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Susan Englebert was a gifted programmer whose work in radio will be long remembered. Her more than 30 years at the CBC and her involvement in the creation, development and production of such shows as The Great Canadian Gold Rush with Terry David Mulligan, Variety Tonight with Vicki Gabereau, Gabereau and Double Exposure lead to…
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Ann Watt was born Angela Jean Elisabeth Watt in Brandon, Manitoba. While still a small child, she moved with her family to the Grandview area of Vancouver, where she’d go on to spend much of her youth. At high school, she came into her own in the Glee Club, and in time was able to…
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Born in England, Steve Edge arrived in Canada in 1981 and in 1987, founded, with other musicians, The Rogue Folk Club, after he had started a Folk Music radio show on the UBC campus network. Expo 86 had demonstrated to Steve, the wealth of Canadian Folk music across the country. These musicians deserved broader exposure…
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John Drainie, was called the “greatest radio actor in the world” by Orson Welles. He began his career in radio with CJOR, CKNW and CBU in Vancouver and was a major player in CBC’s Golden Age of Radio. John Drainie was most famous in Canada for the CBC radio role of Jake in W.O. Mitchell’s…
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Sandy DeSantis, a popular band leader and trumpeter extraordinaire was born in Vancouver BC. He began his professional gig in the 1930’s at the Venice Cafe on Main and Keefer (544 Main Street). Himie Singer built the renowned Palomar Ballroom during that time, opening a spectacular new venue for music and dancing and he hired Sandy to…
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