Former CKWX colleague John Foster emailed me this, along with a recent photo from the Vancouver Sun:

“Red’s career also included publicity stunts, such as false news reports on the night of March 31, 1958, that a whale had washed ashore in Vancouver.

By the time midnight brought April Fool’s Day, more than 10,000 people had jammed the waterfront hoping for a sighting.

When Red announced the prank by playing a record of Kirk Douglas singing Whale Of A Tale, an angry crowd pounded on the doors of the radio station.”

Read all about our  recent visitor, a mature 12-metre grey whale, online at the Vancouver Sun. If you’ve never heard the song, here it is: