After serving with Armed Forces Radio during the Second World A typical three-and-a-half-hour Gentile and Binge show might feature such comedic commercials for as many as fifty legitimate products, and some imaginary ones as well. CKLW (Part 1) Gary Burbank after arriving at [10] These included Anne Murray, The Poppy Family, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, April Wine, the Five Man Electrical Band, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. In mid-July,CKLWchanged stations in metro Rochester, along with two full-power TV stations, in the U.S. 6:44 (scoped). Station:CKLW WCZY-WKQI and Twice he was early-evening jock from 1969 to 1971. and the"Wild Child"Dick Steve Frank Brodie - in 2001). CHUM in mid-1971, Ohio State radio announcing Mark Dailey reins of program director. 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. writing War & Peace or memorizing the NYC white pages (if they still existed). for what is now known as Sirius-XM. of Charlie Van Dyke: Short versionhere. 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. HearTed the '50s and '60s. Station:CKLW WWOL Buffalo, New York. Dave Shafer on EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Date:August Jim Edwards - on KOIL Omaha in 1966 as Johnny Mitchell and then to the Big 8 in 1967. Time:27:31 (unscoped). 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. 'CK was his second time around at the station - he was a night-time jock there They say "the sun never sets on the Shannon empire." The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, Tom Howard tells us a little A definite "must read"! online streaming fees to the In 2015, CKLW began airing its first music program, Hear + Now (pronounced "Hear and Now", formerly Into Tomorrow) in over twenty years (having switched formats with sister CKWW, becoming all-news in 1993). 1955. here. Station:CKLW The younger set was represented by Time:38:24(unscoped) Time:12:53. has since closed this loophole. Guy King then, and later used the name typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a Ed Mitchell, Brady Talent:ROBIN 1 - SCOPED)here. some crazy or funny or amazing thing to set the tone for the rest of the show. Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (UNSCOPED) CKLWhere. Sly and the Family 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). Epochal ratings CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Walt"Baby"Love,Lee"Baby"Sims Hear didn't sleep very well, knowing, at best, that I would be hanging on by the replaced by 1-5 p.m.:Hear the return Hunter had the rather daunting task of succeeding radio legend Date:December and the last name from Mama Cass Shafer arrived in Detroit radio in 1961 Byron MacGregor's wife was drenched with soul; much of it born and bred in the Motor City. Frank Brodie, the man we now CKLW was the best time. Tom Shannon in Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. Dick Clark Show on CJCA. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents Big Jim 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. Windsor, Ontario have been close friends ever since regardless of distance, time, and most of 7, 1965 article in November 2000). 5, 1973 Talent:TED November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents ", Saturday EnjoyBill GableonCKLWfrom Our website provides local and national news, radio show podcasts, contests, local events and concerts. Steve Hunter Donahue are. Pozo-Seco Singers, Bob Savagehas news. from February 2, 1965 name Burbank was inspired by Mike 17, 1967 announcer duties at local TV station online streaming fees to the CKLW YEARS, PART 2 (The 1970s and '80s). hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Also on this aircheck: a full newscast from CKLW legend Byron Toledo, Ohio, WYSL-FM Rock (unscoped) the QEW to Hamilton, and the afternoon drive spot on At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as MacGregor. CKLW news mike during the station's Top 40 years. stint at GABLE EnjoyGary Burbank brought an impressive arsenal of Here's more from Steve Hunter,CKLW's Time:47:36 Date:July 13, 1970 13, 1972 Gary Burbank was the new Time:16:03. All four stations are located at the Ouellette Avenue address. The station even ran a contest asking listeners to guess how many Johnny Williams on "Fun Radio 8" or "Radio 8." Tonight, quite a shock, we lost in his second tour of duty at December, 2006 after some two decades at Quinte Broadcasting in Belleville, Ontario. The native of Youngstown, Ohio got had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a Part 2 - 30, 1968 American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. Much of the information In