Thursday, June 14, 2007

Montreal Radio Stations

CFOX............................................Remember the West Island Station with Gord Sinclair as the owner???   they had many different formats,from time to time ranging from Country to a Rock / PoP era,.........and talk / sports etc etc until their Demise.////////////but they did alot of Community Stuff,.....
one of which was their Softball Team,...pictured here with a team from Ville Lasalle ( Remember when it was called Ville..)
1470 CFOX Baseball Team vs Team Lasalle Old Timers , circa 1968
 
....................There might even be someone You know on this team?????????
                       Have Fun & Remember Verdun

34 comments:

les__f MSN said...

Remember stuff like this............................. ............  Donald K Donald he promoted much of the talent that came to Montreal   ,,,,,,how about these top 10's & top 40's that we used to get the up to date sheet from Our Local Record Shops like 'Buckley's' on Wellintong Btwn Willibrord & 1st (S side,near the lane,and the other side of the lane from Gregory's Restaurant )??   Remember this old stuff ???????                          Have Fun and Remember Verdun

les__f MSN said...

.and in 1971 ,they came out with their Top 100,.....of the 60's............       any of you old Bast%^78's Remember these...................hahahahahah       ..............................YIKES ,  your a bunck h of Oldies,................hahahahhah                                    Have Fun & Remember Verdun

les__f MSN said...

The Owners killed CFOX in a strategically planned take over & pre-planned deal to change the format one more time,........(the old story Buy Low ,Sell High)...................hahahahahah   and another Montreal English Standard was Done...................................................................   1470 CFOX Montreal, 203 Hymus Boulevard, Pointe-Claire Qc         Remember   Hymus Blvd,.........not far from some familiar West Island Oasis ....(that's code for Bars)...................hahahahahah                                        Have Fun & Remember Verdun

alanarchie MSN said...

Hi Les,
 
I think CFOX's most popular DJ was Dean Hagopian.
I found the following information on www.imdb.com
 

Hagopian was at CFOX in the late '60s and early '70s and later moved to CJFM
where he did the "Solid Gold Show."
Was an On-Air personality at CKGB in Timmins, Ontario, Canada back when it
was at 680 on the AM dial. Left to take first acting role in "Scanners
(1981)".
Before his days as the legendary "Dean of Montreal" on 1470 CFOX, Hagopian
was the leader singer for the "Staccatos" in 1963 and 1964. Hagopian left the
group before "Half Past Midnight" was released in 1966, but it's likely he
played it on his show a few times in his career. The Staccatos went on to
international fame and fortune as the "Five Man Electrical
Band."


See what's free at AOL.com.

the lad MSN said...

Hi   CFOX  after a while anyone remember Ted Tevan doing his show? I forget the name of the chinese rest. he used to advertise on t.v. On Upper Lachine Rd.   Thanks Les for those great record sheets. I was just talking about them last week.   Lad

kungfu MSN said...

I pitched fastball in those days for CFOX also played hockey, one year we played 70 games , great fun, I knew Gord Sinclair very well , a hell of a good guy . He was a diabetic, he would come into the room after the 2nd period , dead on his feet , he would eat a chocolate bar, and fire came into his eyes ,he did well , after selling he worked at CJAD till the end of his days . jim

kungfu MSN said...

          the  lad   , I remember the Chinese restaurant,  John Fergusson, of Canadians fame, used to hang there, as matter of fact they had an item on menu called Fergie,s Ribs ,  Geez ole timers setting in , can,t, remember name of the restaurant, and I hung on the strip at Nittolo,s for years and years . All gone now . Jimmy

kungfu MSN said...

the lad , just thought of it   South Seas   that was the Chinese restaurant on Upper Lachine , just past Nit,s   jimmy

the lad MSN said...

Kungfu   Thanks   Lad  

im4golf MSN said...

There used to be a TA VERN just under the radio station  I worked for BELL CANADA on Hymus and we spent many a long liquid lunch there!! many of the retired Bell Guys used to on thursdays for an ALE  There was another Disk Jockey that Gord brought over from C F C F with him and Gord had a friendly feud going. Gord would open his 5 O Clock show with      DEEGANS A BUM ,BUM,BUM  DEEGANS A BUM,BUM   Thats way back when the station opened !!! Ron

kungfu MSN said...

You know Im4golf, I used to hang around that Tavern, Story. I was involved with the cubs , and one winter we had our annual banquet , cant remember where , and the guest at the head table was Steve Renko , who pitched for the Expos , we became good friends and used to visit that tavern often. I remember going to the Olympic Stadium with my son , to watch Steve pitch. They played  O Canada , and the guy in front of me did not stand up , my son was only 5 and I did not want to get into a fight while I had my son in tow . However I remember saying to myself if that ever happens again , look out . Sure enough I went to A canadians hockey game with my wife and the guy in front of me did not stand up, I reached down and grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him up and made him stand for the whole of O Canada , you should have seen the look on peoples faces around us , That guy did not move for the rest of the game , geez I was nuts hahahaha   jimmy

the lad MSN said...

