Vancouver's oldest Teenager has left the building.
Two days after his 86th Birthday, the man who brought Rock & Roll music to Vancouver has passed away. Legendary disc jockey Red Robinson who first hit the Vancouver airwaves at CJOR on November 12, 1954 was on the air
at numerous Vancouver and Portland, OR radio stations until his final radio gig, The Red Rock Diner at CISL in 2017.
The late Mike Cleaver spoke with Red about his career several years ago. https://www.bcradiohistory.com/amikecle ... inson1.mp3
Red's bio from Gord Lansdell's Vancouver Broadcasters website:
DJ CJOR Vancouver 1954-56; DJ CKWX Vancouver 1957-58; MC Elvis Presley show Empire Stadium Vancouver 1957; DJ/ TV host KGW/ KGW-TV Portland 1959-60; DJ CKWX 1961; PD CFUN Vancouver 1962-67; CBC-TV Vancouver 1963-65; PD CJOR 1968-70; AMD CKWX 1971-83; multiple program host including Red's Classic Theater KVOS-TV Bellingham; host cross Canada oldies show Reunion 1985-93; AMD CISL Vancouver 1993-2000; host Red Rock Diner CISL 2001-07; host Meet the Collectors Prime TV 2004; host Red Rock Diner CKCL-FM/ CFUN-FM Vancouver 2007-11; host Red Rock Diner CISL 2011-17. BCAB Broadcast Performer of the Year 1969; Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame Pioneer DJ 1994; CAB Hall of Fame 1977; Rockabilly Hall of Fame 2000; member B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame Starwalk at the Orpheum; member Canadian Association of Broadcasters Half Century Club 2004; Red Robinson Show Theatre Coquitlam named in his honour 2006-13; awarded doctorate degree University of the Fraser Valley 2012; appointed to the Order of British Columbia 2016.
R.I.P. my friend. Condolences to Red's family and friends.