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CKLW 70s Model MW50 for sale.

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gr8oldies

Via Charlie O'Brien on Facebook:
"It's available - CKLW's former MW-50 transmitter which has been a backup since 2019. They are getting a new tx from a station Bell has shut down so the old Big 8 Beast that carried the station through the 70's and 80's is surplus. Contact me for details - but likely a museum of some type might want it. It's big and will have to be taken apart for transport." (I'd add otherwise contact CKLW). "

The Big 8 CKLW
I seem to remember that transmitter was installed especially for AM stereo.
 
gr8oldies said:
Via Charlie O'Brien on Facebook:
"It's available - CKLW's former MW-50 transmitter which has been a backup since 2019. They are getting a new tx from a station Bell has shut down so the old Big 8 Beast that carried the station through the 70's and 80's is surplus. Contact me for details - but likely a museum of some type might want it. It's big and will have to be taken apart for transport." (I'd add otherwise contact CKLW). "

The Big 8 CKLW
I seem to remember that transmitter was installed especially for AM stereo.
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I grew up in Detroit area, when it was a music station, CKLW proudly mentioned they were AM stereo, but that didn't last long. When I got my 1st AM stereo receiver in 1987 (and it could decode all 4 formats) CKLW was not in stereo, and never returned to stereo.

going from memory, the following regional frequenties were AM Stereo at some point (metro detroit/Ann Arbor/Toledo)

560-monroe daytimer/630-chatham ONT/760 (amazingly the best, especially for Detroit tigers games)/990-ypsilanti/1050/1070-sarnia ONT /1130/1340/1370-toledo/1510-jackson/1600 ann arbor

others that possibly were in stereo(others would need to confirm (600-flint/1010-lansing"confirmed, I have bumper sticker"/1200-detroit-other toledo stations/other flint stations(1130?)
 
kevtronics said:
In 1979, CKLW was testing the Harris V-CPM AM Stereo system. Harris included a recording of one of CKLW's test broadcasts on this record demonstrating their AM Stereo system:
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That's an impressive sounding demo. Too bad the whole AM stereo technology died.

I think the CKLW VO starting at 5:19 might be Ed Kelly, who -- last I heard -- was Mitch Albom's co-host on WJR.
 


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