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KENS RADIO SCRAPBOOK Featuring some of the pictures and information of radio friends and aquaintences in Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1981 when Ken Connors was on Radio and Television.
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630 CHED 1976 -1978
(L-R) Wes Montgomery and Brad Phillips Brad Phillips joined 630 CHED in 1978. He is the son of Merv Phillips, Monarch Broadcasting co-owner. (Monarch Broadcasting included radio stations CHAT in Medicine Hat, CKRD in Red Deer and CJXX in Grande Prairie). His brother, Scott Phillips also was involved in radio. Brad left for CKXL-AM Calgary in the early 1980's. He worked at CKLG-AM and CKZZ-FM Vancouver. He was at CHUM-AM in Toronto until 2001. He was VP for CIty-TV Vancouver til 2008. Most recently Brad was appointed Vice-President and General Manager of Astral Media Radio, Vancouver.
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630 CHED Edmonton was waking up to the Wes Montgomery Morning show for several years. Wes started as an announcer at CKYL-AM Peace River in the late 1950's. He moved on to CHED in the mid 1060's as Sports Director and later became the Morning Man. Wes could ad-lib a sports caste as if he had all the information in front of him. He left in 1981 for CKRA-FM, then CISN-FM and did the morning show at CFRN-AM and CFCW-AM until 2005. Died April 25, 2005. |
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