skyvalleyradio wrote: Radiofan or Pluto: did CFMI continue with the Sunday international music after switching to easy-listening in '72??
Sky, I'm fairly certain that the international music was dumped when the format changed to easy listening. Perhaps Radiofan would like to weigh in on this - his memory is much better than mine.
When you think about it, the original "big city" country-rock format that CFMI aired back then was pretty progressive for the time. The eclectic mix of music that you mentioned sounded great in '72 and forty years it still sounds great because the songs are timeless.
CFMI was a great place to work in the seventies even after the format changed to easy listening but was still semi-automated. I remember one of my duties was loading up the two music and three commercial carousels for Barry Gaudin's morning show.
He was in Master Control at one end of the building and the cranky Fat Albert - the automation unit with the bad attitude - was at the other. For the most part things ran well, but occasionally there would be problems.
I have found memories of walking around behind the unit and pounding a wooden ruler into the back of one of the carousels to remove a jammed cart.
Not exactly high tech, but it worked and was a great way to reduce stress as well.
Of course the engineering staff were the true heroes of CFMI for keeping that metal monstrosity running for as long as it did.