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Here's your place to reminisce about classic radio and television. Want to share memories of The Big 8? How about J.P. McCarthy? Do it here!
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WBRB and Rosie OGrady?
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km1125 » Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:44 pm
Was going through some old 8mm movies can caught this pic in one of the parades. Probably very early 70's, maybe 71.
Who was she? Was she a big deal...
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Last post by ChrisWL1980
Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:31 pm
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Sunrise Semester
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sfpcc » Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:26 pm
Does anyone out there remember Sunrise Semester, (or shows like it.) Basically a college course was aired around 6:30 in the morning and viewers...
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Last post by Bobbert
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WWJ 4 (now WDIV) from 1950 and 1977
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by Deleted User 7620 » Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:07 pm
Ch 4 was a mess in the late 1970s, just before it became WDIV (became WDIV in July, 1978). I can see why Post Newsweek rebuilt the station from...
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Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:05 pm
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Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:59 pm
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Glen Glenn Sound (laugh track)
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matt1 » Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:24 pm
When I was watching ABC's Hollywood Palace reruns on YouTube (1964 till January 1970), the Glen Glenn Sound laughter track came on (instead of a real...
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Last post by matt1
Sun Nov 29, 2020 1:12 pm
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Holy Grails
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sfpcc » Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:56 pm
Does anyone out there have a certain program, movie, or anything else TV related that can be a Holy Grail. That would be something that you have...
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Last post by sfpcc
Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:56 pm
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History of WWJ
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by Deleted User 14896 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:33 pm
I've been plowing through one of my gmail accounts opening and deleting emails. Ran across this. A nice history of WWJ:
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Last post by Honeyman
Thu Oct 29, 2020 1:58 pm
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Dark Shadows
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sfpcc » Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:19 am
Due to reality being what it is in 2020 I've been watching a lot of Decades TV. At midnight they're showing Dark Shadows, (it moves to 5 AM on...
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Last post by Ben Zonia
Fri Sep 25, 2020 1:29 pm
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Hugh Downs
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sfpcc » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:16 am
Former 2020 host Hugh Downs died at the age of 99. (not to be insensitive but I didn't know he was still alive.)
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Sun Sep 20, 2020 4:44 pm
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WNIC past personalities.
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by Deleted User 15342 » Sun Aug 02, 2020 2:07 pm
Any idea as to where these former WNIC personalities are today Dick Shafron, Gene Maxwell, Jim Harper and Steve Gannon.
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Last post by bjmcdevitt
Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:37 am
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Keener 14 Battle Creek
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by Deleted User 15342 » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:52 pm
Can anyone give information as to the years Keener 14 was on the air in Battle Creek. WKNR Keener 13 from Dearborn was known as Keener 13 from...
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Fri Jul 31, 2020 12:25 pm
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Last post by kleinlc
Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:10 am
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WHFI 94.7 Birmingham
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by Deleted User 15342 » Tue Jul 14, 2020 3:17 pm
Back in the 60’s WHFI was my mom’s favorite station. There were a ton of personalities that came out of that station guys like Don Zee, Marc Avery,...
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Last post by Deleted User 15342
Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:47 pm
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Fixed Frequency AM radios
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by Deleted User 15342 » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:40 pm
Back in the 60’s and 70’s some AM top 40 stations would give away through contest radios that only received that station. Does anyone remember these...
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Last post by Turkeytop
Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:38 pm
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Zippo In The Morning
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sfpcc » Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:24 pm
Does anyone remember hearing Zippo In The Morning in the Detroit area? It was a syndicated morning show featuring the somewhat wacky host Jim Zippo....
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Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:21 pm
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Last post by matt1
Sun Jul 05, 2020 1:51 am
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Old Automation Formats
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Calvert DeForest » Sat May 30, 2020 2:31 pm
Radio automation in the 60's, 70's and 80's was a far cry from the digital automation that exists today. Companies like Bonneville, TM and Drake...
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Last post by Musicrewired
Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:49 pm
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Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:34 pm
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Detroit Underground Radio 1967 - 1972
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by Deleted User 15342 » Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:44 pm
Does anyone have any history info on underground rock in Detroit during that era. I’m interested in stations and personalities, I know it was short...
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Last post by Deleted User 15342
Sun Jun 07, 2020 5:31 pm
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WJZZ
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sfpcc » Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:10 am
Does anyone out there have any memories of listening to WJZZ? I didn't listen to it that often even though I had an interest in jazz when I was a...
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Last post by Deleted User 15342
Fri May 29, 2020 5:55 pm
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CHYR Radio 7 Canada
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by Deleted User 14803 » Tue Dec 11, 2018 1:40 pm
This radio station brings back memories from the late 60’s and 70’s to me they were an alternative to the Big 8 when CK was running commercials sets,...
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Last post by Deleted User 15265
Wed Feb 26, 2020 12:57 pm
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CKLW 20/20 News
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km1125 » Sun Jan 19, 2020 11:53 am
Just stumbled across this youtube about the Golden Years of 20/20 news. I remember it but it's interesting to hear some of those involved in it...
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Last post by CK-722
Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:09 pm
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How Many Times Can You Watch This?
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sfpcc » Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:58 am
Are their any TV episodes that you have watched 20 + times? I can say that have seen every Batman at least 30 times. Also I think I cam add certain...
