Details

ARC-0316

collection

CKLW "Big 8" Logo Print

circa 1967

0.07 (Linear feet)

The CKLW "Big 8" Logo print is a color depiction of the Windsor, Ontario, radio station's logo as it was in the late 1960s. The logo is carved in stone with roughly-drawn people dancing at its base, as though they were at a rock concert.

CKLW is a 50,000 watt AM radio station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, which is across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan. The "LW" stands for "London" and "Windsor," the two largest Canadian cities that were within CKLW's listening area when the station first went on the air in the 1930s. By the mid-1960s, a more powerful signal allowed CKLW to be heard in both the United States and Canada, and on some nights the broadcast reached the Eastern seaboard. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, CKLW followed the "Boss Radio" format developed by Bill Drake, which helped it earn a ranking as the most listened to radio station in North America from 1967-1973. The "Big 8" name is a reference to its spot on the dial, at 800 kHz.

Processing Information: Processed by Anastasia Karel. Completed June 22, 2012. Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS and local processing manual.

Acquisition Note: The CKLW "Big 8" Logo Print was received by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. as a gift from Colin D. Kennedy on May 23, 2012.

Citation: CKLW "Big 8" Logo Print, Library and Archives, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

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