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‘SANTA COMES TO TOWN’ “More than a quarter-million children and parents jammed Woodard for the annual J. L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day Parade to give Santa Clause and Christmas Carol a rousing welcome to Detroit.”
Detroit Free Press, Friday, November 29, 1963
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Woodward Avenue. The precise spot where the photo was taken, facing towards east Grand River in the heart of downtown Detroit. To the right, was the J. L. Hudson building. Towering in the background is the historic Merchants Building. The old Singer building, as it was known at the time, is visible on the left. It is the Shinola Hotel today.
Added inside the photo frame is the exact street view (looking up Grand River from Woodward Ave) as it appeared in November 2022. The featured photograph was taken by Detroit Free Press chief photographer Tony Spina during the J. L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day Parade in Downtown Detroit, in November 1963. 60 years ago, today.
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This official Record Review survey was tabulated overall by each record’s popularity and its appeal, sales, listener requests and record airplays based on the judgement of WJBK Radio 1500 (1963)
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The above WJBK chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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A sincere thank you, Mrs. Patti Griggs. This featured presentation would have not been possible without your generosity, dedication, and your continuous support.
Above WJBK music chart courtesy of Mrs. Patti Griggs and the George L. Griggs estate.
The above WKNR chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks.
A special THANK YOU going out to Larry Good, of Plymouth, Michigan, for providing Motor City Radio Flashbacks this rare WKNR November 21, 1963 chart survey, in its original form, for our collection.
Authenticated. In it’s printed originality, the correct WKNR Teal-colored lettering and bordering has been applied to this featured chart.
Compiled by the Music Popularity Chart Dept. of Billboard, from national retail store and one-stop sales reports, and radio airplay reports.
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Special THANKS to our friend, John Bartony (a.k.a. Jukebox John) of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for providing the above Detroit Free Press CKLW Radio ad (September 23, 1946) for this site, as featured today.
A special thank you to senior MCRFB consultant Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for contributing the Newspapers.com archives (Detroit radio related) articles, ads, and images we have provide for this site since 2016.
Thanks, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. ?
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At the time this letter was circulated by management at CKLW in May of 1966, CKLW had long ceased publications of any weekly music chart surveys for some time, most notably, by the end of September 1964 (and it was partial run of the CKLW charts that year). In 1965, not one single CKLW chart was printed nor made available for retailers and for the public in general.
CKLW was a radio station owned by RKO General at the time (which they purchased outright in 1963). RKO (according to CKLW’s Charlie O’Brien) owned Essex Broadcasters, which operated CKLW AM and CKLW FM only. RKO General also owned five other radio stations in the United States.
Presumably, at CKLW RKO, the music survey sheets were, for the most part, just another unnecessary cost factor not having been appropriated in the station’s budget overall (i.e., like radio contests promotions as well).
CKLW, in the letter above, essentially put out word that the music surveys would only become available to interested music retailers and dealers if they were willing to pay for them. And in looking at the numbers CKLW attached in their letter, you will note they were all optional, yet an ‘expensive’ proposition (in monetary terms at the time) the station offered for music retailers to choose from, for this service having been offered, back in May of 1966.
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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.
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A special THANK YOU to Larry Good, of Plymouth, MI., for contributing this featured WXYZ chart — November 3, 1964 — for our Motor City Radio Flashbacks’ radio charts archive.
This featured WXYZ chart was digitally restored by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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Above article/advertisement courtesy freep.com newspaper archive. Copyright 2023. Newspapers.com
The above featured Detroit Free Press CKLW advertisement/ article was digitally re-imaged by Motor City Radio Flashbacks
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MCRFB Note: Special THANKS to our friend, John Bartony (a.k.a. Jukebox John) St. Clair Shores, Michigan, for providing the above Detroit Free Press CKLW RKO General ad (April 1961) for this site, as featured today.
A special thank you to senior MCRFB consultant Greg Innis, of Livonia, MI., for contributing the Newspapers.com archives (Detroit radio related) articles, ads, and images we have provide for this site since 2016.
Thank you, Greg Innis, for making these historic Detroit radio features possible. ?
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