“There are some fantastic stations in Detroit and we have to be every bit
as good so people listen to us. We’re still the number one radio station in
Windsor-Essex, and that includes all the signals coming in from Michigan,”
said Keith Chinnery, programming director for CKLW.
Before this local staple became what it is today, it existed simply as
CKLW, standing for London to Windsor, and began airing in 1932. Its
broadcast reach extended as far as the Carolinas and New York. Although
currently AM800 CKLW is a news and talk radio station, in the 1960s and
1970s it was extre