Year: 2016
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Looking Up To Global TV’s Chris Gailus
Met up with Global TV anchor Chris Gailus for a short interview while acting as MC for the Expo 86 30th Anniversary. Photographer Zeljko Travica asked us to pose for a photo. I felt a little short beside Chris. He is one of my favourite media people and he always has time for everyone. It was…
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Meanwhile… Back At The Roundhouse
Great time Friday afternoon with old radio pal Stirling Faux on Roundhouse Radio! We talked about the upcoming EXPO 86 30th anniversary celebration, my new app and upcoming book, B.C. Lions football… and I couldn’t miss an opportunity to say hi to Carole! Thanks Stirling!
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Pat O’Day on KISM/Bellingham, May 2016
Anytime you get a chance to hear Pat O’Day on the radio you jump at it! Pat is a legend in the Pacific Northwest for anybody who grew up listening to KJR in the Sixties and Seventies. He was a fixture at the Seafair hydroplane races for 45 years, and if you went to a…
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Roy Orbison And The Class Of ’55
This is a very special photo for me. Pictured are Roy Orbison and Terry Westlake, Roy’s keyboardist and band leader. We are backstage after doing a video interview at Expo 86. In this segment, Roy talks about his early days and his first meeting with Sam Phillips. This July 1 is the 30th anniversary of…
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“Chips” Moman (1937-2016) and The Class of ’55
Class of ’55 was a landmark 1986 album recorded in Memphis at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studios by Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins. Cash was still under contract to Columbia Records at the time and producer “Chips” Moman had to pay $100,000 for the rights to keep Cash on the record.…
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Connie Francis in Vancouver, 1958
Connie Francis came to Vancouver In 1958 as the opening act for Nat “King” Cole at Denman Auditorium. This tiny little bundle of energy was loaded with talent and could sing rock and roll and ballads too. I fell in love with her immediately. Bobby Darin had fallen for Connie too, but her father/manager insisted…
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Can You Help Kids Up Front?
Kids Up Front Foundation provides entertainment, educational and recreational opportunities to children who otherwise wouldn’t have the chance. The foundation works with over 120 agencies representing more than 348,000 kids in the Vancouver area. Now they need your help to raise funds! Kids Up Front created a GoFundMe campaign and they’ve raised almost $5000 so far.…
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Frosty Forst C-FUN Promo Bloopers, 1962
Bryan “Frosty” Forst was an amazing radio talent. He worked late on every show, always looking to bring the best to his audience. Back in the Sixties, many recording artists cut promotional spots for disc jockeys. Sometimes they didn’t always get the names right… in this case reading “Forst” as “Forest”! We worked together at C-FUN…
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Bobby Curtola Interview, 1986
On August 10, 1986, Bobby Curtola opened for Roy Orbison at The Legends Of Rock’n’ Roll at EXPO 86. In this wide-ranging interview he talks career, family, and the future of radio and records. We remember the scene at his 1962 Vancouver appearance… and we share some laughs about his arrival at the show. In…