by johnsykes » Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:21 pm
You guys have opened up a wonderful time of my life.....John Wilson at CKGM in Montreal. I only wish any of you in broadcasting today, could have spent some time in the business in those days. You surely, would thank me for the suggestion. At CKGM we had some amazing equipment....I cannot recall the brands of mics or turntables etc....but I can recall our echo chamber had to be at least ten feet long and five feet high...and maybe a foot deep.....because it was in my office, so to speak, the place where I began to work in 1961. I can't remember when dear John Wilson joined us....it had to be somewhere around that time. He was marvelous to work with....(I also had the pleasure of working with him at CJOR in Vancouver.) I think it would be the same time as when Charlie Johnson, Doug Burrows, Bob Gillies, John Hart, Tom Cherington, Paul Taylor, Earl Reidy, Marge Anthony, Pat Burns, Doc Stone (Stein), Bob Washington, Jack Finnigan, oh so many greats were there....my mind is racing, trying to remember to be fair to one and all. John Wilson was a prince to be around.
Earlier today, my wife and I spent some time cleaning our eldest daughter's house in Mission. She's a teacher trying to run a house with four kids who are very active.....one is a skater who could potentially be in our Olympics in two years. Our youngest grandkid was home after suffering a wound from two other brothers horsing around two nights ago.
Alex asked me what kind of music I had put on to the TV...it was Shaw 419....Rock and Roll.....the stuff from my era in the 50's and early 60's. He said (and he's 9 years old).....can't you play 403 - The Beat? I said...that's rap stuff....you listen to that? he said...of course....its great...that's when it sunk in....my yesteryear and today's radio are like one million miles apart. My era has gone by the way of the dodo bird....the moa....you get the drift. Today, things have changed and I've finally caught up....my time is at an end...better change my thinking and be quick about it. I accept the fact that I am a dinosaur. There, I have
accepted the fact that I have dwelt too much in the past.....you young uns have now to accept you are in charge. All I ask is that you accept the challenge and do something positive about it. Don't let us down!