From the fantastic DetroitMemories.com website. Eileen Trombley Glick remembers her first encounter with the new guy at WKNR. Someone from an Ohio radio station named Dick Purtan.

Eileen was looking for an emcee for a charity auction. “Most of my co-workers hadn’t much heard of him (yet), so I offered to make the call and ask if he would consider the honors. Much to my surprise, he agreed right away.”