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A ’60S MOTOR CITY MUSIC HAPPENING RECALLED: ’66!

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A 1960s Detroit Music Moment Recalled

 

 

 

FROM THE BACK-PAGES OF THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

 

DETROIT — Tuesday, April 5, 1966 — The Beatles have been signed for two performances at Olympia Stadium On Saturday, August 13.

Detroit will be the second stop on the Beatles’ 14-city summer tour which will begin the previous day in Chicago. (MORE) . . . . 

— THE DETROIT FREE PRESS

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A 1966 DETROIT WKNR RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

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Sunday, November 20, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WKNR-AM ‘Bob Green: He Found Big Beat Abroad’

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WKNR, KEENER: SWEENEY AND STEVENS! APRIL 25, 1998

THE MOTOR CITY RADIO REUNION, NOVI, MI. 1998: Two Keener Key Men of Music, Frank 'Swingin' Sweeney with Gary Stevens, April 25, 1998. You can hear these two WKNR legends talking Detroit radio during the second hour of audio below, WOMC's 'Motor City Radio Reunion' broadcast, hosted by Dick Purtan and Tom Ryan.
THE MOTOR CITY RADIO REUNION, NOVI, MI. 1998: Two Keener Key Men of Music! Frank ‘Swingin’ Sweeney with Gary Stevens, April 25, 1998. You can hear these two WKNR legends sharing of their respective Detroit radio memories in the ’60s,  during the second hour of audio featured below today, WOMC’s ‘Motor City Radio Reunion’ broadcast, hosted by Dick Purtan and Tom Ryan.

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PROGRAMMING THE DETROIT RADIO DIAL: 07/09/1960

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Saturday, July 9, 1960

 DETROIT FREE PRESS: SATURDAY RADIO GUIDE 

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A 1965 DETROIT WXYZ RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

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Sunday, November 28, 1965

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: WXYZ-AM ‘That Lundy Brand Of Lunacy’

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A 1966 DETROIT WXYZ RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

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Tuesday, July 5, 1966

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “WIXIE’S WHIRLYBIRD WATCH”

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A 1970 DETROIT WHFI RADIO NEWSPAPER FLASHBACK

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Tuesday, October 6, 1970

A DETROIT RADIO BACK-PAGE AD

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DETROIT FREE PRESS: “WHFI RADIO ‘STICK IT IN YOUR EAR’ AWARD”

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