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GOING PLACES

WEEK OF AUG. 5-11

SPECIAL EVENTS

TOLEDO ZOO
2700 Broadway, Toledo, pandas
Le Le and Nan Nan, through
August, admission. 419-726-3272.
COMMUNITY HOUSE
380 S. Bates, Birmingham,
"Bates Street Night Out,"
Thursday. 644-5832.
RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
New Center Park, Grand Blvd,
Detroit, festival preview,
Thursday. 645-9640.

COMEDY

BERKLEY COMEDY CASTLE
2593 Woodward, Berkley, Tom
Parks today and Saturday; Mack
and Jamie, Wednesday through
Aug. 13, admission. 542-9900.

THEATER

In the 1960s,
Scott Regan had
Detroit teens
tuned in and
turned on to the
hot rock and
roll hits

Just like the old days, Scott Regan played the hits and took the calls.

HEIDI PRESS

R

News Editor

emember Keener 13?
Remember the
Burger Club?
Remember Scott
Regan?
Detroit music fans will fondly
recall the days when Keener 13
(formerly WKNR-AM, now WMTG)
commanded the radio airwaves with
the country's top rock and roll hits.
One element that made the Top 40
station so popular among Detroit's
teenagers was its early evening per-
sonality — Scott Regan.
Born Robert Bernstein in
Brooklyn, N.Y., Regan held the night-
time slot at WKNR from 1965 to
1968. From there, he went to Detroit's
other popular Top 40 station, CKLW
(1968-1971) then to WCAR (now
WCXI) and finally did a stint at the
former WDRQ (now WLTI). At age 46,
Regan figures he's been in radio about
28 years.

An ardent fan of the late New
York disc jockey Alan Freed, who's
credited with coining the phrase
"rock and roll," Regan said he went
into radio because he had a "feel" for
it.
"I became a disc jockey strictly
out of feel;' he said. "I didn't decide
to be a disc jockey. I was 12 years old
and my uncle gave me a phonograph.
I took it home and I bought some
records and started playing the
records. I took some ads out of the
newspapers and magazines and
started reading them and that's how
I knew I wanted to be a disc jockey."
Following a couple of years of
study at St. Petersburg (Fla.) Junior
College, Regan got a radio job and his
career began. Prior to coming to
Detroit, Regan worked in radio in
Florida and Kansas City. Since leav-
ing Detroit in 1977, he worked for the
Atco record label for seven years and
for himself for six. Currently, he is the
program director of WFAN sports
radio in New York.

Regan said the best part of being
in radio was being a part of the '60s,
an era for which he still speaks with
great fondness. The 1960s brought
many diverse styles to the rock and
roll music scene: Motown's rhythm
and blues, English pop, psychedelic,
beach and car songs, folk rock, Phil
Spector's "Wall of Sound" and many
more. lb Regan, the '60s were a ma-
jor turning point in American popular
culture.
"The '60s were a turning point, a
crossroads. One set of values, morals,
ethics, thinking, lifestyle — the world
was changing in so many ways. The
'60s was the end of one type of world
and the beginning of another. The
Beatles, Motown, Kennedy, King, all
those sorts of things. It was just mov-
ing; the whole world was changing .. .
It was great to be a part of it."
And as a disc jockey playing all of
the top hits he was right smack in the
middle of it all. He even got close to
the rock and roll stars, such as the
Beatles and many Motown acts, hav-

SHAW FESTIVAL

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario,
"You Never Can Tell," and
"Dangerous Corner," through
Oct. 15, "Hit the Deck," through
Oct. 16; "Peter Pan," through
Oct. 16; "Geneva," through Sept.
24; "The Voysey Inheritance,"
through Sept. 25; "The Dark
Lady of the Sonnets," through
Aug. 28; "Once in a Lifetime,"
through Oct. 16; "Risks,"
Tuesday through Aug. 26,
admission. 416-468-2172.

ATTIC THEATER
7339 Third Ave., Detroit, "Lady
Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill:'
now through Thursday,
admission. 875-8284.
OAKLAND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
Smith Theater, 27055 Orchard
Lake Rd., Farmington Hills,
"Midwestern Memories," today
and Aug. 13; "Alice and
Wonderland," Saturday, Aug. 13
and Aug. 19; "Midwestern
Memories," today and Aug. 13,
admission. 471-7700.
GREENFIELD VILLAGE
Dearborn, "The Man Who Came
to Dinner," Fridays and
Saturdays, now through Sept. 10,
admission. 271-1620.

MUSIC

BIRMINGHAM SUMMER
CONCERT SERIES
Shain Park, harmonica concert
plus barbershop quartet.
6441807.
MEADOW BROOK MUSIC
FESTIVAL
Baldwin Pavilion, Oakland

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