Arnie Nelson

Guitar and vocal performer at age 10 The Children’s Hour, Bill Rea’s Roundup, Ranger’s Cabin CKNW New Westminster beginning in 1944; accomplished steel guitarist playing on TV and radio with Jack Jenson and the Rhythm Pals 1950s; assistant record librarian/control room/sportscast operator/all-night DJ and later commercial sales CKNW 1945-64; general sales manager CJOR Vancouver 1965; manager west coast operations All-Canada Radio and TV 1965-76; miscellaneous radio involvement 1976-82; retired from radio 1982; background performer and member Union of BC Performers, working on movies, commercials and TV episodes following retirement; advertising New York 1987-91; member CAB Half Century Club and The Western Swing Society; inducted into B.C. Country Music Hall of Fame 2006.  Died in Vancouver June 7, 2009 at age.