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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.
| CKXL 1971-72 Calgary, Alberta |
| CKNL 1972 Fort St. John, BC |
| CFGP 1973 Grande Prairie, Alberta |
| CHEC 1974 Lethbridge, Albertaa |
| CJOC 1974 Lethbridge, Alberta |
| CJME 1975-76 Regina, Saskatchewan |
| CHED 1976-78 Edmonton, Alberta |
| CFGP 1978-81 Grande Prairie, Alberta |
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You can submit information to Ken's Radio Scrapbook:
KenConnors@excite.com
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Make sure you visit Ken Connors' website: DiscoverThePeaceCountry.com featuring northern Alberta and BC. (2010)
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630
CHED-AM Edmonton, Alberta |
630 CHED 1976 -1978
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| 1977- Don, Ken and Len | 1977- Bruce, Chuck, Bob etc. | 1977- Wes and Brad |
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| 1977- Bob Layton NEWS | 1977- Ched Newsteam | 1977- Ched Staff List |
All pictures above can be enlarged and contain more information PLUS more AUDIO CLIPS.
Line-up 1976-1978: Wes Montgomery (6-9), Chuck Chandler (9-noon), Bruce Bowie (noon-3), Bob McCord (3-6), Keith James (6-9), Len Theusen (9-midnight). Variety shifts: Ken Connors, Barry Wall, Don Kennedy, Brad Phillips, Billy Williams (Morning Show W-1440 Wetaskiwin 2010).
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What do you know for 100 dollars? 630 CHED Ken Connors gives away a hundred dollar bill for the Phrase that Pays. © |
1976 BBM Survey showed of all persons listening to radio in Edmonton, the number one Radio Station was 630 CHED with 507,000 listeners. CJCA had 314,000, CHQT had 190,000 and CFRN had 187,000. CBX had 131,000 listeners while CFRN-FM had about 71,000 and CJCA-FM had 61,000.
630 CHED
Edmonton, Alberta
For a considerable amount time 630 CHED-AM played Top 40 Music and was the top radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. It was "Thee" radio station to listen to and were very lucky to ever work there.
During the years from 1976 to 1978 it was a must to have a 630 CHED logo on their vehicle as the CHED Guys were often in the CHED Van looking for stickers and giving away $100 bills. The studios at that time were located at 100006-107 Street.
630 CHED was one of the first radio stations in North America to introduce a computerized music system that announcers could view and select music from a playlist on a screen.
There were many well known personalities that made their home playing the music or reading the news/sports and kept 630 CHED in the forfront until FM Radio started to draw listeners from the AM frequency. It was in 1993 that CHED stopped the music and became a Talk Radio Station.
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| Chuck Chandler $1000 Contest with listener on 630 CHED © (43sec) |