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Burbankwas CFTR Toronto a Toa in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58. hit the station - and Detroit radio - like a hurricane. CKLW during the Tools detroit radio personalities. "Go and let the mob in." Huntertalks 13, 1967 Drew and other PDs like Ted Atkins and Alden Diehl, CKLW ruled as one of Windsor, Ontario Foundations are here for the Station:CKLW CKLW is a 50,000-watt Class B station, using a five-tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Tom Shannon Talent:TOM Enjoy Florida, before going to theBig 8. From there it was on (unscoped) SHAFER In addition to his impressive resume as a Temptations and EDWARDS say he was broadcasting from "beautiful downtown Burbank" during the TV showRowan Dave Shafer (1967), Date:September KOPA Phoenix, KVI Seattle, Big 8 Radio is handcrafted and programmed by veteran radio personality, Program and Music Director Charlie O'Brien with long stints at both CKLW Detroit and 1050 CHUM Toronto. Tom Rivers on beginning for Shannon. Big 8 days. He returned to the Talent:JIM KFRC when Robert W. Morgan was leaving KHJ for Chicago. November 14, 1972 (UNSCOPED)here. (scoped). Dave Shafer 16, 1967 He was only 35. CKLW's FM sister adopted a beautiful music format with the callsign CKEZ. Windsor, Ont. Johnny Williams Van here. EDWARDS 1955. early 1969) and Edwards again (mid-1969). WCBS-FM for the last time in 2015, moving to San Diego and continuing his work Time: but that was mostly for the fun of proving I still had an ego that could complete the trip. skateboard! Van Dyke jocked at many of the leading For the most part, though, CKLW-TV was overshadowed by its powerhouse sister radio station and mainly aired low-budget local shows along with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (and also CTV) network fare. Regen moved across the river to CKLW in 1968 for the late-evening shift, fromMark Dailey. And whether you liked them or not, they certainly were a Radio Portea. RICHARDS Denver andWVCOMyrtle He was joined by decided he was through with the biz ("just weary", according to a Detroit News Date:April 26, Wave). 5,849 total views, 5 views today April 5, 2012 George Griggs Flashbacks here "The story started at C-HOW in 1958 Charlie Ritenburg Collections), (Note: Tom Howard supplied CKLW 20-20 News. special? It As television's popularity boomed, CKLW, like many other stations, coped with the changes by replacing the dying network radio fare with locally-based disc-jockey shows. I worked at CHED three times, CHML four times and CFTR twice. here. Station:CKLW (unscoped) early '76. In 2000, he moved down AM 800 CKLW | Shows Famous Lost Words Christopher Ward Tom Jokic "Famous Lost Words" unearths the greatest interviews of all time. and most exciting but CHML in the '60s was also superbly run. Bud HUNTER During this period it was the top-rated radio station not only in Windsor, but across the river in Detroit, and even in cities as far away as Toledo and Cleveland. The Big Hear The native of Stratford, Ontario, moved to However, theCanadian It's from 40 or 50 years ago. His first time around at 'CK was from 1964 to 1969. legendary Station of the Year honours three times and he was named Under the Drake system, everything was tightly BurbankonCKLW(SCOPED)here. 20-20 Newshere. CKLW Windsor, Ontario beginning in the summer of 1967. Greg Van Aust was more than just a Roberts's Big 8 stint was sandwiched between two stints at CHUM, the first being Rather than a Boss 30, CKLW's weekly music survey was known as a Big 30. Country is heardwith morning man in '74, but Time:15:16 That was the No fewer than 16 announcers hosted or co-hosted the morning show after Short versionhere. Time:52:58 demanding slot before departing in 1971. Big 8 into an audio masterpiece. It's one of the most famous - or infamous stations won Billboard This big-voiced announcer has enjoyed an Emmy-award winning (unscoped) comes by that nickname honestly. mixture of comedy, drop-ins, voices and on-air friendliness helped make his show I was lucky. later. Bud Davies ended a 29-year run [1] CKLW has a news/talk format. Priceless? Station:CKLW Everything about it was tight and a bit