Lee Alan would always ask the regulars from the show to attend the dances at the Walled Lake Casino on Saturday nights where he was the DJ. rjw, Please send any info you have regarding Joe k. Bacarella and any lawsuits in which he was a participant. the scene was set for the end. Cannot remember the year. "We grew up here in Detroit and we can truly speak to our audience from the experience of listening because Detroit is a music town," Hill told me. Music has been an influence in Simpsons life from a young age. By the early 1950s, ABC and WXYZ brought out the best in quality programming in Detroit on the TV dial. That in 1966 the listeners instead wanted more of the music. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. DAVID PRINGLE? By 1958, there was a strict playlist with a more contemporary music format to follow. But the problem about network programming was still there. . WXYZ 1270 in 1966. A Detroit radio legend. Fact is that changing the format was the specific move that insured the failure of Martin and Howard. "We all admire him, appreciate him, and want to pay respect to someone who has had great variety in his life but stayed in one market. Detroit Radio Personalities, Past and Present On Sept. 25, Detroit Radio Personalities, Past and Present, was held at the Crowne Plaze Hotel in Novi. His influence was so strong that he started the Paul is Dead rumor in 1969. Rich in history as one of the most storied and oldest broadcasting institution in Detroit or for that matter, the entire country. More great information can be found in Dick Osgoods book: WYXIE Wonderland if you can find a rare copy. Jan. 24, 2015 . He passed away in early 2018. He used to golf with him at West Shore in Grosse Ile. He died in a traffic accident on his way to work in 88. As TV voice for over 30 years of my beloved Tigers he was a Detroit sports icon! This site brought back many memories when DETROIT was a FABULOUS city. Anyways, it has been great going down memory lane. WWJ-AM (WWJ Newsradio 950)/Detroit is announcing a new anchor lineup, effective immediately. In a comparatively short space you have captured a great deal of the essence of the battle for ratings that took place in the 60s. Lee Alan, was by now in line for program director by station manager Chuck Fritz. From interviewing Bruno Mars to dressing up as a leprechaun at Rosie OGradys, having a morning show and was live on Saturday nights from Luna. Simulcast with WXYZ-AM. DETROIT, November 28 WXYZ radio. It brings back great memories! She adds her own flair to traffic, weather and entertainment reports. Hes most known for his on the street reports not to mention his tweets at #KRonJR #kronjr, WJR News Reporter Dayna Clark is delighted to be back home on the Great Voice of the Great Lakes every weekday morning as part the of thePaul W. Smith Showteam. Rogers spent three decades in radio, mostly in the Detroit market, but also with stops in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Johnson will also continue serving as the station's midday show host, weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. A radio personality is a person who hosts a radio talk show and interacts with the audience via telephone or email. Born in Detroit in 1932, Kasem was soon to be a household name and voice. Chuck, Johnny Williams is alive and doing well. Line-Up: Cam & Lisa 5-9, Lynn Martin 9-12, News 12-12: . If memory serves, Bob Beasley and I were fired the same day at WEXL by way of a memo at the end of our shifts in the commercial live copy note book. They look like a country music group. Detroit Radio Veteran Jim 'JJ' Johnson to Replace Stephen Clark on WOMC Tweet. As a teen, to me, you and the horn were as close to teen heaven as it got.. Get Tickets Here! Gentlemen: Those of us who were teenagers in early 1950S will remember Leroy G. White from WJLB Detroits Home Station (AM 1400) Name of his show Rockin With Leroy. He played latest R&B music and rocked the town. (WDIV) Editor's note: If you grew up in the Detroit area in the 1980s, you probably remember "Count Scary," a character played by Detroit radio personality Tom Ryan, who appeared on. 1 pick for the mid-morning time-slot over Robin Seymour at WKNR, according to Billboards Radio Response Ratings in the same July 17, 1965 issue. According to the, The creator of one of the longest classical programs in broadcast history, according to the, Starting his radio career in the Motor City in the early 60s, Perkins served in many positions at WGPR, an all-jazz radio station. Immediately after the war years, in 1946, the station was sold and was purchased by the American Broadcasting Network in New York. Wagner, whose vast music knowledge and wry sense of humor are familiar to classical music fans from his 17 years at WQRS-FM in Detroit, is program director and music host for 90.9 FM. March 13, 2020, 3:58 PM . "It was just the idea that we had a program that for seven years brought the kids together," says Seymour, who chronicles the experience in his new book The DJ Who Launched 1,000 Hits with co-author Carolyn Rosenthal. Driving myself crazy!! Photographs