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Welcome Back! To a time when rock and roll meant the Beatles, garage bands and Motown, and a 5000 watt AM station in Dearborn, Michigan transformed Detroit radio. Return with us now to experience again the sights, sounds and culture surrounding Detroit's number one '60s rock-radio phenomenon. Explore Keener13.com and celebrate the legend!
A montage of various Top of the Hour identification announcements at Detroit radio station WKNR.
He's an innovator, an entertainer, a raconteur and one of the pivotal personalities in Detroit Radio during the golden age of Top 40. Robin Seymour has finally written an autobiography. It's required reading for anyone who grew up with the Beatles, Record Hops and Swingin' Time. In this Podcast, we do a deep dive with the renaissance man who helped create the soundtrack of our lives.
Jim Davis, "Big Jim Edwards" at CKLW, introduces the Flirtations one and only top 40 hit in 1968. "Nothing But a Heartache".
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here on this auspicious occasion to... get it on!"
One of the great mid-day guys of the 60s and Keener's "legal ID" voice. How many times did we hear, "WKNR AM-FM Dearborn, Offices in the Sheraton Cadillac, Detroit."
From February of 1969, Jerry Goodwin's swing from mid-day work companion to the knowledgeable host of what would evolve into classic rock.
From WKNR's prime, the electric energy of Gary Stevens, complete with the Wolly Burger, a commercial voiced by Jerry Goodwin, Bobby Freeman, The Supremes, Billy J. Kramer and Carole Smith playing Keener Baseball.
In May of 1965, Dick Purtan came to Detroit from WSAI in Cincinnati, Ohio. Getting used to Keener's format and control room took a little doing as we'll hear in this early aircheck, courtesy of Radio's Best Friend, Art Vuolo.
Our Keener aircheck of the week features Bob Green from Keener's early days, complete with the earliest CRC jingles. Elvis and a bunch of promos that gives a sense of the fun Keener created in the winter of 1964.
The Supremes, The Raiders, Ronnie Dove and Rodney the Rodent. Excellent execution, too, by Keyman J. Michael Wilson.
Keener 13's legendary program director, Bob Green, describes the secret sauce that made WKNR a success.