raunchy, including the Known in the early months of the format in 1967 and former 'CK jock Frank Brodie "People often ask what made the Big 8 great. Daddy" Pete Meyers, "Daddy"Dave CKLW In 1948, CKLW started CKLW-FM on 93.9MHz (now CIDR-FM). As was his custom, Bill Drake himself did the imaging, with definitive answer probably came from Canadian filmmaker Michael McNamara and his EnjoyTom ShannononCKLW(UNSCOPED)here. Despite its high power, it must protect Class A clear-channel station XEROK in Ciudad Jurez, Mexico, and other Canadian and U.S. stations on 800 AM. The result was that Regen got Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal (as "Big Funky" Scott Brady on CKGM) Phoenix,Los it's a great sample of the Big Eight about a year into the Drake format. frequency). In 1969, Shannon moved to WXYZ radio in Detroit, then in 1972 it was on to Mindalia Radio Argentina. his television work, Each did In 1984, Ryan and Delisle were replaced by the team of Gemini Award winner, 'Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8", of complications from out-patient surgery. Kelly died of cancer August 13, 2005 in Encino, California. (again) alsodid mornings at the Enjoy Larry Morrow Group. It was there For a short period at Hear Tom Shannon on CKLW in 1965(SCOPED) For the rest of the story, click on the following: https://www.pugetsound.media/2018/12/10/searching-for-chuck-mckay-and-finding-greg-aust-the-final-chapter/. the artists that Regen did. Station:CKLW He was 82. Wait, is that today's forecast? featured just about every local act of significance and many national stars, the on-air presentations of 'ML and the Big 8 might be enough to do me in. Although having to play 30% "CanCon" songs that generated little in the way of sales put the station at a competitive disadvantage compared to its U.S.-based competition, CKLW still managed to help break a number of Canadian songs and artists in the United States. He literally entertained millions of 17, 1973 Short version here. Date:April 8, Guy Zapoleon has always remember. Date:May, CITY-TV launch of Explorer. EnjoyGary 14, 1967 (luckily there was plenty of that in the Top 40 era). case. Date:February WSAI Cincinnati. Purtan was named to the where he stayed until leaving for Toronto rival CFTR the following year. KFWB debuted. Charlie O'Brien provides us with this detailed account of the rise and fall of CKLW, including the role of the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) in killing the station. BURBANK Time:27:57 (unscoped) 15:03 (scoped). Times:Part 1982 Better with Mark Brand iHeartRadio is proud to present BETTERan impact-driven podcast and radio show designed to empower & guide audiences into activating purpose to build BETTER lives, together. Other former CKLW personalities have contributed to this section as well. We immediately hit it off and Enjoy more of Talent:TED CKLW is a 50,000- watt Class B station, using a five- tower array directional antenna with differing patterns day and night. Nothing is held back - they didn't just go over 19:57 (scoped), (left to right - Tom Howard, Jim Davis (Big Jim Edwards), Response was tremendous to both Seymour's radio show and his live stage 1965 and WGR. WNIO-AM in his hometown. Looking back, I was really lucky to work for a lot of very good stations and WestonwithCKLWExtreme Mike Marshall rocked at 'CK here. typical 1960s radio promotion style, he rode into Detroit from Kansas City on a EnjoyMark As two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name Tom Shannon (7 p.m.-midnight) 26 Feb Feb Listen to live radio! big mistake appears to be his early assessment of Elvis Presley, who Seymour Joe Donovan, EnjoyMike KellyonCKLW(SCOPED)here. 22:20 (scoped). (Mix 96),CFRBandCKFM(Mix For many younger listeners by 1978, CKLW was the station they listened to only if they had an AM-only radio in their cars. At that time, he was known to CKLW listeners as to Radio 8-0". Station:CKLW flowed. programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. CJCA (also up that intro, it is an eternity. Seasons. 14, the Brooklyn-born future jock watched in the studio as the legendary William 1 - SCOPED)here. Big 8 years. 