WKNR Air Checks

The Keener sound was fresh, tight, energetic and unlike anything else on the air in Detroit during the mid-60s. While there were other great stations and great announcers in the market, no other broadcaster had Keener’s “total station sound”. Here are some samples of how WKNR sounded during its short reign.

From Bob Green Productions MP3 Dave Prince – WKMH 4/62 2.6MB The Keener Philosophy 3.4MB Keener’s 1st Birthday 2.9MB Motown Monday 6.8MB Beatles in Detroit 8.1MB News Headlines 559KB Mort Crowley Quits 1964 .8MB Gary Stevens, 1964 5.7MB Bob Green,  1964 2.8MB WKNR Production 1965-1968 5.3MB Bob Green 1965 6.8MB Scott Regen 2/67 4.2MB Bob Green 1966 2.1MB Jingle Party 9/66 4.9MB Dick Purtan 01/67 2.9MB Bob Green 02/67 2.3MB Bob Green, 02/67 pt 2 3.1MB J. Michael Wilson 9/16/66 3.4MB Ted Clark 7/67 2.1MB Edgewater Park Spot 489KB Bill Garcia 11/70 2.3MB Stereo Island Sales Promotion 2.5MB Keener Exports 2.3MB ALSAC Radiothon 2/71 5.1MB Dan Henderson & Lilly Tomlin 1970 1.8MB NEW Bob Green – 1970 9.5MB NEW Scott Regen – 1970 4.9MB Contact News Bob Neil 1965 643KB Ed Mullen 01/67 1.8MB John Maher 1965 2.7MB George Hunter 10/25/65 437KB From Art Vuolo – Vuolo Video MP3 Mort Crowley 1964 276KB Gary Stevens 1964 690KB Jerry Goodwin 1964 169KB Bob Green 1964 457KB J. Michael Wilson 10/20/65 396KB Swingin’ Sweeney 1965 86KB Dick Purtan 1965 1.6MB From Bill Hennes MP3 Paul Cannon 1965 3.1MB From Scott Westerman MP3 Bob Green 7/10/64 3.2MB Bill Phillips 7/11/64 3.6MB ChuckBennett 71 1.7MB From Earl & Pam Clark MP3 Jim Jeffries 5/31/65 2.7MB From Pat St. John MP3 Pat St. John 12/71 1.2MB From Jim Heddle MP3 WKNR News – Hendrix Death 1.2MB From Frank Hartge MP3 Pat St. John’s Final Show 1.2MB Weekly Sign-off 499KB Jim Tate 09/70 5.7MB Dan Henderson 9/70 4.7MB Scott Regen 67 9.1MB Jim Tate & Robin Stone 71 2.1MB From Tim Shy MP3 John McRae – WKNR’s Final Moments 4/25/72 1.7MB From Jim Feliciano MP3 Paul Cannon 11/26/6610MB Bob Green 7/10/64 3.9MB Robin Seymour 11/3/64 2.1MB Gary Stevens 9/3/64 2.2MB Jerry Goodwin 11/3/64 1.1MB J. Michael Wilson 11/19/66 2.6MB J. Michael Wilson 5/1/67 2.4 MB Rodney’s Winchester 2.3MB J. Michael Wilson 1/68 15MB Pat St. John 10/19/70 3.9MB Mack Owens 2/1/71 2.5MB Ron Sherwood 2/22/71 2.8MB Dan Henderson 5/17/71 1.5MB From Steve Schram MP3 Jerry Goodwin 02/69 WKNR-FM 1.8MB Bill Applegate 02/69 FM News 2.1MB Tony Randolph 02/06/69 3.4MB Dave Mitchell (Stereo Island) 3/71 1.7MB Frank Beckman (Stereo Island) 3/71 2.4MB From Mike Rosenblum MP3 Lou Morton 10/14/64 501KB Erik Smith 1965 820KB George Hunter 6/20/66 723KB Philip Nye 6/20/66 334KB John Maher 1/23/68 2.6MB Philip Nye 2/27/68 2.7MB From Russ Gibb MP3 John Miller on the Paul rumors 10/69 627KB Fred LeBour 10/69 685KB From Peter Faulkner MP3 Dick Purtan 11/25/67 6.5MB From Jim Donahue MP3 Gary Stevens Last Show 3/65 5.5MB From Jim Nuznoff MP3 WKNR-FM becomes WNIC  4/72 From Airchexxs.com MP3 Steve Robbins – January, 1967  1/67