"They're Gonna put me in the
Movies...
and all I gotta do is Act Naturally" ~
Ringo Starr
Pat
St.John featured in newly released documentary :
RADIO REVOLUTION
The Rise and Fall of The Big 8
This was the Radio Station that gave Pat his
first "big break", and what a way to start, on what
was the biggest, most powerful radio station around. 50,000
watts of radio power on the AM dial beaming its signal to
62 million listeners all across the United States and Canada.
CKLW "The Big 8" was the most powerful force in
the music business, and at the age of just barely 18, Pat
became the youngest DJ to have ever worked there.
Over
35 years since Pat was on the air there, people still come
up to him and tell them they remember listening to him at
"CK". A dream come true for Pat, as it was really
his "hometown station" (Having been born in The
Motor City and grew up in the Detroit area, (The Big 8 was
right across the river in Windsor, Ontario), this riveting
story for any fan of great radio and music is a must- watch,
just to see how massively powerful and influential this station
really was.
Hundreds
of rock stars, industry heavyweights, and all the fortunate
air personalities and newspersons who were privileged enough
to be hired there tell the story of its rise to the absolute
top of the heap in radio, to its ultimate demise due to the
changes we all know about in the broadcasting business, the
interference from the Canadian government, and the introduction
of too many consultants or "too many cooks spoiling the
broth"!
This is the story of legendary CKLW, and Pat is just
one of the many who's input was sought after by the producers
to make this movie as complete as it could be given the time
restraints of a motion picture.
Click here to see
one of Pat's segments
Warning, its a 9 meg clip, so it may take a few
minutes to load
