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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK

Edition #732
May 19, 2013

BURT THOMBS & DOUG HOBBS
goldandgreatrevival.com
DECEMBER 17, 2003 (UNSCOPED)

 The next time you hear an Elvis tune, or watch a baseball game, raise a glass to Doug Hobbs.

Hobbs, a long-time CKTB sports director and Saturday morning oldies show host at the St. Catharines, Ont.-station, died May 5 following a heart attack. He was 68. Hobbs was a big Elvis fan who once played every song The King recorded all in a row on his CKTB show. Hobbs also broadcast St. Catharines minor league baseball and for more than two decades was an official scorer for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Hear Doug Hobbs guesting with Burt Thombs on the Gold and Great Revival from December 17, 2003 ... in the Aircheck of the Week.


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(Contributors in brackets)

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March 31 - April Fool's Metric Time Prank
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March 24 - All-Night Legends (Pt. #13)
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One moment they were here, the next they were gone. Great stations, legendary deejays faded into the ether, seemingly forever.

But wait! That great radio lives again right here at Rock Radio Scrapbook. The unforgettable stations like CHUM, CKLW, CKEY, CKFH, CFTR, 1470 CFOX, CKGM, CFUN, CKRC, FM 108, WKBW, WGR, WLS, WABC, KHJ and so many others can be heard and read about here.

Enjoy legendary deejays like Alan Freed, Hound Dog Lorenz, Jackson Armstrong, Robert W. Morgan, Hunter Hancock, Cousin Brucie, Dan Ingram, Dick Biondi, Wolfman Jack, Al Boliska, Jay Nelson, The Real Don Steele, Tom Rivers, Brian Skinner, Marc Denis, Red Robinson and many others. Also here: the history, the lineups and the stories of a great radio era now gone but fondly remembered.

First, read a little about this site and then explore this tribute to a great radio era. You can also discuss radio - old and new - at the Southern Ontario/Western New York Radio-TV Forum (SOWNY).

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