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Legend has it Berry Gordy used to bring a Motorola car speaker into the Hitsville, U.S.A. studios so the Motown Records releases he was mixing would play especially fine over a dashboard radio.
Sound idea.
In a city whose reputation was built on wheels, the music blasting from our four-wheeled entertainment centers — and the men and women who brought it to us as our audio emcees — hold a special place in Detroit's collective memory. For many Detroiters, those soundtracks of our lives are likely to come rocking back this Saturday at "The Last Great Detroit Radio Reunion" from 1-6 p.m. at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
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Lorne wrote:
Legend has it Berry Gordy used to bring a Motorola car speaker into the Hitsville, U.S.A. studios so the Motown Records releases he was mixing would play especially fine over a dashboard radio.
Sound idea.
In a city whose reputation was built on wheels, the music blasting from our four-wheeled entertainment centers — and the men and women who brought it to us as our audio emcees — hold a special place in Detroit's collective memory. For many Detroiters, those soundtracks of our lives are likely to come rocking back this Saturday at "The Last Great Detroit Radio Reunion" from 1-6 p.m. at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi.
The only DJ name I recognize is Tom Shannon, who I believe was on WKBW in Buffalo. I listened to 'KB back in the early 70's when Jack Armstrong was there. I also found it interesting that Denny McLain would be at the reunion. I've always enjoyed his radio commentary and I think he should be in the baseball HOF for his 30-win season, which will never be matched, but I'll save that debate for a sports board.
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This sounds great! I'm hoping we'll see more articles about the reunion.
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I had picked up the article about it from my local radio/tv forum ... it had belatedly occurred to me that it could be of interest to some people here. Just got a note from aflem that pictures from it have been posted on the other forum (thanks aflem), so I'll pass along the link to the thread there for those who are interested.