https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:28:16 +0000 Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:08:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2260 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53629&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53629 Author: C J Brown
Subject: 2260
Posted: 07 March 2020 at 7:08pm

Big Jim Edwards aka James K Davis at WTTO Toledo 66 & early 67. Also at WTRY earlier in 1966. Jim Davis after CKLW. No matter the name he had a good set of pipes.

CKLW must have confused New Yorkers at times on tiny transistor radios being so close to WABC

Legend has it that you get on I90 in Chicago near sundown - drive all night on the ninety to New York City and be able to get CKLW all the way to the Big Apple before sunrise. I can tell you in points east of Cleveland in Ohio and in western PA from the north border to south border CKLW had a very strong signal. It would start about an hour before sundown.

I am going to return of the thread to records and music before I get thrown out]]> Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:08:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53629&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53629 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53628&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53628 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2260
Posted: 07 March 2020 at 11:11am

Jim 'Edwards' Davis had worked in Toledo before being
hired by CKLW in the late 1960s. He went on to work
at/program legendary other stations like WOR-FM, KMPC and
many others.

I remmeber Keith Hampshire received airplay on WJET but
not WCCK. The April 2, 1973 WJET survey shows "The First
Cut Is The Deepest" by Keith at #42 in its 2nd week, up
from #50.]]> Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:11:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53628&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53628 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53626&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53626 Author: crapfromthepast
Subject: 2260
Posted: 07 March 2020 at 10:17am

Oh yeah! I remember listening to CKLW at night in my New York City suburb in the late '70s. BIG signal.]]> Sat, 07 Mar 2020 10:17:41 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53626&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53626 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53623&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53623 Author: C J Brown
Subject: 2260
Posted: 06 March 2020 at 7:41pm

CKLW exerted an influence in the Great Lakes never heard before or after on radio. So dominant and strong. The engineer of the 70's and early 80s has said he thinks CKLW had an ERP of 250,000 watts or greater to the east and south east back then thanks to his tweaks and fine tuning. A lot of muscle for a 50,000 watt signal.

Listeners from Toledo Ohio feel CKLW drove two local stations out of the top 40 format WTOD AM 1560 1968 and WTTO AM 1520 1973. Plus a third heritage top 40 WOHO went to talk at night giving up the effort to fight the CKLW night time sound 1972. CKLW having overnight jocks such as Ted Richards, Super Max and Mike "Killer" Kelly did not hurt anything either. ]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:41:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53623&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53623 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53622&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53622 Author: C J Brown
Subject: 2260
Posted: 06 March 2020 at 7:33pm

Yeah I should have noted those imports on my message. All familiar fodder for CKLW listeners. As were the Andy Kim title and the Guess Who title. Glamor Boy was right in there with the somewhat small "Glam Rock" presence in North America. Another Canadian song that sticks out in my mind is Keith Hampshire "Daytime Nighttime". This Toronto DJ turned artist sure took a page out the early Chicago playbook or "Vehicle" sound from Ides of March. Too bad he was a few years late to do this.

Edited by C J Brown]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:33:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53622&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53622 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53614&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53614 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2260
Posted: 05 March 2020 at 8:51pm

Look at the other Canadian artists on that JET survey with
songs that didn't do well elsewhere...

Blue Collar
Painted Ladies
Pretty Lady
Last Kiss]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:51:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53614&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53614 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53613&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53613 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2260
Posted: 05 March 2020 at 8:49pm

The music director of JET at the time was the late Kay
Jones, the first wife of the late owner of JET, Myron
Jones. I remember JET playing many songs from Canadian
artists that were stiffs other places. Songs like I Been
Moved from Any Kim and Glamour Boy from the Guess Who.

An FM in town, 103.7, was known as WCCK then. The jocks
made it a point to say the call letters WC - CK. I don't
remember the reason why perhaps to confuse listeners a
bit, but they because certainly couldn't compete with the
signal of CKLW even though WCCK was 50,000 watts. ]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:49:22 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53613&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53613 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53612&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53612 Author: C J Brown
Subject: 2260
Posted: 05 March 2020 at 7:33pm

Thanks for the WJET chart. Erie Pa was within the CKLW orbit along with the entire Lake Erie shoreline in Ohio. Stands to reason it got action in that market.

Good to know the song did well on WLS. Surprised it did not chart better in the USA on that fact alone.