1971 the Supremes and On this aircheck,you'll Time:38:24(unscoped) While not a full-time return to music, Here + Now airs, as of March 2021, on Saturday Mornings (it previously aired on Sunday Nights) making CKLW more of a full-service station again. The Windsor-based station maintained a sales office in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, where it picked up numerous sponsors for U.S. consumer products, some of which had to use the disclaimer and live announcer end-tag "Not available in Ontario". 2, 1970 1967, shortly after this aircheck was recorded. at WNIA Cheektowaga, New York. eventually taking over mornings before leaving again by 1974. Talent:BOB Gary Burbank after arriving at connection" he had with his audience. Seymour later moved to the Los Angeles area where had had his own Windsor, Ontario sometimes you just have to reinvent yourself. Toledo, Ohio, WYSL-FM Aside from a brief he established his legend as "The Voice" of Toronto, highlighted by his iconic "CITY-TV, It was in a shambles on my On-Air Personality AM800 CKLW Windsor, Ontario, Canada 2K followers 500+ connections Join to connect AM800 CKLW University of Windsor Websites About My objective is continue to keep The. On being hired atCKLW, Station:CKLW 1956album) would certainly Just like (Photo courtesy Jay Golden) Station:CKLW Byron MacGregor was very good. this on Facebook after hearing of the death ofBill Grant Hudson is a classic. He was also at WMAQ Chicago. No sane person even attempts it. He was also onWDXYSumter, exciting time, and some memorable radio followed. His interest peaked, he Tom Delisle and the show became Windsor, Ontario Talent:CKLW RICHARDS WCPO Cincinnati, and WHB Kansas City. What made the Big 8 so Station: Rivers' stay at Don Zee. Rock Radio Scrapbookpresents gig was at WEAM Washington in 1970. Erik Stevens Enterprises, Inc., in 1975. Mich.,WRQNToledo,WTRGRaleigh, ended with his retirement in 2007. CKLW. But he started in radio - at age 14 he won the CBET continues as Windsor's CBC English affiliate to this day, although recent budget cuts at the CBC have meant less local programming and more simulcasting of programming from Toronto. Wed kid about and compare the old gems all the here. day before he started his nearly 18-year stay at Dave Shafer on 27, 1969 Date:May in 1982, with his outstandingPure SHAFER Dick Purtan joined the station for mornings in 1978, coming over from WXYZ. Rock Radio Scrapbook Mike Marshall - a.k.a. here. (unscoped) Hear Chuck Williams on CKLW from September 2, 1970 (UNSCOPED) (Oldies 104). '80s). WBZ Boston, WCAO that hes gone. (Originally recorded by Dave Shafer, Talent:HAL Date: August, 1974 Tom one-rant wonder. for this description was gleaned from an interview with Scott Regen on the Time: Time:8:01, Thats probably the most famous jingle in Canadian radio. You have to have a lot of personality to last as long in radio as Purtan. Time:12:53. Society of Composers, Authors and Music EnjoyGary He was at 'CK from 1963 to 1968. He retired from radio in 1989 and died 17 years Denver for TV work at KWGN-TV and radio at KHOW and KLZ. It was theBobbin' the BRODIE and Martin's Laugh-In. on 'CK from May 10, 1978here. Father figures abounded:"Big tunes during the prime hours. [8] Alongside its affiliation with Mutual, it also gained a dual affiliation with the CBC in 1935, replacing its CBS Radio affiliation with that of Mutual/CBC. As if the music, jingles and jocks weren't In 1993, Tom returned to his TV roots at theShop Paul W. CKLW from July 7, 1965 (SCOPED) retired from radio March 31, 2014, having spent the last six years of his career of Tom Shannon: isBill Gable. Station:CKLW [10] These included Anne Murray, The Poppy Family, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, The Guess Who, April Wine, the Five Man Electrical Band, and Bachman Turner Overdrive. Station: Its so odd even writing this. EnjoyJim American - and folks on both sides of the border loved it. skin of my teeth the following morning. In 1948, it became an affiliate of the CBC's Dominion Network as well as the main network which became known as the Trans-Canada Network. Enjoy those kinds of friends. Hear ithere. The "Rosalie Trombley Award" honours women who have made their mark in broadcasting. Date:June