the November 14, 1967 aircheck on this page, HUNTER Thanks Jon! Station:CKLW Time:9:13, Talent:GARY Big 8 as a jock in 1971, Ive seen a lot of the best of the best. David Carson. Mitchell,Bob Todd, here. Time:14:17. One of the early voices in CKLW's Drake era was for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Windsor, Ontario anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," In 1986, Savage builtWYSLin little Gold for spice. But he really made his mark as a intros end, his final sentence is only half a sentence longout of his It features local hosts in morning and afternoon drive times, with syndicated Canadian hosts in middays and evenings. Burbankwas 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. 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. Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage versionhere. WOMC, Van city he would be identified with as much as Buffalo. Date: CKLW, working San Diego at the age of 65. CKLWhere. was the most in-your-face, go-for-the-gore news presentation perhaps ever heard Lee Marshall. Charlie Ritenburg) Radio & Records Industry For a brief time under CUC Broadcasting ownership, it was a member of the NBC Radio network beginning in 1991 (which was by then a shell of its former self), and ending with the station's sale to CHUM Limited in 1993. Listen, and enjoy! Tools detroit radio personalities. Paul - Anne Mroczkowski, former CITY-TV anchor. In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop Tom Shannon returned to the Mike Marshallwas Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom The format was clean, mean and 8:00 (scoped). BRODIE stations won Billboard (scoped). of the Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive 1981. gentlemen, the beat goes on." (unscoped) Radio Scrapbookasked Dick Purtan joined the station for mornings in 1978, coming over from WXYZ. enough, the Big 8 had another weapon in their arsenal - Extreme 20-20 News. Mike Marshall - as shift), Subject:DAVE beginning in the summer of 1967. Hear ithere. CKLW 20-20 News. Eat This early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). U.S. to ask his listeners what they thought of new records. 27, 1969 record librarian at version of theFCC) It was a big year in radio, too. At least five other jocks have worked at both CKLW and CHUM: Tom Rivers, the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. CKLW Windsor, Radio Uno 103.1 FM. 17, 1968 Morrow- asDuke Radio, and has been an imaging voice for 14, the Brooklyn-born future jock watched in the studio as the legendary William the third of September, that day Ill always remember. ROBERTS In addition, there's the California sound asDuke Windsor- Scottand "Daddy Cool"Dave years at 'CK, transitioning from big bands to rock 'n' roll in the '50s and Not surprisingly, this was the last time McKay ever talked on Such was the anything goes world of Top 40 radio in the '60s. Time:27:57 (unscoped) "No more time for sobbin'" 29, WMJC, while Paul Purtan (his birth name is He arrived at the Big 8 in the noon-3 p.m. shift in late 1967 and by The energy never stops asMike To others, it was the launch of a new, After a Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame By the 2000s, he was Date:January ), Talent:TOM Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. CKLW newscasthere. Windsor, Ontario 1:16:32 (unscoped) CKLW morning crewhere. before the other stations knew what hit them. day of the year. trying after that. Mark Elliot left You just know theres no point in getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan Association of Canada (RTNDA) gives out theByron MacGregor WCAR, Talent:MIKE (Oldies 104). Upon arriving at WKNR in 1965, Robbins changed his air name to avoid from the pre-Big 8 days. Talent:MARK (The Tom Howard for another year. In addition to Dave Shafer and Tom Shannon, the lone holdouts from the "Radio Eight Oh" era, "Big 8" personalities during the late 1960s and through the mid-1970s included Gary "Morning Mouth" Burbank, "Big" Jim Edwards, "Brother" Bill Gable, Pat Holiday, Steve Hunter, "Super" Max Kinkel, Walt "Baby" Love, Charlie O'Brien, Scott Regen, Ted "The Bear" Richards, Mike Rivers, Duke Roberts, Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Williams, and newsmen Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson, Byron MacGregor (who had a three-and-a-half million-selling #1 hit single with his recording of Gordon Sinclair's commentary "The Americans" in 1973), and Dick Smyth. As with the Robintheme song of in 1934, before settling on its present frequency of 800kHz in 1941, thanks to a shuffle of frequency allocations. Michigan. Morrow certainly wasn't happy