Teen Angel is the follow up I could not think of last night. Thanks for that fact. CKLW gave it some play.

Edited by C J Brown]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2020 19:33:32 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53612&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53612 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53611&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53611 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2260
Posted: 05 March 2020 at 12:28pm

I remember hearing Last Kiss a lot on CKLW in 1974. WJET
here in Erie, PA also had it charted in late 1973.

Here are WJET's survey positions for 12/17/73:

1. Leave Me Alone – Helen Reddy         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;  
2. Time In A Bottle – Jim Croce         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;  
3. Smoking In The Boys Room – Brownsville Station          ;     
4. The Joker – Steve Miller                                      
5. Most Beautiful Girl – Charlie Rich         &n bsp;         &n bsp;      
6. Yellow Brick Road – Elton John         &n bsp;         &n bsp;        
7. Mind Games – John Lennon                                      
8. Show And Tell – Al Wilson                                      
9. Spiders & Snakes – Jim Stafford        &nbs p;         &nbs p;         
10. Top Of The World – Carpenters        &n bsp;         &n bsp;         &n bsp;  
11. Let Me Be There – Olivia Newton-John        & nbsp;         & nbsp;  
12. Helen Wheels – Paul McCartney        &nb sp;         &nb sp;         
13. Are You Lonesome Tonight – Donny Osmond                    
14. My Music – Loggins & Messina          ;           ;           ;  
15. Photograph – Ringo Starr         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;    
16. Rock On – David Essex         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;        
17. Hello It’s Me – Todd Rundgren        &nbs p;         &nbs p;         
18. Living For The City – Stevie Wonder                          
19. If You’re Ready – Staple Singers          ;           ;        
20. Tell Her She’s Lovely – El Chicano          ;           ;      
21. Let Me Serenade You – Three Dog Night         & nbsp;         & nbsp; 
22. You’re Sixteen – Ringo Starr         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp; 
23. D’yer Mak’er – Led Zeppelin        &nbs p;         &nbs p;         &nbs p;   
24. The Love I Lost – H. Melvin & Bluenotes        &nb sp;         &nb sp; 
25. Pretty Lady - Lighthouse        &n bsp;         &n bsp;         &n bsp;      
26. The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand        &nb sp;         &nb sp;      
27. Love’s Theme – Love Unlimited Orch.         & nbsp;         & nbsp;    
28. I’m A Rocker - Raspberries        & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;    
29. Never Gonna Give You Up – Barry White         & nbsp;         & nbsp; 
30. Imagination – Gladys Knight                                   
31. American Tune – Paul Simon         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;   
32. Last Kiss – F. Wilson/Wednesday       &n bsp;         &n bsp;         &n bsp;
33. Jim Dandy – Black Oak Arkansas        &nbs p;         &nbs p;         
34. Step Into Christmas – Elton John         &n bsp;         &n bsp;       
35. Walk Like A Man – Grand Funk         &n bsp;         &n bsp;         &n bsp; 
36. I Can’t Stand The Pain – Ann Peebles          ;           ;  
37. Star – Stealers Wheel         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;        
38. Painted Ladies – Ian Thomas                                   
39. I Got A Name – Jim Croce
40. Who's In The Strawberry Patch - Dawn
41. Just You ‘N’ Me – Chicago          ;           ;           ;     
42. Dream On – Aerosmith        &nb sp;         &nb sp;         &nb sp;         &nb sp;
43. Half A Million Miles – Albert Hammond          ;           ;  
44. Midnight Rider – Gregg Allman                              
45. Living For You – Al Green         & nbsp;         & nbsp;         & nbsp;    
46. I Shall Sing – Art Garfunkel        &nb sp;         &nb sp;         &nb sp;  
47. Boogie Down – Eddie Kendricks        &nb sp;         &nb sp;         
48. Hangin Around – Edgar Winter Group         & nbsp;         & nbsp;     
49. Blue Collar – Bachman-Turner Overdrive        &nb sp;         &nb sp;  
50. Jessica – The Allman Bros. Band    
]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:28:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53611&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53611 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53610&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53610 Author: eriejwg
Subject: 2260
Posted: 05 March 2020 at 12:21pm

DUPLICATE POST

Edited by eriejwg]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2020 12:21:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2260&PID=53610&title=wednesdaylast-kiss#53610