Kungfu   The ex's cousin and myself had season tickets way back when for the Als at the big O one year..before they put the roof on it..He would find a way to take off at anthem time with some of his pals from work and only come back after it was over. Took me a couple of games to figure this out...So being from Verdun and having an opinion about it I kinda mentioned it..needless to say with him being on her side of the family and such it was a short season and the end of the season ticket experiment. Funny thing was after later on he did see the light after travelling the country and last I heard switched sides... So from me I agree with you it gets me going when people sit too.   Lad

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les__f MSN said...

continuing the CFOX theme ,.a little bit       Here's part of the CFOX line-up in1967   ........,,,and then 10 short years later CFOX broadcast for the last time with a 'Live on Air' person,..........................   Remember their  FOX logo,................ ......this was a button they had that year.............Good sense of humour:                   HF&RV  

fresco750 MSN said...

Thanks Les,
YIKES...this will keep me occupied until September-Fresco

les__f MSN said...

Can this be considered another addition to Montreal Radio ........ it was afterall,.a big part of the media coverage of the famous Expo67 era,that we all grew up with:   ..........Remember the large Media CBC building or something like that that lined the road that headed towards Expo67 Gates on ile Notre Dame,.....near Habitat '67.            Anyone Remember that area?                                                               HF&RV

dzldawg1 MSN said...

Even the Fox moved out west, CFOX FM 99.3 in Vancouver The Fox Rocks www.cfox.com  

les__f MSN said...

Saw the Fox in Vancouver 30+ years ago,.and wondered if it was somehoe affiliated,..but I don't think that is the case,.       (but not really sure,......never checked),.....but it didn;t escape my thought at that time,...... if in fact ,it was even that long ago??  but it seems no matter how far we travel,.or where we live ,.we make constant comparisons to Montreal even the name of streets or buildings,...I find that mentally ,I pronounce them in French,...................only to hear later that ,the locals pronounce it differently,............Yikes ( they are wrong ,.we're right...........hahahah)  same goes for travelling stateside,...especially through Maine,NH, Mass,Vermont & some parts of NY...............there are many French names dotting those rural mailboxes,..and yet names like Poirier are always pronounced Poor E Yer,...........................hahahahahah YIKES .......................                                                        .....the Fox Rocks...........(I think that's the catch phrase that always made me think they really were related to CFOX (in Montreal,LabelleProvince).....................................hahahahha HF&RV

les__f MSN said...

How about this Mug.........anyone Remember this guy's name,........he had a show in Montreal in the 60's,........and had (reportedly) a shot fired at him in the doorway of a local radio station,.......................... ........ I know you people out there Know who this is ,..............and what his familiar line was when answering his phone...........................                              _ _ _ _'_  Hot Line Go Ahead...............   (too easy eh !!!)                                                                                                         HF&RV

fresco750 MSN said...

Les,
I think this is Joe Pyne who was on CKGM. Joe moved to Los Angeles after CKGM. Joe became extremely popular. He was a heavy smoker and died at age 44 in 1970. If Joe got mad at a caller he would yell "Get off my line" and hang up on the guy. He was fun to listen to-Fresco

les__f MSN said...

Interesting Fresco,..........I think, we think, along the same lines,.and enjoy somewhat the same interests in radio.......  I think, at least for myself.  that comes from  laying in bed at night and tuning in different channels,and listening to many different topics,,,,,( a lot of Hockey Games of course)...but a lot of late night radio,from what seemed like another world altogether (anotherworld,...........yea I know ,it's an old joke)    along the lines of don't call me surely...............   However :   It is not Mr Pyne,...........but it was CKGM (at least for a while) .............................................     HF&RV  

les__f MSN said...

Fresco,...........here's a big hint ,......    right click on the picture,then click on 'properties'  .............it will show you ,the address where I found the picture....                                               another hint falling into this                                                                                                                   will no doubt create some  Burns.........hahahaha                                                                                                HF&RV           

fresco750 MSN said...

Les,
I still do that. When my wife falls asleep I put on the headset and listen to AM radio. When we lived in New York I could get CKLW 800 Windsor, Ontario and CHML 900 Hamilton, Ontario on most nights. Growing up I listened to Danny Gallivan broadcast the hockey games on radio. WPTR 1540 Albany used to get a good signal into Montreal at night. Wolfman Jack became famous when he broadcast from a high power Mexican Radio Station that could be heard over most of western Canada and western United States after dark when AM radio signals really travel. I have a new show I like these days. The John and Jeff Radio Show "The Third Shift." You can e mail John and Jeff and they will give you a shout out. Just like the old CKVL Request and Dedication Show-Fresco

fresco750 MSN said...

Les,
Good One. You got me. I won't name this guy in case anyone else wants to guess who it is. I will just say that this guy.....P.B. was on CKGM after I left Montreal. I did hear him on return visits to Montreal however. I think P.B. replaced Joe Pyne of CKGM when Joe left for California. I'm not 100% sure on this however. P.B. had a great show also-Fresco

cocopuff_2007 MSN said...