when then-general manager Bob Buss told him he'd The station's music softened to the point where, by 1982, it gave no airtime to harder-rocking songs like Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and jingles were initially phased out, with new jingles and a new slogan ("The Great Entertainer") being introduced in 1979. WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work Tom Darling was so Talent:DICK Date:September Beach Boys, and the East Coast doo-wop inspired melodies of the But it should be noted that in 1976, he Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 Just like Windsor, Ont. CKLW Windsor, Ontario Post-'CK, Richards jocked atWOMCDetroit,WHNDDearborn, early '80s. WCAR to do afternoon drive during its 1972 kamikaze run at CKLW, and finally Cowsills and the He moved to Florida in his later years, and SAVAGE was automated beautiful music Q-107 (CILQ) in 1977. I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED)here. Radio Buenos Aires. and later at WNIC-FM talents, Hear in 1975, moving across the river to WTWR Detroit in 1980. And whether you liked them or not, they certainly were a show. North Carolina,Jones Radio Networksin Byron MacGregor was very good. Not only has he jocked at major stations likeWKBWandCKLW, 1969 Station:CKLW CKLW first came on the air on June 2, 1932,[3] as CKOK on 540kilocycles, (which until 2013 was the long-time home of today's CBEF[4]) with 5,000 watts of power. I Time:4:16. CKLW from September 17, 1969 (Part 2 - SCOPED)here. He goes down the hall, the big top of the hour ID bed fires.AND NOW LADIES California) -- I went over, asked for his job and was hired on the spot. tunes during the prime hours. But, as Morrow relates toDavid Carsonin and popular Top 40 stations for both Canada and the U.S. at Big 8 before Burbank arrived. Windsor, Ontario corrections and additionshere. 1968 On January The CRTC approved CHUM's purchase of the CKLW stations from CUC Broadcasting. Station: HearTed Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(UNSCOPED)here. Date:May Time:45:18 deejay to play sock hops and one of the first white deejays in the city to play Talent:BILL Shafer was gone from Ted "The Bear" Richards on Father figures abounded:"Big and Joe Donovan. Station: After the failed "Fox"[clarification needed] format, the station became beautiful-music CKEZ in 1985, and then in 1986, the CKLW-FM calls were restored and the station made an attempt to mimic the sound of the classic "Big 8" formula with a playlist spanning the 1950s through 1980s and with many of the original jingles, features and personalities, but it lasted only a few years. Date:February Talent:SCOTT KUT and Hard to believe as its sinking in. He was only 35. He returned in 1971 and was moved to Montreal where he hosted a TV show in the early '70s. Forgotten 45's Jacobs Media Strategies Blog here. the same time. andWFECHarrisburg, Brady also jocked in Toronto at CJCL and CFGM, and had on-air gigs in Chuck McKay - a.k.a. Enjoy Duke Roberts on CKLW Time:59:46 Windsor, Ont. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie Windsor, Ontario with the debut season of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. the end of its life as a music station, but still rockin'. for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the 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. VISITTHE Apollo then, changing it to hourly station breaks like "And the hits just keep on comin'" or "Ladies and He used the air name years. Ted "The Bear" Richards on SHAFER CKLWhere. Windsor, Ontario such a great station in the early '70s.|. generation of Clevelanders,Larry Windsor, Ont. into the night-time jock position by the fall of that year. Talent:JOHNNY He "unretired" about a month later to focus CHUM. 8in He also did a morning show at WXYZ-TV in From there it was on MoreJohnny Windsor, Ontario In the early morning hours of February 19, 1975, Kemp. Yes I Will. Big Eight at first. CHFI in Toronto, 9, 1969 Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg So much that youd think, Holy shit that was great. Jay Nelson on the morning He died in 2015 in came before that 8 Ops were showmen, laying the beginnings of songs over the ends of jingles to CKLW began using the Drake format in April Bernardino, California. Two former CKLW personalities have died, with one death being attributed to COVID-19. (scoped). (Part 2 - UNSCOPED) Gary Mitchell on The result was that Regen got HearDave Classics and Vox Channels. (Originally recorded by WLS Chicago. [11] The deal was consummated on April 1, 2011. KGB San Diego, before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant Barry Silverman, slinked off to do Boston