George Gordon
George Gordon has
been part of all news radio since 1972. Starting in the tobacco country of
southwestern
His passion for
writing and telling stories brought him back on the air in September 2003.
George has received over 20 journalism and reporting awards over the last three
decades including a Michener Award from the Governor General.
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George Gordon -
CFRS/CHNR Simcoe ON 1972-73; CFRW Winnipeg 1973-1975;
CHUM Toronto 1975-76; CFRW/CHIQ-FM
Winnipeg 1976-80; CKLW Windsor ON 1980-82; CKSL/CIQM-FM London ON 1982-97; CKGL
Kitchener ON 1997-99; Executive Editor CKWX Vancouver 1999-current; has
received more than 25 awards for breaking news, feature, business and
documentaries
Gordon sits on a
BCIT industry advisory panel. George says the best thing about living in
Vancouver: Never having to put the golf clubs away.He
does MC work, charity volunteerism and looks forward to television ad work.
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1997
It's out with the
old and in with the new when 570 CKGL changes from country to talk radio.
The format change
at Kitchener-Waterloo's oldest commercial radio station begins Thursday at
CKGL program
director George Gordon, who joined the station in April from
The format change
has created 20 new jobs at the station, which bucks the trend of downsizing
that has hit radio stations across the country in recent years.
Change in the
highly competitive world of AM radio is risky, but Gordon believes the local
market is ready for a full service information station. CKGL, which was
launched in 1929, adopted a country format in 1977.
"Our
research indicated that there was a gaping hole in this radio market for a full
service station," Gordon explained. "We felt that if we put together
the right product it would be appealing to this market."
Gordon is
confident CKGL will be able to attract area listeners who have been tuning to
out-of-market talk radio stations in
The change to
talk radio falls in line with what Rogers Broadcasting, which owns CKGL, has
been doing in major markets across Canada, including Toronto, Vancouver and
Victoria.
"Rogers has
been moving towards revamping its stations to do more news and information
programming," Gordon said.