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Revised Keener Dream Cruise Schedule
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Who's Who on the Dream Cruise Broadcast
NOON - The Dream Cruise day begins at noon with an hour with WKNR legend Bob
Green playing 14 of his favorite Keener hits.
1PM - Keener13.com curator Scott Westerman plays all the great Keener car songs
from the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean , and Ronnie & the Daytonas. We tell a little
known secret about Tim Tam and the Turn Ons and Count down the top 13 songs of
1967. We also review the Keener calendar with news about Mitch Ryder, The Funk
Brothers and the Knights of the Grande.
2PM - Two hours with Keener's Michael Stevens, featuring an eclectic mix of
great Keener tunes from the 60s through Keener's final year. Michael also debuts
a newly discovered David Ruffin recording of the Jackson 5 classic I Want You
Back.
4PM - WKNR ace Pat St. John jocks afternoon drive, with a batch of Michigan
music from Motown greats, Detroit garage bands and Grande Ballroom superstars.
Special guest Richard Tepp, founder of Richard and the Young Lions joins Pat in
the studio to reminisce about the band's greatest concert experience, which
happened at a WKNR ALSAC event in Detroit. Be sure to listen for the classic
Faygo commercial.
6PM - Two hours with the chairman of the Burger Club. Scott Regen takes you
behind the scenes at Motown, reveals the origins of the Burger Club, and plays
never-released live recordings from his days as host of Motown Monday's at the
Roostertail. There's a special tribute to the late Edwin Starr, and you'll hear
nearly every major rock star from Levi Stubbs to the Beatles singing Keener's
praises.
8PM - The best of Keener continues as Scott Westerman plays an aircheck by
WKNR's Ted Clark, introducing the Soul Brother Six. We countdown the top 13
Keener hits from 1965, hear Mitch Ryder's customized Keener version of the hit
Rock and Roll, remember the great Grande band The Frost, explore a pair of
one-hit-wonders and play a Keener double-shot featuring the Left Banke and the
Four Tops.
9PM - An hour of Keener British Rock, featuring chartbusters from the Beatles,
The Who, Herman's Hermits, Petula Clark, Chad & Jeremy, Peter & Gordon, Freddie
and the Dreamers and more. We also hear the story of the Keener one-hit-wonder
who's stage act consisted of setting his head on fire.
10PM - An all request hour, featuring the cars, the first kisses and the
favorite bands as requested by Keener listeners both by phone and via the
keener13.com website. There's also a countdown of the Top 13 WKNR hits from
1966.
11PM - The Keener Story. Keener13.com's Scott Westerman winds up the day with
the acclaimed story of how WKMH became WKNR and over 71 days, moved from worst
to first in Detroit. We hear from original program director Frank Maruca and
Keener ace Bob Green on the secrets of the WKNR formula. The late Mort Crowley
talks about the competitive atmosphere in Detroit, and Dick Purtan describes how
he moved from the late night to the morning show in the space of three months.
Airchecks include Dave Prince on WKMH, Mort Crowley's on-air resignation, Dick
Purtan's first night struggles, Dan Henderson during Keener's last run for glory
and John McCrae's emotional farewell as WKNR signed off for the last time.
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