Category: WXYZ

THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: THIS WEEK! JUNE 13, 1966

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY June 13, 1966

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NUMBER ONE! WXYZ

“SUNNY” | BOBBY HEBB | PHILLIPS

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio from reports of record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ

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Previewed for the week of June 13-June 19, 1966

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— THE JIM HEDDLE COLLECTION —

This WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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PAMS DALLAS! WXYZ CUSTOMS and AUDITIONS: 1967 and 1968

WXYZ ‘PAMS’ JINGLES HEARD on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

 WXYZ-AM | “AUDITIONS and CUSTOMS” | 1967-1968

PAMS INCORPORATED, DALLAS, TX

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BY THE BEGINNING of 1967 WXYZ 1270 was no longer into the top 40 foray. By year’s end, 1966, the ABC brass in New York decided instead to introduce the ABC-owned station in Detroit with an easy-listening, contemporary format. A format no longer geared for its previous teen audience. Instead, WXYZ became, “The Good Life”.

We present today a composite of customs and auditions jingles created by PAMS in Dallas for WXYZ in 1967. You will note one of the prominent jingle(s) heard in this package was created for the station’s Cash Call contest, what would become their popular cash-giveaway game geared for their new adult radio following, early-on, and having played well into 1970.

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The featured PAMS WXYZ jingle package was audio enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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Licensed by PAMS, Dallas, this PAMS jingles package was made available (in the early 2000s) by Ken R Productions, Toledo, Ohio.

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A CERTAIN LIFE MADE FOR RADIO: THE SAGA OF JACK THE BELLBOY

ED McKENZIE

— ‘Jack the Bellboy’ —

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Ed McKenzie. During his prime years on radio WJBK and by the time McKenzie left the station for WXYZ in January 1952, he was by then recognized, having been established in the trade as the “Nation’s Number One Disc Jockey.”

Today, Motor City Radio Flashbacks will feature “the saga” of Ed McKenzie. His life and his times in Detroit radio, and what brought this Detroit broadcast (and jazz) legend to prominence. Not just here in the Motor City, but also around the country in the 1940s and 1950s.

Ed McKenzie passed away in 2001. He was 90.

The featured and extensive article was initially published in the quarterly journal, International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC; Summer 1995).

 

The article authored by Stan Kuwik.

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Note: This article was submitted to Motor City Radio Flashbacks in 2019 by “Radio Muze”. It originated from a former Detroiter — who resides today in Los Angeles — who expressed desire his name remain undisclosed.

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The entire IAJRC 1995 article was digitally enhanced by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

 

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THE ‘FUTURESONIC’ PRODUCTION SERIES: WXYZ RADIO 1270

WXYZ ‘FUTURESONIC’ Jingles on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

 WXYZ-AM | “Action Radio” | 1963-1964

FUTURESONIC PRODUCTIONS, DALLAS, TX

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According to renown radio historian and master jinglecologist Ken R., Futuresonic “rivaled PAMS for creative output in the late 1950s and early 1960s.” In this featured presentation you will hear a Futuresonic sampler for WXYZ 1270, Detroit, circa 1963-1964.

Futuresonic also created jingle packages for Detroit’s WWJ in the early 1960s.

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The featured Futuresonic WXYZ jingle package was audio remastered by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

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Note: On our site’s Facebook page, according to WXYZ’s Lee Alan, this featured Futuresonic jingle sampler was not used on WXYZ in 1963 nor in 1964.

Thanks Lee Alan, for the noted correction.

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NEW! WXYZ 1270 IS BACK ON THE RADIO: JIM HAMPTON

WXYZ RECALLED on MOTOR CITY RADIO FLASHBACKS

JIM HAMPTON (Last Show) | DATE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967

— SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT —

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Jimmy Hampton, of Cathedral City, California, for recently donating his 1967 (very last show) WXYZ radio aircheck to the Motor City Radio Flashbacks archives.

THE JIM HAMPTON COLLECTION

 

WXYZ Jim Hampton

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56 YEARS AGO: A 1965 WXYZ DETROIT RADIO ‘BROADCASTING’ AD

A ‘BROADCASTING’ WXYZ-AM 1270 AD Page Rip: January 11, 1965

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WXYZ RADIO 1270 DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: DECEMBER 22, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY December 22, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY December 22, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY December 22, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY December 22, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY

—DECEMBER 22, 1964—

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

 

—ACKNOWLEDGEMENT—

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A special THANK YOU to Larry Good, of Saline, MI., for contributing this featured WXYZ chart — December 22, 1964 — with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

Earlier in the year, Larry contributed 16 WXYZ 1964 charts for the website’s archive.

Thank you for this WXYZ Detroit radio contribution. Inasmuch, this site realizes these WXYZ charts from 1964 are scarce, having been a most difficult find today as in recent years. Much appreciated! 🙂

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WXYZ 1270 DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: DECEMBER 12, 1966

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY December 12, 1966

THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY

—  DECEMBER 12, 1966 —

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio from reports of record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

 

 

— THE JIM HEDDLE COLLECTION —

This WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

 

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WXYZ ‘RADIO 1270’ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY: 11/24/1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY November 24, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY November 24, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY November 24, 1964

WXYZ DETROIT SOUND SURVEY November 24, 1964

WXYZ 1270 RADIO

—NOVEMBER 24, 1964—

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio reports of records sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

 

 

The above WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks

 

 

—ACKNOWLEDGEMENT—

 

A special THANK YOU to Larry Good, of Saline, MI., for contributing this featured WXYZ chart — November 24, 1964 — with Motor City Radio Flashbacks.

Earlier in the year, Larry contributed 16 1964 WXYZ charts for the website’s archive.

Thank you for this WXYZ Detroit radio contribution. Inasmuch, this site realizes these WXYZ charts from 1964 are scarce, having been a most difficult find today as in recent years. Much appreciated! 🙂

 

 

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WXYZ AM 1270 ‘DETROIT SOUND SURVEY’: 10/17/1966

WXYZ RADIO 1270 Detroit Sound Survey OCTOBER 17, 1966

 

THE DETROIT SOUND SURVEY

—  OCTOBER 17, 1966 —

 

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This list is selected each week by WXYZ Radio from reports of record sales gathered from leading record outlets in the Detroit area and other sources available to WXYZ.

 

 

 

— The Jim Heddle Collection —

 

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