“ …ofuen exceeding a 50-share rating…” “ …Detroit’s most popular and beloved radio personality…” “ …a name synonomous with Motown itself…” “ …the personification of radio that must be turned up and listened to.” Lee Alan Reicheld Tie Detroit Radio Legend Nomination to MAB Hall of Fame – 2005
April, 2005 and entertainer… Lee Alan brings with him today an from other radio hosts. Tie world’s best entertainers know how to delight an audience without professional, and considerate. Lee Alan loves and reects his audience. He is a refreshing change imaginations of listeners, like Lee Alan. Spontaneous, creative, wituy and adept… yet classy, is the way he says it… no one else knows how to capture and hold on to the hearts, minds and Lee eaks, he is always interesting, entertaining, informative… but more than what he says In all radio history, few have mastered radio’s magic powers as brilliantly as Lee Alan. When remain unmatched, even today. tried to copy his style, but Lee’s original approach and unique relationship with his audience and Elvis, to nationally known political figures, are legendary. Other radio personalities have was at the center of all the important aion. His personal interviews with stars like the Beatles pioneer. At the height of his broadcasting career , he Lee Alan is a radio and broadcast entertainment and charaer. incredile wealth of knowledge, experience, humor national eaker, producer, music writer, story teller Among the legends of Detroit, there are names that will resonate forever. And of course, Lee Alan. Vernors, Stroh’s, Sanders… Ford, Chrysler, GM… the Tigers, Pistons, Lions… Tiese names are part of every one of us. Tiey are the fiber of our Detroit “family” … at the center of who we are, and the greatness we share. In Dertoit entertainment, and in Detroit radio, there are also Detroit family names and legends… J.P. McCarthy, Dick Osgood, Dick Purtan… From his legendary success as Detroit’s most popular highly successful advertsing agency, to his career as a on-air Radio personality (WXYZ 1270 Radio in the 1960s, with an unheard-of 50% ratings share), to his “Swingin’ Kind” television show (WXYZ-TV Channel 7), to the Motown music careers he helped launch, to the broadcast school he founded (now the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts), to his ever stooping to an insult or dirty joke… and so does Lee Alan.
Why Lee for MAB Hall of Fame? Why now? and tales of Lee’s life in Michigan radio jump off the resume information for Lee Alan, in support of his Tie following pages contain background and WPON 1470 AM. , broadcast Monday through Friday on the Plate” Across recently, with a noontime program he calls “ And, Lee is dabling on the air again today… most pages, reaching back more than 50 years. is enclosed with this submission. Read through it, Lee’s Detroit and Michigan radio resume is long and deep. His career is legendary in broadcast . A copy of Lee’s book entitled “Turn Your Radio On” a new book about his life and career experiences, programs and memorabilia. Lee recently completed entrepreneur, handling distribution of syndicated Lee’s children are grown. His wife Nancy is an Lee’s life has come full circle. he has not been nominated and placed in MAB’s Hall of Fame before now. circles. Lee is still vital and aive in broadcasting and advertising circles. Frankly, it is amazing nomination to the 2005 MAB Hall of Fame.
Lee Alan 1961 WXYZ, Detroit 1962-67 WHFI, Detroit 1968 WJR, Detroit WCPO, Cincinnati 1974 WDRQ, Detroit 1974-78 WNIC, Detroit 1982-84 WPON, Pontiac 1960 Radio Career Chronology Over the years, Lee Alan has hosted regular and ecial programs on the following radio stations in Michigan and elsewhere Station, City Years WKAR, Lansing 1954 WCAR, Pontiac/Detroit 1955 WGH, Norfolk, VA (Army) 1957 WJLB, Detroit 1959 WJBK, Detroit 1959 WKMH, Detroit 2004-05
Lee Alan NooooBody Tie Low Price Genius Tie Kids Straight Talk Tie Phone Call Affordability Tie Showplace Remembers Tie Family Pick Your Payment Expositions and Political • Outdoorama Sports Show • Michigan United Conservation Clubs • Proposal „D“ Tie Bear Issue • Proposal „G“ Tie Wildlife Proposal • Proposal „A“ Tie Botule Deposit Law • Shrine Circus - Litule Girl „Please Take Me Tiere“ • North American International Auto Show Don‘t Make Tie $100 Mistake Tie Only Dealer Advertising Clients and Sponsors, Past and Present „Believe It“ (Partial List) Automotive Associations • 31 Metro Detroit Ford Dealers” “ Affordability“ - Lloyd Price („Personality”) • Troy Motor Mall - „Tie Litule Girl“ • Four County Honda Dealers Association - 9 Years • Dodge Dealers Association National Automotive Campaigns • Car Shoppers Network • Van Dyke Dealer‘s Association Individual Automobile Dealers Northwestern Dodge - Birmingham Chrysler “Birmingham‘s In Troy“ - Marty Feldman Chevrolet - Mead Lexus - Point Dodge - Buff Whelan Chevrolet - Bob Sellers Pontiac/GMC- Bill Cook Automotive - Fischer Buick - Ray Whitfield Ford - Alan Ford - Melton Motors-Bill Rowan Olds - Somerset Pontiac/GMC - Dexter Chevrolet - Tennyson Chevrolet -Gorno Ford - Bob Tiibideau Ford - Tom McInerny‘s Woodhaven Chrysler – many others • Camper & RV Shows
National and Network Program Productions FORD - GM - CHRYSLER - DETROIT PLASTIC MOLDING - MESC - AIM – EARL NETWORK – “CAR SHOPPER‘S TELEVISION NETWORK“ COMMERCIAL MUSIC - VIDEO DIRECT MAIL - INFOMOERCIALS CABLE & Other Productions TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY - AMERICAN HONDA - GENERAL MOTORS - WORLD WIDE KEIM - SUNCARE DEALERS - FTD FIELD SERVICE - FORD/UAW – PROCOAT Corporate Videos „Tie Americans“ - 3 Hour Network Radio Special- Chrysler „Tie Frank Sinatra Story“ – Radio Program Series „Back In Tie 60‘s Again“ – Radio Program Series „Car Shopper‘s Television Network“ - CBS „America In A Minute“ - 90 Second Vignetue Radio - Chrysler „Radio On Television“ - One Hour Specials for CBS “North American International Auto Show” - TV - CBS 18 National NADA Awards
Lee Alan News Clips driver’s seat at WXYZ and his brief stint as a recording artist with the 1964 hit single, “Set Me narrow play lists of generic corporate rock stations in this age of consultants and his return to the airwaves, although few radio would benefit tremendously from made availale a series of CDs that recreate a typical WXYZ Lee Alan broadcast. To be certain, AM in late 1963, Alan persevered with WXYZ for the next several years and has recently Although WXYZ and all competition were pretuy much buried by the meteoric rise of WKNR- , on which he was backed by members of the Motown label artist roster. Free” , which commemorates his tenure in the Blitz Magazine‘s Home Page - August 2004 release of his autobigraphy, “Turn Your Radio On!” as (Swingin’ Time host) Robin Seymour and the late Mickey Shorr. Alan is also celebrating the nonsense Cannon, touched the audience with recollections of such one-time radio colleagues Alan, who aly facilitated the transition between the fake Marveletues and the very real and no- host Lee Alan (nee Reicheld) as emcee. Avenue Dream Cruise was the appearance of WXYZ-AM radio legend and Walled Lake Casino One of the pleasant surprises of Freddy Cannon’s commanding performance at the Woodward LEE ALAN RETURNS TO CENTER STAGE TALKIN’ WITH MISTER LEE: RADIO LEGEND are worthy of his remarkale gifus.
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