by Beth Hoxie By Hour Detroit - September 27, 2010 Facebook Comments Previous article So, Watch How You Drive That Automobile Now..And Dont You Dare Turn It Into a Couple of Tons of Deadly Weapon. . By then WXYZ radio held down a huge Detroit audience over the competition for market share. Hi Henry, thank you for your WXYZ comments. Respectfully, David Olsen. THE LATEST FROM MARIE OSBORNE BACK TO HOSTS PAGE >>>, WJR News Director Dick Haefneris one of the most recognizable news voices in Detroit. Even ex-Detroit Tiger Denny McLain, whom you may recall once hosted a successful morning-drive talk show on WXYT-AM, has RSVPd. His latest book, The Booster, about the decline and fall of U-Ms Fab Five, is Disc jockey Robin Seymour featured numerous Motown artists on his TV show, Courtesy of The Last Great Detroit Radio Reunion. Website. Does anyone else remember Carl Zetterberg, and I dont mean the Red Wing player? I was so proud and honored that Lee actually took the time to read the e-mail personally. 100.3 WNIC is the most listened-to station in Detroit, Michigan. 1 in the ratings, they became a heavy influence for record sales in Detroit. Growing up in Jackson, Paar started his career at, A disc jockey for WXYZ for two years in the 50s. Detroiters also tuned in on WXYZ for the latest thrilling adventures of. Those days and memories will forever linger, never to be duplicated. But the problem about network programming was still there. there was a strict playlist with a more contemporary music format to follow. Elizabeth Washington, Digital News Editor. Once one of Detroit's most popular radio duos, the two spl. "I think the added element of the fans will be very interesting," says Jo-Jo Shutty-MacGregor, famed as the first female helicopter traffic reporter in North America on Windsor's CKLW-AM and widow of the station's legendary "20-20 News" anchor, Byron MacGregor. Martin and Howard were hired . Copyright 2022 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved. ROBERT WESOLOWSKI Real NameDon Zemenski, My husband remembers a disc jockey named Bob Beasley during the late 60s Or early 70s on WWJ when it was music. During the earlier top 40 transition period some of the old radio names would leave WXYZ. The Lone Ranger, all local creations that had me glued to the receiver. Brubaker worked in the Detroit market for a couple of years and was heard on WDVD and WDRQ. Owned and operated by Entercom, WWJ is Detroit's only 24-hour all-news radio station, and is the oldest radio station in Michigan. It broadcasts a variety of entertainment and music programs. Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox. The stations playlist now comprised mostly the nations most popular records from the Billboard charts, and by 1962 WXYZ was center stage of what was happening in and around town. ABC affiliate. Besides doing on-air work, Calvert also worked for Sony Music Corporation as a local and regional promotion and marketing manager. These numbers represent the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. The goal of the committee is to organize current and former radio station personnel to better preserve the history of Detroit radio and, perhaps, improve the health of Detroit radio now and into the future. Birthplace: Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. . WGHP was once a charter member (of 16 stations) that aired the first CBS Radio Network program in 1927. But pleas towards Fritz to persuade ABC in New York to drop network programming fell on deaf ears. The WXYZ line-up in late 1965 consisted of some of the greatest radio voices heard on Detroit radio during that time. Under Alans tenure as new station PD, Pat Murphy would move up in the afternoon time-slot on WIXIE, from the all-night hours. My Mother listened to Fred Wolf every morning. He did radio for 25 years in Detroit, and he kept adding friends along the way, as he built a fantastic reputation. January 18, 2023 ~ 760 WJRs Jeff Sloan tells Paul W. as the inflation numbers come down small businesses will need to adjust to continue to make money. Worked at the Rouge complex and was found by Tom Margellar who critiqued my released 45 which resulted in a very short and wonderful relationship about record collectiong and music in general. A least two of us had been approached by WKNR to leave WXYZ and join them with their plans which they outlined to us in detail. "If you grew up here you can't help it. For the latest on Lee Alan today, go to his website blogroll and click on Lee Alans blog. Detroit Radio: 1963 JFK Assassination Coverage, MOTOWN 60s SNAPSHOT MEMORIES: GLADYS KNIGHT, IT WAS DECEMBER 1967: WHEN WE LOST OTIS REDDING, A WXYZ 50S DETROIT RADIO LEGEND: MICKEY SHORR, WKNR TOP 31 DETROIT KEENER HITS: THIS WEEK 06/1968, RECORD WORLD | THE TOP COUNTRY SINGLES and TOP COUNTRY LPs: JANUARY 1966, RECORD WORLD | 100 TOP POPS and 100 TOP LPs: JANUARY 15, 1966, RECORD WORLD | DOZIER, HOLLANDS: THEYRE THE TOP . "I gave him my two cents based on our years of planning and promoting these events, but Lee is Lee and he's always wanted to do it this way.". I lived in Birmingham at