A young lady from Fruitvale was one of the first recipients of BCIT‘s Red Robinson Achievement Award for Excellence in Radio Broadcasting back in 1989. You probably listened to Pam Stevens at a number of Vancouver stations over the past 25+ years, including CKNW, CFMI, Z95, KISS-FM, CFUN-FM, SHORE 104 and most recently at CFOX-FM.

I had the pleasure of knowing Pam for years and it was sad to read this at pugetsoundradio.com:

“I am done at CFOX and for the time being, done with the city! I have accepted the position of Tour Leader with a company called Adventures Abroad. This broad has always been up for adventure so I can’t wait to start showing other people around places on this planet that I love.

I begin training in Hanoi on Feb 1st and will then be touring folks through South East Asia for the foreseeable future. 28 years and one month in the biz – give or take to account for a few stints of funemployment of course, but it’s been a blast! Time to tackle something new and maybe eventually build some media/podcasting/reporting into it once I’m comfortable with the new job.”

Good for Pam! Radio is now a dead end for talent with but few exceptions. I hope she finds success with her new vocation!