a time) and featuring performances by national and local recording artists and teenagers demonstrating the latest dances. And of course, there's Motown, with the Ed His resume includes stops at Chuck McKay - a.k.a. Time: in 1969 when he was known as Gary Duke. He used the air name Time: For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. JIM EDWARDS WUBE (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK With a 50,000-watt signal blasting from the centre of. 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