Most Cogeco systems, even here in eastern Ontario, carry WTVS in HD on channel 715... gonna set my TiVo to record this special.

I'm not sure if this is a segment from the special or a separate show - although it was only put up a few days ago. But it does give a flavour about the man and the special to come. Hopefully, someone will record the show and put it up on YouTube, so those of us who can't see it will get the chance.

You know what's interesting to me about this (on behalf of those of us who don't get the station) is the somewhat mixed message they're sending. 

A comment left on the site asks this question from an ex-pat Detroit resident: "Will I be able to stream the repeat all the way here in Hawaii?" The answer from a station rep is: "It airs on 11/30 at 8p ET – at that time you can watch the livestream here," followed by a link.  

But playing around with the interface while on the U.S. VPN, it asks for your location and if you're not in the Detroit area, it won't let you watch it. It's geo-blocking right down to the state. Elsewhere on the site it indicates that "we don't stream to Canada," which is something WNED also follows. I understand rights issues, but I'm guessing in the case of Buffalo, at least, a vast majority of their donors come from north of the border. 

If they can geoblock based on the border, surely they could figure out a way to at least let Toronto or Southern Ontario residents watch it over the net. Same with Windsor for Detroit. I'd be plenty pissed if I was a donor and was told my money is good - but my location isn't!

According to a piece in RadioInk by veteran radio archivist Art Vuolo, the special will include some familiar names beyond just Seymour. 

"Featured in this TV special will be names you may know like: Pat St. John, Dick Purtan, Bob Green, Steve Schram, Scott Westerman, Art Vuolo and Detroit marketing guru Mike Seltzer. You’ll also see Martha Reeves, Bob Seger, Stevie Wonder, Mitch Ryder and others."

Have to say that was a great show - even with the pledge breaks! I hope it winds up on the net at some point. 

A well done program with lots of great interviews with the people who were part of Robin Seymour's career.  Seymour was obviously one of the pioneers of rock and roll radio in his radio career on WKMH, WKNR and CKLW. 

Nice that the program gave credit to often overlooked CKLW TV, which also played an important part in making Detroit a powerhouse musically. CKLW-TV pioneered teen music dance shows in 1956 with Top Ten Dance Party which eventually morphed into Swingin Time.  

CKLW TV also had a very interesting history being an affiliate of CBC but also owned by RKO until 1970.  The station for much of it's history was a hybrid of mostly Canadian programming even running both CBC and CTV programming for years. 

Because Windsor/Detroit was considered one market CKLW TV couldn't show any US network programming since everything was available from the network affiliates in Detroit.  

But they did find success with some local programming, and Swingin Time and later The Lively Spot,  were examples of shows popular on both sides of the border.   Swingin Time was syndicated in the US and ran on various CBC affiliates in Canada.