The real kudos should go to Don Shuttleworth, who donated this aircheck as well as many others over the years. Always nice to get some CKFH and especially Mike Marshall. Next week, an aircheck from "The Voice" himself, CHUM's Bob Laine, on February 6, 1965, as donated by Doug Thompson in the CHUM Archives.


 

Always great to hear Mike Marshall, a man I had the good fortune to work with at CFTR. Mike had a skill that was unique in my experience. He worked with a radio on, a kind of foldback system , and didn't wear headphones. What was amazing to me was how he could tell if mic levels were good or not. I worked at a different station where we had to work that way and I found it difficult to determine levels. I hope he and Val (another favourite) are doing well.

I worked with Mike at CJCA Edmonton.  He had a great ear for production as well.  We put together a couple of pretty cool news promos. I left for CHUM at the end of January 1965 and sometime after that, Mike moved to CHED until he became Frank Brodie at the legendary CKLW.  In 1970, I was driving back to Toronto from LA.  Didn't have much money and no credit cards and I called Mike when I got to Detroit.  I was worn out.  He let me sleep on his couch and I think I was out for 18 hours.  Never forgot Mike for his kindness and hospitality.  

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Mike Marshall - as Frank Brodie - is on fire on this aircheck from CKLW. One of many great talents on The Big 8 from 1969:

http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/cklw-brodie-sep17-69-2-s.mp3


 

Mike Marshall is a terrific radio name on its own. It just happens to be real.

I, for one, would love to know the origin of the "Frank Brodie" monicker. 

There seem to be two tales regarding the birth of Frank Brodie. Both came from Paul Drew, who hired me at CKLW.
He told me at the time that I wouldn't be able to use my real name because Mike Rivers was doing afternoon drive
and Marshall Armstrong was on the air in the newsroom.
That same Mike Rivers wrote much later on the Big 8 Tribute Web site that Drew had told him that he felt that Mike Marshall sounded too much like a "radio name."
Whatever, Paul gave me a chance to pick a new name, so I told him I'd like to use my two middle names, John Brodie. He wasn't crazy about that, because Brodie, 49er's QB, came into town once every two years to play the
Lions. He liked Brodie, though, but picked Frank the next morning and had Bill Drake cut my breaks before any further input from me.