Rock Radio Scrapbook
Airchecks: 1987
Talent:
SCOTT MILLER
Station: CKLW-FM Windsor, Ont.
Date: January 14, 1987
Time: 11:07
"Ladies and gentlemen, the good times are back!"
Sometimes, you can't go home again.
In 1986, Windsor, Ont.- station CKEZ attempted to recreate the old CKLW-AM with an oldies format on FM. Back with a vengeance were the old Johnny Mann jingles, some of the legendary personalities of the past, and many of the '50s, '60s and '70s hits that CKLW-AM had played as hits and were now oldies.
It didn't last - the station evolved into a middle-of-the-road format in 1988 as CKMR-FM and it appeared once again the Big Eight sound would be forever consigned to the dustbin of history. But in 1991 another attempt was made to revive this classic station - the CKLW-FM calls were again restored and the station called itself "93.9 The Legend." Despite the presence of well-known jocks like Tom Shannon and Dave Shafer, the format didn't last and by 1993 it was gone.
Scott Miller was one of the jocks on the 1986-88 CKLW-FM. Miller also entertained at CKLW-AM in the 1980s as part of a career that has included stops at CFTR Toronto, WOMC Detroit, WJMK Chicago, FUN-FM (CKCL-FM) Vancouver and WOLX-FM Madison, Wis.
Hear Scott Miller on CKLW-FM here.
(The Don Shuttleworth Collection)
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Talent:
BOB MITCHELL
Station: WYYY Syracuse, N.Y.
Date: April 2, 1987
Time: 22:35
Now THIS is the way oldies radio should sound!
For 10 years, Bob Mitchell did the "Saturday Night Oldies Show" on Y94 in Syracuse, N.Y. - and he did it with class, passion and a tight, bright presentation that should be a model for oldies stations everywhere.
Everything on this aircheck works, from the fun PAMS jingles, to the contests, to the listener participation to the flawless production to the music. Mitchell himself is a gem - if we started an oldies station we'd seek out his on-air services immediately.
Mitchell, a veteran of more than 30 years of central New York radio, is these days occupied with - among other things - the 1490 WOLF Tribute Site. Check it out, but first enjoy this fabulous aircheck of Mitchell's Saturday Night Oldies Show.
You can hear it here.
(The Bob Mitchell Collection)
Talent: RON ABLE
Station: CKY Winnipeg
Date: May 4, 1987
Time: 14:44
"Ron was a gentle giant." - Sharon Taylor, QX104 vice-president and manager
Ron Able was born in Montreal, but considered Winnipeg his adopted home. He had the good fortune to work in both.
Able was the first morning man of CKGM's Super '70s lineup in Montreal in 1970-71, later moving down the hall to CHOM-FM (the former CKGM-FM). He went to Halifax from 1971 to 1973 and then to CKVN-CFUN Vancouver in '73, returning to La Belle Province at CFOM Quebec City in the mid-'70s. In the 1980s, Able settled in Manitoba, first at CKY from the '80s to early '90s, then at CFQX Selkirk, Man. From 1997 to 2009, he co-hosted the morning show at CKXA (QX104 FM) Brandon, Man.
Able died February 13, 2009, less than a month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
Hear Able on CKY here.
(Courtesy Ted Wendland, radiowest.ca)
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Talent:
DON DAYNARD
Station: CHFI Toronto
Date: December 1, 1987
Time: 40:33
Toronto radio legend Don Daynard tells the story of his 1987 leap from CKFM to CHFI:
"After 12 years of a really successful morning show at CKFM was approached by Tony Viner, Sandy Sanderson and Paul Fisher to come over to CHFI. We met at my place in Leaside as they didn't want to meet publicly as it might leak out. They laid out the salary and the bonus plan and I left CKFM in the fall of 1987. The Slaights had taken over CKFM in May of that year and the station began to change musically and some of the vets were fired. People like Don Cameron and a few others, Jerry Bascombe, etc. Jerry Good, a marvellous program director, was passed by for manager when Ballentine was let go and replaced by one John Mackey.
Started at CHFI after a three-month delay forced by my CKFM contract. CHFI wanted me to appear in the Santa Claus parade that year but Gary Slaight brought an injunction I guess you could call it against the station so I didn't do that appearance. We started with an oldies dance on a Tuesday night at the Inn on the Park. That was strange, let me tell you!!"
Enjoy Don Daynard's first CHFI show here.
(The Dave Creelman Collection)
