NPR RADIO PT. 1 * CKLW * ALL THINGS CONSIDERED (August 27, 1999)
“AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMIN’ “
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO | CKLW | NPR.ORG
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NPR’s Don Gonyea remembers the heyday of powerhouse AM radio. Gonyea grew up in Detroit, where the big station in the 60’s and 70’s was CKLW. It broadcast from across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario. It was a loud, glitzy noise-making enterprise. Everything was shouted — even the news.
The 50,000-watt giant spewed rock and roll and hyped-news across 28 states and mid-Canada. Gonyea describes the formula that made CKLW and its imitators successful. Produced by Don Gonyea and Dale Willem. NPR.ORG
THANK YOU to the following people for opening up their personal archives, suggestions, participation and for their comments (1999) –
Jon Belmont, ABC News, New York. Charlie Brown, Perrysville, Ohio. Keith Radford, Buffalo, New York. Ron Hummany, Detroit, Michigan. Art Vuolo, The Michigan Radio Guide. Tom Connard, The Aircheck Factory, Wild Rose, Wisconsin. Dick Kernen, Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts. Jo Jo Shutty MacGregor. NPR, August 27, 1999