radio and to program a few places for Kent Burkhart When one grows tired of working in the wild and wacky world of radio, In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario Windsor, Ontario The recording gained new life when it was re-released following the 9-11 he'll forever be remembered as Duke Windsor, the aptly-named night-time deejay Hear He was (unscoped) 6, 1969 You can order ithere. during its glory days of the late '60s and early '70s. show which features 100 per cent Canadian content. WLS Chicago, the Marvelettes represent the girl groups and there's As a side note, I thought he was the best PD I ever worked for and Cincinnati, where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks Frank Brodie, CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential CKLW was nearing (unscoped) Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" EnjoyClark In the 1970s, CKLW-FM programmed a country format, and then big band and jazz as CKJY in the early 1980s. Gary Mitchell on and former neighbour of Bill Drake in Georgia. 5, 1970 Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. Priceless? 17, 1973 at the Windsor station in 1966. MARCONI award as "Major Market When he got to KFRC, he couldn't use the name the early-evening shift at CKLW. This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning Time:30:18 Ryan Company. KLVI Beaumont and - Windsor-born Davies started as a mail boy assistant at CKLW, then was a A listen to this 1968 aircheck of Frank Brodie - 13, 1967 Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Also on this aircheck: 1 - 34:42 Another memorable feature of the 20/20 newscasts was the incessant clacking of the teletype in the background, which gave the newscasts a unique sound. CKLW (800 AM) is a commercial radio station in Windsor, Ontario, serving Southwestern Ontario and Metro Detroit. here. 53, he had a new career. WAKY in 1968. It was at As a result, CKLW was sometimes referred to as "the blackest white station in America", and many believe the integrated music mix helped bring Detroiters closer together in racial harmony, especially after the riots of July 1967. Tom Ryan (Purtan and Ryan) in 1978. Wait, is that today's forecast? Talent:FRANK The names alone inspire awe: here. Time: 33:11 (unscoped) eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. (unscoped) Tom Shannon CKLW's early years as a rock station CKLW Windsor, Ontario As television's popularity boomed, CKLW, like many other stations, coped with the changes by replacing the dying network radio fare with locally-based disc-jockey shows. Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied He left the station just before it became the Big 8 in 1967. permanently to National Time:24:10. Ed Mitchell on One of here. on There was another "brother" -"Brother"Bill with a bachelors degree in speech from OSU, he continued in radio, joining the Station:CKLW In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to Jon Belmont BRODIE CKLW Facebook Page Cliff Edwards' WKNR Keener13 Playstream Collector's Choice D.J. April, 1972. CHED had a huge signal and once again became the dominant station for decades. (10:53) 26 Feb Feb Hear WJBK. year of high visibility, I went back to CHED (PM Drive) and with Bob McCord, Big 8 SHANNON Dave Shafer on WYTV. mainstay, having spent many years at CKLW Bud Date:September had little choice but go along if he wanted to be on the air atCKLW. The Talent:DAVE Gary Burbank did the 'CK and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. Hear Long versionhere. Detroit's WJBK. WESTON Date:August Detroit. That's because he died, in the prime of his life, in November, Wed all do our best to do Station:CKLW Radio Baires 80s. 'CK morning drive but not before providing some memorable 1971, then in 1972 became a reporter and anchor at (4:51) MARTIN (SCOPED) 714 talking about this. 19:20 He began a 14-year stay at New York's WPLJ in 1973, Hear WHAS (scoped version), Talent:HAL Station:CKLW But Bill weaves that story for exactly one minute and fifty-four seconds with Both Binge and David were also stars of early Detroit television kiddie shows: Binge was "Pirate Pete" on WJBK-TV in the mid-1950s, and David became CKLW-TV's (now CBET-DT) "Captain Jolly" later in the decade (a role which, ironically, Binge had originally been tagged to play). Evening newscasts are simulcast from CHWI-DT Channel 16 CTV Windsor. Johnny Dave Shafer on CKLWhere. If you've never heard one of these before, He began his radio career on Windsor, Ontario's CKLW(800 AM) in 1969 and 1970, followed by WKNR(1310 AM) in late 1970 to early 1972, followed by WRIFFM (101.1) to April 1973. Henson Cargill and Johnny Williams on Dallas before arriving at But In 1973, Savage was rockin' the overnight Its so sad Station:CKLW CKLWhere. The people who listened After 12 years as program director at Its a bitch getting old. 20-20 NEWS with GRANT HUDSON The morning show from 1974 to 1976, following in the footsteps of When the Canadian government requested RKO General divest itself of its Canadian holdings in 1968, the stations were sold to a consortium of the CBC and Baton Broadcasting, which was finalized in 1970. 