NEW! The above featured Dave Prince WCZY personality card (from 1983) is courtesy of Roy Stephens. Thank you, Roy, for sharing this memory and for your contributions. Much appreciated! 🙂
The featured WCZY image was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
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Surrounded by his two daughters and members of his family, Dave Prince passed away peacefully on May 24, 2023. He was 91. Dave Prince leaves behind three daughters and a son.
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In Remembrance of Dave Prince
NEW!A special THANK YOU to Motor City Radio Flashbacks’ senior contributor, Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for providing this CKLW Dave Prince audio gem for the archives. From his collection, Greg personally recorded this aircheck in February 1987. Thirty-six years ago.
Jim Hampton (L) with Dave Prince (R), photographed while doing a live Barry Manilow Coast to Coast for CBS Radio Network, Los Angeles, in the 1970s.
I was sadden to learn that my friend, mentor and broadcaster, Dave Prince, passed away (last week). He was 91.
Dave was one of the legends of Detroit radio, 45 years in broadcasting. Having worked at WKMH, WXYZ, WCAR, WCZY, CKLW. For a short time, he was also TV host of Club 1270 on Channel 7.
In the mid-1970s, Dave moved to LA to partner with me consulting radio stations, creating 100s of syndicated radio specials featuring interviews with Olivia Newton-John, Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart and more.
He narrated ‘One Solitary Life’, a 1971 Christmas release on one of the Motown labels, Rare Earth. Plus, he narrated and produced countless radio and television commercials in Los Angeles and also in the Motor City.
He was a big influence in my life, my broadcasting career. And I will miss him, dearly.
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Photo courtesy of Jim Hampton | Facebook
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NEW YORK — When BMW (Billboard Music World) goofed twice in succession and switched captions on photos on disk jockeys Bill Williams (WNEW, here in New York) and Jerry Marshall (WMGM, here) appearing in the paper’s Programming Panel feature, it was facetiously suggested that the jocks be good sports and consider exchanging names.
Michigan deejay David Pringle took us at our word and is doing just that. The jock was also a victim of a BMW goof, when his photo appeared in a panel feature identifying him as “David Prince.”
Pringle, who moved from WPAG, Ann Arbor, Mi., to WKMH, Detroit, (in the 7-11:30 p.m. time-slot), August 2, writes: Because of a goof in Billboard, I will be using the air name Dave Prince. They gave me a tag a while back in a misprint and it sounded so much better than Pringle — more adaptable to jingles, etc., that I’ve decided to use it!”END
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Information, credit and source, as published: BillboardAugust 14, 1961
(L-R): Dave Prince, Danny Taylor, Pat Murphy, Jim Hampton, Lee Alan, Marc Avery
Missing from this 1966 photograph was Joey Reynolds. Hired away from Cleveland’s WIXY in April, Reynolds was only on WXYZ for a brief time. Six months. Friday, September 17, 1966 was his last day on WXYZ.
When this photograph was taken late in September, two stories why he left emerged. Reynolds had resigned in pursuit of a new career as a recording producer. Or, Joey Reynolds left the Motor City for the east coast for Hartford, Connecticut’s WDRC.
A special THANK YOU to Jim Hampton for providing this (wonderful) WXYZ photo memory with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
DAVE PRINCE WKMH aircheck date: THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 9, 1961
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NEW! A special THANK YOU to senior website contributor Greg Innis of Livonia, Michigan, for recently donating this WKMH-AM radio aircheck to Motor City Radio Flashbacks!
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NEW! The above featured Dave Prince WCZY personality card (from 1983) is courtesy of Roy Stephens. Thank you, Roy, for sharing this memory and for your contributions. Much appreciated! 🙂
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