I listened to the RIF during the 70s.  Great radio station.  Loved Arthur P.  BABY!

Got my attention too.  Looks like WRIF took a vacant slot that WKNR had held until 1970 when KNR started it's numerous tumultuous changes.  WKNR was THE radio station for rock and roll from 1963 to 1970. I had left SE Michigan by 1967 when I entered the Air Force.  I still have Keener 13 memorabilia.  Consequently, I never heard of WRIF and have no way of comparing it to WKNR.  I would put WKNR as THE "Baby Boomer Station."

J. Michael Wilson also made a big splash in Toronto, working for both CKFH and CHUM, as the afternoon drive guy, with the infamous Rodney The Rodent. (This was a character done with Wilson's voice pre-recorded voice sped up, and him doing live shtick with it.) He was very popular on CHUM but his tenure with the station didn't last that long.  

As I look at the chart above, I'm astounded by how many songs I've never heard if. With certain exceptions, hits were hits regardless of the market, with a few regional records thrown in. But the sheer number of songs that didn't get played elsewhere on the list above is remarkable.

Baseball Dream by The Intruders?
M'Lady by Sly & The Family Stone?
Sally Had A Party by Flavor?
The Muffin Man by World of Oz?

And the KEY Song of the Week:

I'm Gonna To Make You Love Me? Maybe by The Supremes and The Temptations but Aesops Fables? Who?

I know a lot of obscure oldies, but I have trouble placing any of those. Yet, they occupy a large section of the Top 31.

Re: J.Michael Wilson

Lorne wrote:

It's me Karen wrote:

Little Rich, I hope you can help me.  I have been thinking for years about this and couldn't find anything on the Internet.  Did KNR have a DJ named Christie, or something like that?  I vaguely remember Christie Critters and a song he would play adapted to this name.

Decided to see if I could find a KNR tribute site that might have some info about this DJ, and I found the following at https://keener13.com/inside/19671115.php ... hope that this is who you were wondering about.
"Diane Christie, secretary at Michigan Spot Sales, just celebrated her 19th birthday. Yes, (for those of you who didn't know), Diane is our Doug Christie's sister. (I guess Pop has done a pretty good job of convincing the kids that radio is a good business!)"

I should have been clear about the name.  Christie or Kristie was the last name of a male dj.  His first name may have been Paul.

 

It's me Karen wrote:

Lorne wrote:

It's me Karen wrote:

Little Rich, I hope you can help me.  I have been thinking for years about this and couldn't find anything on the Internet.  Did KNR have a DJ named Christie, or something like that?  I vaguely remember Christie Critters and a song he would play adapted to this name.

Decided to see if I could find a KNR tribute site that might have some info about this DJ, and I found the following at https://keener13.com/inside/19671115.php ... hope that this is who you were wondering about.
"Diane Christie, secretary at Michigan Spot Sales, just celebrated her 19th birthday. Yes, (for those of you who didn't know), Diane is our Doug Christie's sister. (I guess Pop has done a pretty good job of convincing the kids that radio is a good business!)"

I should have been clear about the name.  Christie or Kristie was the last name of a male dj.  His first name may have been Paul.

Karen - did you get my email response? ~Rich 

 

Last edited by Little Rich (November 10, 2019 8:37 pm)

Little Rich wrote:

It's me Karen wrote:

Lorne wrote:

Decided to see if I could find a KNR tribute site that might have some info about this DJ, and I found the following at https://keener13.com/inside/19671115.php ... hope that this is who you were wondering about.
"Diane Christie, secretary at Michigan Spot Sales, just celebrated her 19th birthday. Yes, (for those of you who didn't know), Diane is our Doug Christie's sister. (I guess Pop has done a pretty good job of convincing the kids that radio is a good business!)"

I should have been clear about the name.  Christie or Kristie was the last name of a male dj.  His first name may have been Paul.

Karen - did you get my email response? ~Rich 

 

Rich, I owe you and gopher an apology for not responding to your messages.  I simply had no idea I should look at the top of the page for messages.  I'll know now!
 

Lorne wrote:

Maybe you should come here more often.  Seriously, this feature is easy to miss. In the past on my local radio forum, there were messages that were sent to me which I didn't notice for weeks, if not months. I'm trying to be more careful here, especially given that people might figure that the admin should be checking for messages. 

That's exactly what happened to me.  I hope gopher and Rich understand.