Les Wasn't that Pat Burns ?   He was So Irritating on his program, and disrespectful.  Didn't he leave for Vancouver eons ago.  Is he still going ?  

les__f MSN said...

Yes Cocopuff  & Fresco,....................  (sounds like a breakfast ,kids might have,....  ) However your both right on........it was the annoyinh Pat Burns              " Burns ,Hotline go ahead" it wandered out west after his stint in Montreal,...............don't know how long he was there....................................................               HF&RV

les__f MSN said...

Cocopuff,........Pat Burns 'signed off the planet' in 1996     but here's a little info on him:  ( this may have been on that other site I posted,.but I'm not sure) Pat Burns The talk show host who gave Western Canadians a voice. Pat Burns' "Hotline" on CJOR radio gave Western Canadians an opportunity to speak of their frustrations with the Canadian system and how it treats us. Burns, who died in 1996, was an outspoken defender of freedom of speech, and freedom generally. He had extraordinary common sense, fearlessness, and a great sense of humour. We hope to have some editorials from the past on this site in the future, but for now, you can get a very small taste of his views with some editorials transcribed here. "I see absolutely no hope for the West...." "The subject of Western Separatism will not go away..." (with quotations from Peter Brimelow on the subject of Western separatism) "How to get a fair deal for B.C."   .................................................................................................HF&RV

les__f MSN said...

now I think I could have posted this under Yikes Stuff.................hahahah   it seems Pat Burns did rather well ,going out West ,.......apparently Burn's Hot line,.was doing so well,.that a rival local Vancouver Radio Stn,.tried to lure him over to their side (CKNW,.still around Btw:) but checkout this,  carrot they dangled to get him ,back in 1965 ...........(no wondered ,he stayed out west) Pat Burns, at rival CJOR, built such a hotline following that CKNW tried to poach him by offering - in 1965 - the unheard of salary of $14,400 a month, a car and a custom studio.   .........................$14,440 / month ./.was a lot of cabbage ,in those days,to annoy some people,.or make some happy, or make some mad.......                             hmmmmmmm I'm doing it for nothing..........hahahahaaha                                             Have Fun & Remember Verdun

the lad MSN said...

Les   Which one do you remember of these two gentlemen would call the women who called up and ticked him off.."Doll"  never forget that one..     Lad

les__f MSN said...

Hi  the lad:   I can't recall which of these two mentiomed used that term,. but Timewise,.......I wouldf guess that it must have been Pat Burns.......... only because of our ages & the fact that I Rememeber very little of the other fellow  Pryne was it??     .....................I don't really know                                               HF&RV

happydi2 MSN said...

I think this is so funny......are you saying that  women were annoyed because they were  called "doll" by these radio DJ's .....lol.....women have been called a lot worse .....I could think of some recent names that women were called and "doll" would be pretty mild by todays standards.....BTW.....wasn't the other one Joe Pine?

the lad MSN said...

Hi Happy   I can remember one them after awhile would say "You're gone doll" or to that effect...first time I ever heard doll used like that until I heard it one night at home when someone called a lady neighbor the old doll next door.Of course I might have picked that one up and used it once or twice when talking about my mother too.   Good times,,,   Lad

Urban Legend said...

Just found this old blog, so I thought I'd at my two cents worth.

Montreal radio station CKGM came on the air back in 1959 on their original frequency of 980 MHz.

Their first talk show host was Dave Prendergast, followed by Joe Pyne. Pat Burns, who was born and raised in Montreal, returned there in 1965 to host his talk show Burns Hotline after leaving Vancouver's CJOR.

Burns was very popular among his Anglo listening audience as he was vocally and relentlessly anti-separatist during those early days of Quebec nationalist sentiment. This, of course, generated anger among the separatists to the point where a local, sensationalist newspaper recklessly published a front page photo of Burns with a target on his head.

CKGM--understandably concerned about Burns' safety and even possible retaliation against the station itself--ended Burns Hotline talk show and briefly had him host a sports program, to the disappointment of his talk show fans. Burns reportedly lived in one of the upstairs apartments inside the Drummond Street building in which CKGM's studios were located at the time. The building itself has since been demolished and replaced.

In 1969, Burns' CKGM contract ended and he returned to Vancouver where he resumed a talk show and even ran (unsuccessfully) for the Mayor of North Vancouver. Later in his career he hosted a talk show for radio station CKO.

Further details about Pat Burns can be found via Google Search.

To avoid confusion, note that there was another Montrealer named Pat Burns who was the coach of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.

Les_F said...

Thanks Urban Legend, for that history of CKGM.
I remember Pat Burns and his standard deep voice for each caller with the familiar "Burns Hotline, Go Ahead"..........
I also recall the photo with the target.
Again thanks for surfing by,and yes this Blog is old, but I monitor it often to keep it going and hopefully save many old Montreal or Verdun stories, unfortunately some of the photos have long since disappeared,unless they were ones I had saved and posted myself.
Your "2 cents worth" as you say are welcomed in deed.
Thanks for surfing by.
Cheers !
Les