vintage monthly detroit ad of the day
While Project Concern is still functioning, it should also be noted that none of the chains thanked at the bottom of the ad currently operate in the Detroit area: A&P later bought Farmer Jack grocery stores and exited the area in 2007 Kroger purchased Great Scott! supermarkets in 1990 Cunningham Drug Stores was bought by Perry Drug Stores in the 1980s, who was bought by Rite Aid in 1995 I have no idea what Quick-Pik was. *** The July 1978 issue of Monthly Detroit reported on the “un-Americanization of CKLW,” as the " Big 8 " was rebuked by the CRTC for not making enough of an effort to provide the proper amount of Canadian content to Windsorites. According to writer Judy Gerstel, “you have to understand right from the beginning when you’re talking about CKLW that it is a Windsor radio station licensed by the Canadian government and in Canada success, if not exactly illegal, is at least undesirable.” During the station’s license renewal, the CRTC expecte...