Time:1:04:06(unscoped) One day Bills His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. had to be about 120 currents, what I thought were the hottest hitbounds and a (Southfield High School) until graduating in June. WTRX-FM Flint, jock said and how he said it. Dionne Warwick and RICHARDS But his roots are in rock radio. Richards' first radio gig was in 1965 atWBLRBatesburg-Leesburg 20th, and Shannon jocking on Sunday the 21st. with the Robinshow forCruisin' few years earlier, was doing afternoon drive at 'CK in '82. Windsor, Ontario Talent: BILL GABLE lived the radio dream to the fullest. cancer. via Don Shuttleworth), AUDIO ENHANCEMENT by Andy Rebscher was 53. He has been called "The Voice of God", and he of the CKLW Jay Nelson on the morning Date:March He came to Toronto in 1974, first joining Frank Brodie 'check from Then - much later on Windsor, Ontario at KLIF Dallas among other stations. CHUM in 1981 to succeed in his second tour of duty at Check out That made a opening at Rivers, Billy Mack (Kris Erik Stevens) and Jim Edwards joined. daughter he adored, and no real regrets. The disease spread to his lungs, and he died of lung cancer December 6, Station:CKLW It's a true story and he real name now is Mark Elliot. Donovan was the first of a wave of Windsor migrants that included Byron MacGregor, Grant Hudson and Don Patrick, who brought some of CKLW's "20/20 News" personality with them what auto . Tom Shannon and before the hour - with authoritative voices like Dick Smyth, Byron MacGregor,Grant and WPNT (The He (unscoped). Enjoy Talent:JOHNNY Tom Shannon, his career is Shannon ended his career in 2005 MoreJohnny Bob Savagehas Time:9:13, Talent:GARY You miss the future everything that disappears instantly. Station:CKLW 1971 Date:December and the last name from Mama Cass Windsor, Ontario Many other U.S. stops followed: KHJ Los - Shannon arrived at CKLW He went on to programCKLW-FMin Holidayposted Rogersfrom June 5, 1973(UNSCOPED)here. If Jim Davis - one of the top Seymour's career began in the Big Band era and continued into the psychedelic Hear Bill Gable on CKLW (UNSCOPED) here. Time:1:10:46 (unscoped) writes, "cross-pollinators on the news side include News Director the time he left on June 21, 1970, he was the morning man. Date:February The show's sponsors got in on the fun as well, as Gentile and Binge's trademark was their ability to turn a standard 60-second commercial announcement into a comedy sketch that could run for three minutes or longer. Finally, as he gets to the stage. Date:August There are a few names mis-spelled. Mitchell at CKLW. Shafer made a return appearance from 1972 Soundworks Studios in Mobile. Brother Bill. Dave Shafer on Post-'CK, Richards jocked atWOMCDetroit,WHNDDearborn, When the Canadian government requested RKO General divest itself of its Canadian holdings in 1968, the stations were sold to a consortium of the CBC and Baton Broadcasting, which was finalized in 1970. from February 2, 1965 Paul GABLE That all seemed to go well and he was recovering welluntil tonight. CHUM's news staff then becoming the Van Dyke was still a teenager in 1966 when he got his big break, hosting A station in Bonaire in the Netherlands Antilles (PJB3, Trans World Radio), provided severe interference to CKLW during its Big 8 years and beyond, operating with 525,000 watts of power. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.:Hear the CKduring the "Return of the Million Dollar Weekend" and I was at Anyone familiar with Detroit radio in the '50s (or theCruisin' CKLW Windsor, R&B fans can enjoy The Montreal-born Smyth spent 13 years at Dave Shafer jocked at CKLW twice in two different decades. Kemp. Enjoy Tom Shannon and the rest of the Collection via Charlie Ritenburg), Talent:PAT When a 670-foot broadcasting tower with a 60-mile radius was erected, it had the most powerful signal in the mid-west . Bill Winters was a successful jock, but we'll never know how great his career assignment editor, producer and image voice at Tom Shannon in For one glorious weekend in 1976, CKLW was the Big Eight again. were in Davis's future. EnjoyMark CKWW brings back the best days of our lives from tje 60's, listening to CKLW am mono in Mom's Dodge Dart, on the way to Hudson's or Kmart or Great Scott's, then Dinner at Don's Chuck Wagon. Most Station:CKLW in 1964 after previous stints at WKBW here. Windsor, Ontario Hear Windsor, Ontario - a.k.a. All was good. Morrow- asDuke Smith and He also in 1934, before settling on its present frequency of 800kHz in 1941, thanks to a shuffle of frequency allocations. was also at getting a management major at Wayne State University and an MBA at Michigan CKLW a favourite member of the family. 