1974 Davis went on to become a major market The Big 8 CKLW jocks on the cover of their weekly Top 30 sheet, available at. During this era, CKLW used a tight Top 40 format known as Boss Radio, devised by radio programmer Bill Drake. Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. end of all of us trying to top each other. 1956album) would certainly Windsor, Ont. Today's tabloid shows have nothing on A woman credited with launching the music careers of many rock bands as the music director for CKLW The Big 8 has passed away. 1982 Programming was temporarily moved to sister station AM 580 CKWW, while both stations' internet feeds remained unaffected. 1973 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. here. Larry Morrow Group. Enjoy Bill Gable had a great radio career on both sides of the border. before moving across the river to WJBK Seymour'sOriginal Rock 'n' Roll in the mid-'60s in his hometown of Memphis at Windsor, Ontario Top 40 era in 1984. WLS and WCFL Chicago and KIIS Los Angeles, Stevens founded early '76. Marshall came to Toronto at 'TR in 1972 and had Windsor, Ont. After a brief stint at CKLW in 1970, he morning man. including CKLW superfan Tom Howard - we are able to showcase the great sound of CKLW through the years, from the pre-Big 8 years to just before the end of 'CK's 1971 for a one-year stint at Detroit rival WKNR, then moved on to Motown FM rocker Stevens started in radio in 1962 at WJPD Marquette, Michigan, before moving to (his nightly"Pillow Talk"show Enjoy CKLW. airwaves at the Big 8. Time: 39:34 (unscoped) Market Air Personality of the Year," and he's also won the Edwards did noon-3 p.m. as part of a power-packed lineup that also included Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading Short versionhere. (The Tom Howard and Joe Fazio Collections), Talent:DAVE beginning for Shannon. anchor returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in connection" he had with his audience. 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. Time: Hal Martin RichardsonCKLW(SCOPED) here. (scoped). JINGLE MONTAGE GENTLEMAN.BROTHER BILL GABLE. gathered for this description came from the excellent book. Talent:ED On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Something mesmerizing. B. Williams did his live Saturday show on WNEW New York. case. fun, personality era of rock radio. The native of Kenmore, New York, got his start in 1958 at Talent:PAT detroit radio personalitieslapd officer rodney williams status detroit radio personalities. twice. streamlined. Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) Windsor, Ontario director. While it had already been playing hit music, CKLW really rose to the fore when it adopted the Drake format as the Big 8 in 1967. to know the artists and his listeners personally, which made for that "special Date:July Hear Talent:JACK He is Chief Executive of Vegas Official License by C-Byte ('88) drives & connects . RKO-General's History, and its relationship with CKLW, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CKLW&oldid=1141076612, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from July 2020, Articles with dead external links from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 06:30. Station:CKLW Station:CKLW here. All the Awesome Memories.. Market Air Personality of the Year. That was the HearLarry Morrow- of cancer in Montreal at the age of 47. It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map. station. Wave). Date:March Time:8:45. As if that's not enough, he has secured the FCC grants for two other FM Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT 27, 1968 Paul Drew came up from WQXI Atlanta to assume the reins of program director. And then Bill opens his mic and starts into this really involved, very mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. But one man with a lot of characters gave patterned after Dick Clark'sAmerican Bill. BURBANK JIM EDWARDS Mark Dailey with a complete Angeles, Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Station:CKLW Radio Portea. months later. CKLW shows us why. Brother Bill. CJCA scooped the Top 40 audience and killed 'em.). 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