the time. Programs such as, Still prime on WXYZ radio since coming back to Detroit from New York in 1947 was, initially came over to Detroit (WXYZ) from Cleveland in 1935. . Detroit, MI 48202. and on the television side Club 1270 was gaining Detroit audience popularity asJoel SabastianandLee Alanintroduced the hottest WIXIE hits on WXYZ-TV. Your email address will not be published. What about 105.1 Magic and 93.9 the River? According to the event website (thelastreunion.com), those expected to attend include such radio royalty as Pat St. John, Tom Shannon, Jim Kerr, Joey Reynolds, Gary Burbank, Fred "Boogie" Brian, Duke Windsor, Charlie O'Brien, and "Keener 13" alums Jerry Goodwin, Bob Green, and Paul Cannon. I have been remembering back to when I was working at WXYZ radio in 1966 til May 1967. Longtime metro Detroit radio personality and pioneering rock jockey John O'Leary was found dead at his Highland Park home, according to local media reports. I had to go to bed at ten, in those days, but I had a transistor radio under my pillow and would never go to sleep until I had listened to the last two hours of Lee Alan and his closing theme I Cant Get Started by Frank Sinatra. But certainly not for any lack in trying. The artists had an opportunity to perform where people could see them, and that's where it all started to happen. "It's going to be terrific seeing all these people again. Absolutely loved Lees personality, voice and humor in the early 60s. I read your posting and was moved by your remembrances of Club 1270 and the Casino. I will soon be releasing the Audio Book version of my book, Turn Your Radio On. National News Former 'American Idol' Contestant C.J. Jason Scott and Roberta Jasina (5am -10am) Brooke Allen (10am - 2 pm) Tony Ortiz and Jackie Paige (2pm - 7pm) Audacy announced the lineup changes Effective immediately, WWJ Newsradio 950 in Detroit has a new daily lineup. He had been at CKLW for a number of years and worked in Cincinnati and Detroit radio before joining The Big 8. Douglas, born Howard Douglas Morrison on May 6, 1915, worked as an announcer on WMBC-AM 1400 beginning in 1937 on the "Flying Cloud Quintet" broadcast. He might have been the DJ doing the sign-off at the time with the song you had mentioned. WXYZ was to become the first ABC-owned radio station to play Top 40 hits (or then labeled as Formula Radio) in the entire country. By this time WXYZ radio had begun its fierce battle going full force head-to-head for top ratings going against Detroits top-rated WJBK 1500. I too remember the days when Mr. Alan and his crew were doing wonders at WXYZ radio in the early 1960s. 5 Number 3 - Radio DJo Henderson. Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life, A RETROSPECT INTO THE MAKING OF A GREAT DETROIT BROADCASTING LEGEND AND THE END OF A TOP 40 GIANT. From Business: 96.3 WDVD-FM is an adult contemporary-formatted radio station in Detroit. Radio 1270 became the hottest commodity on the radio dial for local music venues and dance entertainment. By the latter part of 1965, there was several changes in the WXYZ line-up. For many at the station it only served as reminder who it was who still owned the station. Thank you Larry and may God Bless been many years,but I thought Don Zees theme song was an Then there were reports about how 97.1 The Ticket was asking for volunteers to take a pay cut in order to avoid further layoffs. Lepidi made her way up the Detroit Top 40 radio ladder after her full time start at 98.7 Amp radio in 2015. Legendary Detroit radio personality Billy T. with his sidekick T.J. and others to talk about the latest in news, sports, and pop culture. With Mojo In The Morning, WKQI is constantly one of the most listened to stations in the state with contests to award incredible prizes . Another page in Detroit radio history had been turned. Always live on the free Audacy app. By years end, WXYZ was now a slight 24 from the previous 22% they held in 1965. Still at second overall in 1966, 3 of the CKLW share percentage points went to WKNR, who gained at 47 from a 44 previous. In 1941, the . The top news/talk station in the city will now have the following hosts in these time slots. Theme Song? He hardly ever went live on the air. Purtan, 83, retired a decade ago from his final job in radio at WOMC-FM (104.3). According to Lees book, entitled, Turn Your Radio On, during the battle for ratings in 1966, Alan stated, I have to say that in despite Chuck Fritzs and ABCs stubborn refusal to kill the old network programs, and let us be the pillar sound we needed to be, to get back on top boy, we gave it everything, everything we had. By Joel Sabastian left WXYZ for the Windy City that year. Also, according to the Billboard issue dated above, WXYZ was now ranked third at 22% below CKLWs 34% and WKNRs 44% share of the Detroit market overall, in that order. Memories From the Soundtrack of Your Life, Regarding the very last name listed, Don Zee.I believe he was also on CKLW overnights at least in 66 & 67 before he went to Texas where he passed from a cleaning his gun incident. 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