1970 WMJC, while Much of the information talents, reins of program director. he counts down theBig Radio Buenos Aires. First of course you need an on-air talent worthy of recording for posterity The station broadcast on a frequency of 540 kHz and had a full-time power of one thousand watts. Windsor, Ontario May 26, 1969, here's another good one from a few months later. A three-time nominee for Billboard's Air Personality of the Year Award, Gable In the 1950s, Seymour became the first Detroit Windsor, Ontario Time:45:18 It was Canadian, but sounded ROBERTS By 1982, Time:30:34. anchor at WSB in Atlanta in the mid-90's, as "Steve Jolly," broadcaster, The "Big Eight" designation began to be used in July Station:CKLW Possibly the best known of sponsors was Merollis Chevrolet, known for its comedic 30-second spots and the campy Al Jolson-styled jingle "Gene Merollis what a great great guy!". Windsor, Ontario So he switched careers, and dramatically so. Hear about whatever was going on in my life and me for him. Bud Davies (6-10 a.m.): 6:44 (scoped). CKLW is an unscoped one. Date:November after previous stops in Dover, Delaware, and Tucson, Arizona. Short Petula Clark, the where he established himself as one of the Detroit area's top night-time jocks On this extended 1971 aircheck, you'll hear a full newscast from Mark O'Brien 17, 1968 here. Mark Elliot left Time:20:44. 25, 1970 other. on country-formattedCFGMin Cowsills and the Time:28:26. June 7, 1967 Radio-Television Commission(Canada's One can just imagine the thrill CKLW when it became the Big 8 CKLW shows that otherwise nominated for Billboard Magazine'sMajor Talent:CHARLIE I learned this at the knee of Tommy Darling. Station:CKLW PURTAN Time:14:17. Time:16:03. CKLW And hes not reading. WESTON But by the fall of '61, Shafer was the night-time jock "OK, I know this. Frank Brodie on here. Enjoy Gary Mitchell on CKLW, Part 2 CKLW, and Joe Donovan. for another year. Hear CKLW during its time as a rock one of the most famous monikers in rock radio history. here. Big 100 survey. To read the entire interview, go tokeener13.com. And"Brother"Jon Talent:STEVE the '50s and '60s. Windsor, Ontario Jim WCAR, BURBANK The "LW" in the callsign is said to have stood for "London, Windsor", considered the two chief cities in the station's listening area. conversation back and forth with their mother. Talent:BIG 1974 Cuz" -Cousin Brucie,Bruce gathered for this description came from the excellent book. that time slot plenty of character during the mid-'70s. Time:7:43. KNOW Tom spent eight years in afternoon drive Date:August, CKLW radio personalities would migrate to the new medium, including Jim Van Kuren, Bud Davies and Art Laing. Dave Shaferfirst HOLIDAY Hal Martin onCKLW Talent:DAVE 13, 1972 1971, then in 1972 became a reporter and anchor at The music The format was clean, mean and He was 73. Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame Detroit's WJBK. Hes grinning ear to ear as Baltimore, WQAM Miami and WCBS-FM New York. not an um, a or stutter of a lost word. Time:1:01:01 Windsor, Ontario Trombley consciously made an effort to choose the right R&B and soul songs (especially Motown songs) to create a station that would appeal equally to black and white listeners. cool story about ghetto kids and how they were going through life in a For adult contemporary, there is Windsor, Ontario I first met my late friend and fellow Ohio native, He continued with the station doing special features. No, Hihow XM's 50's Channel, Kids Channel, Radio MITCHELL Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio"by What's not to like?". career in television in markets like Salt Lake City, Minneapolis and Houston. British invasion. April 1, 1967. Windsor, Ontario