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Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:51 pm
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Manistee, MI through the years
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ftballfan » Wed May 29, 2019 11:41 pm
All via Manistee News-Advocate microfilm
September 1980
2 - WBAY (CBS 2 Green Bay)
3 - HBO
4 - WPNE (PBS 38 Green Bay)
5 - WFRV (NBC 5 Green Bay)
6...
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Tue Sep 10, 2019 8:42 am
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I love this topic!!!
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sfpcc » Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:28 pm
EWWWWW!
Speaking of The Golden Girls does anyone notice how many times of day it 's shown on cable?
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Last post by sfpcc
Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:28 pm
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Wyandotte, MI through the years
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mtburb » Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:34 pm
Sources: Buddy Nicksich on the All Things Wyandotte Facebook group, and
ca. February 1985
2 - WJBK (CBS 2 Detroit)
3 - WGTE (PBS 30 Toledo)
4 -...
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Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:34 pm
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Classic WOR-FM
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Calvert DeForest » Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:36 am
Found this site dedicated to the glory days of New York's WOR-FM (and later WXLO) during the RKO era of the 1960's and 70's:
Plenty of great...
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Last post by Calvert DeForest
Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:17 am
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Apollo 11
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sfpcc » Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:47 pm
This week a major topic in the news is the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing, (close to the point of overkill but not quite, maybe that's for...
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Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:07 pm
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All In The Family / Jeffersons / Live
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sfpcc » Sun May 26, 2019 5:53 pm
Did anyone watch the All In The Family /Jeffersons live event? It was pretty interesting viewing. Some of it worked and some of it didn't. I did not...
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Last post by FredLeonard
Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:18 pm
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Old county weather maps
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mtburb » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:58 pm
Another thread on this forum made mention that back in the 1990's, the Detroit stations displayed Hillsdale, Lenawee, Jackson, Shiawassee and Genesee...
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Last post by mtburb
Fri Jul 12, 2019 8:40 pm
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You can't argue with a sick mind...
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by
kager » Fri Mar 08, 2019 7:14 am
... so don't try!
Yes, the subject is the name of a Joe Walsh album.
It's also a line used in the following 'commercial' for New York Telephone...
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Last post by Ed Joseph
Tue Jul 02, 2019 12:45 pm
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GI Joe on WDIV. September 1983
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by Deleted User 7620 » Wed May 29, 2019 1:53 pm
I had no idea it was on WDIV. I thought it was always on Channel 50. GI Joe must have went to WKBD in 1984.
Does anyone have the show listing of the...
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Last post by Some Guy from Toledo
Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:05 am
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NBC's "Hot Dog" 1970
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matt1 » Sat Mar 09, 2019 4:39 am
On Saturday afternoon at 12 Noon, NBC did a show called Hot Dog which aired from September 1970 till September 1971. The hosts were Woody Allen, Jo...
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Mon May 27, 2019 2:10 am
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Doris Day
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sfpcc » Tue May 14, 2019 5:37 pm
Screen legend Doris Day passed away yesterday at the age of 97. Does anyone remember seeing her TV show on local Detroit TV? I vaguely recall seeing...
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Last post by kc8yqq
Wed May 15, 2019 6:25 am
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Casey Kasem WJBK 1957
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CK-722 » Mon May 06, 2019 9:30 am
An inspiration for American Top 40? After playing hundreds of thousands of 2:00 to 3:00 minute tracks, Casey came up with the idea of a lifetime.
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Last post by CK-722
Fri May 10, 2019 11:28 pm
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The Planet 96.3 mid 90s
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by
radio stain » Sun Apr 21, 2019 2:52 am
This was a pretty unique station that made it one of my favs at the time. Anyone remember any songs that they played that you didn't hear anywhere...
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Last post by Chris1980
Mon Apr 29, 2019 11:34 pm
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Traverse City area (April 8, 1977)
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ftballfan » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:35 pm
Source: (lucky clip!)
Traverse City
2 - WBAY (CBS 2 Green Bay)
3 - WKBD (IND 50 Detroit)
4 - WPBN (NBC 7 Traverse City)
5 - WFRV (NBC 5 Green...
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Last post by Chris1980
Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:07 pm
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Detroit OTA schedule for 7/1/1995
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mtburb » Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:02 pm
Source: Detroit Free Press, July 1, 1995 (the pages I needed happened to be free to view on newspapers.com because someone made clippings of the...
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Last post by windsor
Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:59 pm
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Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:21 am
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Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:15 pm
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Lone Ranger on WXYZ-AM
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by Deleted User 24 » Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:41 pm
When was the Lone Ranger radio program produced in the Maccabees Building on WXYZ? Do you know where in the building the studios were? Were they the...
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Last post by borderboy653659200
Fri Feb 01, 2019 11:21 am
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Tom Force/ Zac Burns
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by Deleted User 14888 » Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:37 pm
Where is this Detroit Legend today, Any idea? (And if I didn’t spell his name correctly please forgive me)
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Last post by Deleted User 14888
Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:41 pm
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Ira J. Cook
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by Deleted User 14888 » Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:17 pm
I remember listening to WHFI 94.7 around ‘70 or maybe ‘71 and hearing Ira J.Cook on that station, My question, is he still around? Perhaps someone...
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Fri Jan 25, 2019 2:34 pm
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