Monty McFarlane

Monty McFarlane was born May 2, 1925. Monty was a funny man and a genuine artist on radio for 46 years.He is best remembered for a long stretch as “‘morning man” at Vancouver’s CJOR 600. One of the city’s most entertaining radio personalities, Monty worked for over 15 radio and TV stations. Monty liked jazz music, big band and frowned on the “new music” of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s and yet somehow he flourished in the radio business on the humour he generated. His dry wit, interplay with other radio personnel and tiny snips of old radio shows played at just the right second that made the Monty in the Morning show. He was an expert with the tight clip from a big LP. “.. McFarlane said it was a giggle and titter type of show. “I would try to keep people entertained.” He even did it without s live audience to feed him energy. Monty was a busy man putting together a CFUN basketball team that won a National championship in 1956, he appear in four TV segments on CBC called Summer Begins and he appeared for several years as a character (Sam Lockhart) in the Vancouver TV production – The Littlest Hobo (1963-1965). He loved golf and played just about every day for four decades. Confined to a wheelchair, Monty was quite ill for a number of years prior to his death but his humour remained. Monty left us on December 15, 2003 at 78 years of age..