Dick Purtan's official Web site Purtan on Twitter Purtan on Facebook Dick Purtan at the National Radio Hall of Fame 1978 CKLW Radio 'Super' Purtan Ad...
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thus increasing ad revenue. The entire on-air staff was let go, and Dick Purtan was brought in from CKLW to host the station's morning show at the start...
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flounder until Dick Purtan, formerly of WKNR, took over the WXYZ morning show after a short time at WBAL in Baltimore. With Dick Purtan in the morning...
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WOMC (104.3 FM) morning radio host Dick Purtan to perform live segments during a 4–5 p.m. comedy block called Purtan's People. It was followed by WOMC's...
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being introduced in 1979. Dick Purtan joined the station for mornings in 1978, coming over from WXYZ. Largely due to Purtan's popularity, CKLW remained...
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of WBAL in the 1980s and 90s. Left the station in 1999, died in 2016. Dick Purtan – disc jockey and talk host, 1967-68. Originally from Buffalo, New York...
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Medium: WHO-AM Des Moines, Iowa Small: KWOX-FM Woodward, Okla. Major: Dick Purtan, WKQI-FM Detroit, Mich. Large: Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold, WFBQ-FM...
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himself was an avid Keener fan. Keener featured popular personalities like Dick Purtan, Bob Green, Gary Stevens (later of New York's legendary WMCA), J. Michael...
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local Detroit celebrities appeared in the film, such as disc jockey Dick Purtan, who plays the police detective who converses with Alex Rocco's character...
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addition, his former WXYZ-TV co-anchor JoAnne Purtan, daughter of former longtime WOMC morning host Dick Purtan, joined Clark as co-host the following week...
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Morrow 2002: Dick Orkin 2003: Scott Shannon 2004: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Music and the Spoken Word 2005: Jack Buck 2006: Dick Purtan 2007: Rick Dees...
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stations, including at WNBC. His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. After that, he continued at several venerable...
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Dan Patrick Norman Pattiz Virginia Payne Sam Phillips Wally Phillips Dick Purtan James Henry Quello Robin Quivers Dave Ramsey Ronald Reagan Bob Rivers...
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Arthur Penhallow, radio personality, WRIF (1970–2009) (born in Hawaii) Dick Purtan, longtime radio personality in Detroit area (lives in West Bloomfield)...
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With Z95.5 featuring future Radio Hall of Fame inductee Dick Purtan, much was made of Purtan's "return" to AM radio. However, the simulcast ended during...
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"Music and the Spoken Word" 2005 The Tonight Show Jack Buck 2006 Regis Philbin Dick Purtan 2007 Meet the Press Rick Dees 2008 Bob Barker Larry Lujack...
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In Detroit, Taylor began working with radio host and Buffalo native Dick Purtan in 1983, and the two would work together for the next 17 years. Taylor...
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Other award winning projects are "Left Behind in Vietnam", "A Tribute to Dick Purtan", "Capitol Memories",(AB) Allan Barnes, and "Umoja" He is currently Executive...
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C. Minor, Suzy Nakamura, Andrew Newberg, Lyn Okkerse, Tim Pryor, Jackie Purtan, Angela Shelton, Len Stuart 1994 – Tom Gianas, Nancy Hayden, Todd Stashwick...
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38°26′53″N 77°23′03″W / 38.44806°N 77.38417°W / 38.44806; -77.38417 Purtan Island York River Gloucester County 37°25′17″N 76°40′36″W / 37.42139°N...
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studio serves as the location for 7 Action News at Noon anchored by Joanne Purtan, and other WXYZ/WMYD programs. On April 22, 2024, after five decades of...
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of WING, Dayton), Bob Harper, Mark Edwards, Dick Wagner, Bob Wayne, Steve Young, Bob White, Paul Purtan, Ron "King B" Britain (later of WCFL Chicago)...
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