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Ken Calvert, R.I.P

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Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by Colonel Flagg » Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:38 pm

There are posts showing up on social media that Ken Calvert has passed away.


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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by riggs » Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:04 pm

R.I.P. KC
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by ShempLives » Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:30 pm

Condolences to the Calvert family: https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroit-radio ... -at-age-72
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by TC Talks » Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:48 am

Damn, one of the good guys.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by MWmetalhead » Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:57 am

Great voice that is unmistakable!

I enjoyed his on-air work at WCSX. R.I.P.

WDIV just teased a story regarding his passing.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by AMFMTV » Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:08 am

He had just hosted the CSX Holiday Beatles Blitz two weeks ago. Did a great job. RIP.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by Mega Hertz » Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:27 am

Great guy, through and through. He will be missed.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by billmich88888 » Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:11 am

and the arena voice of the Bad Boys Pistons.....

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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by bjmcdevitt » Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:03 am

I don't see any mention of WRIF, WCSX, or WJR website or Facebook. Fucking sickening.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by edj » Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:07 am

CSX has been doing a tribute all morning. Great voice and guy.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by Colonel Flagg » Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:19 am

bjmcdevitt wrote: ↑
Thu Dec 21, 2023 9:03 am
 I don't see any mention of WRIF, WCSX, or WJR website or Facebook. Fucking sickening.
KC was also PD at WABX for a couple years.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by radioandtventhusiast » Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:55 pm

What a shame. Ken was a legend here, in both radio and with the Pistons. He touched so many lives over his career too. So unfortunate this happened just before Christmas, and ten years to the day of his retirement from CSX. R.I.P. Ken. You will be missed.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by Deleted User 9015 » Thu Dec 21, 2023 2:43 pm

This is sad. The Holiday Blues are a real threat to mental health and can even pop up before Christmas. If anyone is experiencing them, please call 988.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by Honeyman » Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:21 pm

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainme ... 995491007/


He once came to speak to my high school radio class describing what it was like to be a DJ. Ironically, he later teamed up for a time on air in the mornings with Joe Nipote, who was in that class with me. Nipote also had a career as a stand-up and an actor.
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Re: Ken Calvert, R.I.P

Post by MWmetalhead » Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:57 pm

I began listening to CSX semi-regularly when he was hired for afternoon drive there. I want to say that was 2000 or 2001? The station started sounding better around that time (it was a very weak sauced classic rocker before then).

I was very impressed by how good he sounded in that time slot.
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