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CKNW ad for Jack Kyle Remote Broadcast 1957
CKNW ad from The Vancouver Sun March 5, 1957 Click for full size ad.
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Radio Station Newspaper Ads from the 1950s
From newspaper archives, some 1950’s print ads for various BC Radio Stations. CJIB 940 Vernon December 2, 1950 CKMO 1410 Vancouver December 5, 1950 CKNW 1320 New Westminster December 7, 1950 CHUB 1570 Nanaimo March 1, 1954
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CJJC – 15 years – owned by Joe Chesney
1963 City & Country Radio Ltd. (Joe Chesney) opened CJJC 850 Langley on January 19. The station offered a country music format with 1,000 watts of power. 1969 On November 5, City and Country Radio Ltd. was authorized to establish … Continue reading
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Remembering Bruce Payne
PAYNE, Bruce Gordon Born 12 April 1946 Died 24 March 2011 Bruce was born in Scotland and was very proud of his heritage. He spent his school years in Nanaimo but always considered the Cowichan Valley his home. Bruce started … Continue reading
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A young Ron Robinson
Ron might want to speak to this. Takes you back, my friend.
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RIP Frank Thompson
Frank Thompson, News Director at KJR, 1969-1974, died Saturday at the age of 85. Thompson’s career started in 1957 at San Diego’s Mighty 690 – a rock station. From there, he moved to KOGO middays 10-2. Later, KFMB and also … Continue reading
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Young Dave
Big Daddy – Dave McCormick After high school and a stint at UBC including working on the campus station, he became part of local radio history at CFUN. “They weren’t very old; they weren’t a rocker yet. The station … Continue reading
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Burns – fired in 1965 – audience packs QE
10 thousand people rushed to get 28oo seat at Vancouver Theatre to hear Burns Patrick “Pat” Burns (April 16, 1921 – June 8, 1996) was a radio talk show host and newspaper reporter. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, but … Continue reading
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