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Frank Gutch Jr: Before Radio Was Radio, It Was Television, Part Two… Plus Notes

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 7, 2016 by segarini

Frank Gutch young

If I hadn’t known rock radio was cool before I saw Gentleman Jim Hunter, drivetime disc jockey for KRKT Radio in Albany Oregon, lean out and wave to the crowd which had gathered beneath the huge T&R sign, I would have known it then.  The sign was HUGE, the main section trucked in on a double-flatbed , and was the talk of the Willamette Valley as it was erected right next to Interstate 5, then a fairly new project itself.

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JAIMIE VERNON – LAMENT FOR THE DJ

Posted in Opinion with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 20, 2014 by segarini

Jaimie as King George
Following  11 years as the sole live-to-air freestyle radio program on Canadian terrestrial radio, ‘Marsden Theatre’ aired its last show on 94.9 The Rock in Oshawa, Ontario this past weekend.

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JAIMIE VERNON – Life’s a Canadian Rock: Book 2, Chapter 3

Posted in Opinion with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 9, 2013 by segarini

vernon_1997Read Chapter 1 here 

Read Chapter 2 here 

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