A new exhibit opening at the Detroit Historical Museum on Saturday, March 8th features six of our city�s most notable radio personalities of the past and present. Entitled Detroit�s Classic Radio Voices, the exhibit features artifacts, photos and audio from the following:
� Bob Allison � the folksy host of the �Ask Your Neighbor� radio program since 1962, originally on WWJ-AM and now on WNZK-AM, he also gained fame as the host of �Bowling for Dollars� on WJBK-TV2 and as the Twin Pines milkman on �Milky�s Party Time� on Channel 4 (then WWJ-TV).
� Sonny Eliot � billed on WWJ Newsradio 950�s website as a �wonder of wit and weather,� he has broadcast his inimitable weather forecasts on the station since 1950, in addition to his lengthy stints doing weather on Channel 4 (then WWJ-TV) and WJBK-TV2 and his hosting of the popular �At the Zoo� television show for 17 years.
� Ernie Harwell � a member of both the Radio and Baseball Halls of Fame, this broadcasting legend became the voice of the Detroit Tigers in 1960 and continued with only one brief interruption through his retirement at the end of the 2002 season, endearing himself to fans of all ages with his signature calls like �LOOOOONG GONE.�
� J.P. McCarthy � the immortal morning man at News/Talk 760 WJR, this Detroit institution and Radio Hall of Famer woke up Detroit with his friendly conversational style and unequaled talent as an interviewer from the early 1960s through his untimely death in 1995.
� Dick Purtan � the quintessential morning radio funnyman, this Radio Hall of Famer has taken his highly rated show to a succession of stations over more than 40 years in the Detroit market, starting with WKNR-AM in 1965 through his current 12-year stint at Oldies 104.3 WOMC-FM.
� Martha Jean �The Queen� Steinberg � a trailblazer for both Blacks and women in broadcasting, she came to Detroit from Memphis in 1963 and became a sensation as an R & B disc jockey and social commentator at WCHB-AM and WJLB-FM before buying a station in 1982 that became gospel and talk WQBH-AM, where she starred until her death in 2000.