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When The Big 8 Still Served Detroit – Scott Miller, 800 CKLW Windsor | April, 1980
Billing itself as “The Great Entertainer”, here’s a bit more subdued CKLW in the cold Spring of 1980.

Ted Richards & Johnny Williams, on AM 800 CKLW Detroit (Windsor) | December 1981
CKLW AM 800 Detroit – Ted Richards & Johnny Williams – December 1981 Ted “The Bear” Richards was one of the smoothest and longest running jocks on CKLW, Ted Richards started at ‘CK in 1972 and was there until the end of the *Big 8* era in 1984. According to the Rock Radio Scrapbook…

QuickCheck: “Ted Richards, 800 CKLW (“The Big 8”) Windsor | May 1974
Seals & Crofts are in concert on May 28, The Beach Boys have a new album out, and Teddy Bear Richards counts down the bottom five songs on the CKLW all-time top 500! CKLW today is has a News/Talk format which is programmed entirely for the Canadian audience in Windsor, Ontario. However, in 1974, the…
Darryl B, 800 CKLW Windsor, Ontario | Sometime 1970
Its the heyday of “The Big 8” and the Drake format is alive and well in this 3 minute QuickCheck of CKLW. The Motor City is used as CKLW’s legal ID, and time/temperatures are given for both cities. This is ORIGINAL gold from RKO’s Canadian outlet – heard up and down the eastern seaboard. We…
Jack Anthony, 800 CKLW Windsor, Ontario | 1972
Loosely scoped and running about 30 minutes in length, here’s a trip back to 1972 with Jack Anthony on CKLW! Note, of course, the Johnny Mann singers Jingles and Drake formatics! The Drake sound stayed at CKLW for a long time, even longer than at KHJ. You’re listening to Jack Anthony on CKLW – Motor…

Bob Todd, The Big 8 CKLW Windsor (Detroit) | 1967
Bob Todd on “The Big 8” – RKO General’s monster Canadian radio station! It’s been said that Bill Drake’s ‘More Music” format arrived at CKLW in 1966. Here’s the Big 8 in all it’s Drake goodness with the formatics intact. Listen to this and imagine a Summer afternoon somewhere in Ontario or Michigan/Northern Indiana/Northwest Ohio……

Composite: CKLW-FM 94 Windsor Ont. | 1988
Here’s another one we have to make an educated guess as to the year. This was the short-lived recreation of the Big 8 – on FM! Judging from my trip to Detroit in the early 90s, I remember this station and it really DID sound good. One of the very few Oldies stations to effectively…

1340 WNHC New Haven Agency Presentation | 1970
Contributor Russ Oasis provided this creative and somewhat humorous sales presentation of the old WNHC. We’re not entirely sure where this came from, but it appears to have been produced in 1970. This features a cross section of the station’s broadcast day and includes airchecks of Bob Morgan, Frank Stickle, J.J. Phillips and Pete Moss.…




