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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK

Edition #760
December 1, 2013


BIG JIM EDWARDS
CKLW WINDSOR, ONT.
DECEMBER 1, 1969 (UNSCOPED)

 For Jim Davis, it all started at a 1,000-watt radio station in Cheektowaga, N.Y.

Davis got his radio start on June 19, 1960 at WNIA (now WECK). His first song was "Cathy's Clown" by the Everly Brothers and he made the minimum wage of 90 cents an hour. Davis went on to many of the leading Top 40 stations in North America, including CKLW, where he starred as Jim Edwards (and later Big Jim Edwards) from 1967 to 1970. His on-air resume also includes top stations like KHJ Los Angeles, WLS Chicago and WOR-FM New York. Davis later made his mark as a programmer in Detroit, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and Dallas, and as a senior manager and owner in West Virginia and Florida.

Hear Big Jim Edwards on CKLW from December 1, 1969 (UNSCOPED) ... in the Aircheck of the Week.

Our thanks to Tom Howard for another great aircheck!

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ROCK RADIO HISTORY
... IN SOUND


Rock Radio Airchecks: 1955-1963

Rock Radio Airchecks: 1964-1970

Rock Radio Airchecks: 1971-1975

Rock Radio Airchecks: 1976-1980

Rock Radio Airchecks: 1981-present

Rock Radio Airchecks: Goodbyes

Rock Radio Airchecks: Pop-Tops

Rock Radio Airchecks: Jingles

Rock Radio Airchecks: Christmas

ROCK RADIO HISTORY
... SPECIAL SECTIONS

The CHUM Archives

The Mais Oui Files
(Marc Denis)

The CKLW Years

Doug Thompson's Production Corner

FM 108 Gold 'N Great

The Tom Fulton Collection

The Best of Don Shuttleworth

24 Hours of 'KB
(WKBW July 24-25, 1961)

ROCK RADIO HISTORY
... IN WORDS


Rock Radio Heaven

Rock Radio Lineups

Rock Radio Articles

Rock Radio Almanac

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Rock Radio Quotes

Rock Radio Stories

Rock Radio Changes

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One moment they were here, the next they were gone. Great stations, legendary deejays faded into the ether, seemingly forever.

But wait! That great radio lives again right here at Rock Radio Scrapbook. The unforgettable stations like CHUM, CKLW, CKEY, CKFH, CFTR, 1470 CFOX, CKGM, CFUN, CKRC, FM 108, WKBW, WGR, WLS, WABC, KHJ and so many others can be heard and read about here.

Enjoy legendary deejays like Alan Freed, Hound Dog Lorenz, Jackson Armstrong, Robert W. Morgan, Hunter Hancock, Cousin Brucie, Dan Ingram, Dick Biondi, Wolfman Jack, Al Boliska, Jay Nelson, The Real Don Steele, Tom Rivers, Brian Skinner, Marc Denis, Red Robinson and many others. Also here: the history, the lineups and the stories of a great radio era now gone but fondly remembered.

First, read a little about this site and then explore this tribute to a great radio era. You can also discuss radio - old and new - at the Southern Ontario/Western New York Radio-TV Forum (SOWNY).

Thanks for placing Rock Radio Scrapbook on your cyber-bookshelf! And enjoy our Top 40 treasure trove!

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is a non-profit, free to all resource that has been celebrating great Top 40 radio on-line since October 29, 1996. The slant is toward Canada, western New York and the eastern U.S. but we feature plenty of material from other regions as well.

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