Robert E. Lee, WJBK Detroit MI, July 11, 1963 (scoped) (0:08:50)

Scoped
The Peter Kanze Collection
… Outstanding, AND he is Wild …
[Description by Uncle Ricky] This Exhibit ‘SCOPED (08:49) No music for you! Other material may have also been edited. 1962 Newspaper ad for Robert E. Lee on WJBK (courtesy David Carson, “Rockin’ Down The Dial”) Robert E. Lee was born in Detroit and graduated from Cooley High School in 1950. Claiming to be an actual descendant of General Robert E. Lee, (and apparently not the Robert E. Lee heard later on WCFL), Lee is remembered for opening his afternoon drive show on WJBK with a rebel yell. According to David Carson’s excellent 1999 book about Detroit radio, Rockin’ Down The Dial, Lee later moved to Denver and worked at KHOW and KLZ, and is retired. It’s Fender Bender Jumper Bumper Time with Lee, PAMS jingles and some decidedly Detroit Soul classics from The King Pins and The Olympics in this PM drive hour from The Motor City in July, 1963. The unscoped version of this exhibit features a full newscast reported by Allan Thayer.

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