Month: July 2023
Bob’s Auto Parts
7550 Sylvania Avenue
Bob’s Auto Parts was located on the north side of Sylvania Avenue just west of King Road. It was owned and operated by Larry Diller from c1962 to 1999.
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Ralph Johnson house (1st owner). Built c1945. Demolished in the 1980’s. This house was the first house on the the east side of Fairbanks just north off Central Avenue.
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800 on the AM Dial – The Big 8
CKLW was a Top 40 radio station based in Windsor, Ontario during the 1960s and 1970s that was easily heard in Toledo, Ohio. By 1978, “CKLW’s popularity was overshadowed by FM radio’s album oriented rock format and it became the station you listened to if you only had an AM radio in your old car.”
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3301 Secor Rd.
3301 Secor Road began as a Lasalle’s Department Store, built in 1962.
Continue reading “Elder Beerman – Westgate”American Top 40!
Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 began on Independence Day weekend in 1970 on seven radio stations. It eventually made it to Toledo and played on various stations throughout the 1980s.
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