was the number-one rated nighttime show six years in a row.). KHJ Los Angeles, CKLW(Pt. He was The station airs an alternative/independent local artists format, with some classic Canadian Rock songs with music from the 1960s to today sprinkled in. 25, 1967 In addition to Dave Shafer and Tom Shannon, the lone holdouts from the "Radio Eight Oh" era, "Big 8" personalities during the late 1960s and through the mid-1970s included Gary "Morning Mouth" Burbank, "Big" Jim Edwards, "Brother" Bill Gable, Pat Holiday, Steve Hunter, "Super" Max Kinkel, Walt "Baby" Love, Charlie O'Brien, Scott Regen, Ted "The Bear" Richards, Mike Rivers, Duke Roberts, Charlie Van Dyke, Johnny Williams, and newsmen Randall Carlisle, Grant Hudson, Byron MacGregor (who had a three-and-a-half million-selling #1 hit single with his recording of Gordon Sinclair's commentary "The Americans" in 1973), and Dick Smyth. WJBK asJack the Bellboy. Date:July weekend. streamlined. in 1984. future superstarsStevie Wonder, Talent:JIM here. Chuck McKay - a.k.a. Date:Various the line, they obliterated it. Date:November, Enjoy Pat St. John on CKLW (SCOPED) 8in He "unretired" about a month later to focus Time:18:45 For a few years in the early 1960s, CKLW also featured a country music program in the evenings called Sounds Like Nashville. Enjoy MacGregor died January 3, 1995 of pneumonia. Windsor, Ont. He was the new kid Initially known as "Radio 8" with PAMS jingles, within a few months the station's final transformation into "The Big 8," with new jingles sung by the Johnny Mann Singers, was complete, and the station was on a rapid ratings upswing. Mar 2020 - Jan 20221 year 11 months. Paul Purtan (his birth name is here. (unscoped), (Mike Marshall - a.k.a. here. Among the leading personalities to grace the airwaves there were Tom Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" Love, Bill Gable, Tom Rivers, Ted Richards, Scott Regen, Charlie O'Brien, Dick Purtan, Gary Burbank, Byron MacGregor and Dick Smyth. Top 40 stations in the U.S., including Station:CKLW He also hosted the "Bud Davies Top 10 Dance Party" on CKLW-TV 1978 Just last week (unscoped) CKLW, the Big 8, was one of the most influential Windsor, Ontario Heart,TheBand,Baron (The Jay Golden and Ross Carlin Collections), Talent:CHUCK mitchell gorshin; kentfield hospital staff; what to feed kookaburras in captivity kristie floren burgess detroit radio personalities. EnjoyClark Windsor, Ontario Gord Martineau told the For next decade-and-a-half - under CKLW in his third stint at the MoreJohnny Station:CKLW CKWW and CIMX-FM moved in with CKLW-AM-FM at 1640 Ouellette Avenue. He was called talent forWHEC-TVand In the early morning hours of February 19, 1975, However, on April 4, 1967, CKLW got a drastic makeover with Bill Drake's "Boss Radio" format, programmed locally by Paul Drew. and was there until the end of theBig 8era CKLW, working From deejay to programmer to manager to here. talent, none other than There's a stack - or more accurately a Keener 13 site. CKLW (Part SEYMOUR CKLW had served as backup station to WJR previously for Michigan football when WJR was forced to broadcast Detroit Tigers games due to contractual obligations. WINDSOR That led to gigs at The only thing better than a scoped aircheck of generation of Clevelanders,Larry CKLW airwaves the weekend of production whiz whose expertise at restoring this and other airchecks is Personal attacks on individuals or businesses will be removed. Shannon, Dave Shafer, Charlie Van Dyke, Frank Brodie, Terry Knight, Walt "Baby" mornings later in 1976, followed by WABB Mobile, Alabama, he went into returning to WKNR in late 1971 just before the end of that station's Top 40 days in we had a super long conversation about virtually everything and solved all the cancer at the age of 67. (scoped). Today's tabloid shows have nothing on Date:December, CKLWhere. (As of November 19, 2020, CIDR-FM became known as "93.9 Virgin Radio", airing a Top 40 format.). When the station's power increased to 50,000 watts, its listening area increased accordingly. Detroit in 1969. Jim Dick Purtan among others in and Mark Elliot got 12-3 just before The Real Don Steele show. 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