Rosalie Trombley, the golden-eared tastemaker who became one of North America’s most powerful radio programmers, died Tuesday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, her family said. She was 82. As ...

This story, chronicling the notorious newscasts on popular CKLW-AM, ran in the Free Press Sunday magazine Jan. 28, 1973. It has been edited for length and content. The tabloid approach to covering the ...

For a generation of radio listeners, thanks to the programming influence of Bill Drake and a woman described by the Detroit Free Press as a “golden-eared tastemaker,” CKLW — “The Big 8” — became the ...

Rosalie Trombley — who launched the careers of many rock bands as music director of CKLW The Big 8 — has died at the age of 82. Trombley is credited with launching the careers of The Guess Who, Gordon ...