Rock Radio Scrapbook
AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of April 10, 2005
Weekly issue #320
Talent: Marie-Josée Morin
Station: CKOI-FM Montréal
Date: August 24, 1991
Time: 7:22
''CKOI Montréal…la radio qui vous touche, partout, partout, partout !''
(‘"CKOI Montreal, the radio station that reaches out and touches you…everywhere ! ")
Those words were part of Marie-Josée Morin’s signature greeting on her all-night show in the early nineties on 96,9 CKOI-FM. The monster French-language 307,000-watt blowtorch is indeed ‘everywhere’ and was Montréal’s undisputed pop-rock leader with cume numbers consistently over the one million-plus listener mark from the mid-eighties on through to the late nineties. Marie-Josée Morin was part of that winning team for many years.
Montreal rock group Top Sonart in the mid-eighties
(Marie-Josée Morin, pictured far right)
Prior to becoming a top-notch radio personality, Marie-Josée fronted the popular Québec rock band Top Sonart as lead singer during the mid-eighties. According to music industry observers, Morin gave the group the credibility it needed to compete on the rock music scene. By 1987 though, Top Sonart was history and Morin turned to radio. Her style suited the CKOI format to a tee.
One of Marie-Josée’s major strengths has always been how well she connects with a radio audience: one-on-one conversation and lots of audience phones, special Top 40 requests and hand-picked solid gold oldies. The result? It was party time over Montréal until dawn.
Nowadays, Marie-Josée can be heard weekday afternoons on Rythme FM (CFGL-FM 105.7) in Montréal.
Let’s go back and enjoy some all-night fun with Marie-Josée Morin on 96,9 CKOI from August of 1991 here.
Pour la description en français, cliquez ici
(The Pierre Tremblay Collection)
Description by Pierre Tremblay and Marc Denis
Talent:
JACK MINDY
Station: WHEN Syracuse, N.Y.
Date: December, 1974
Time: 11:50
(Logo courtesy Bill Dulmage)
There was a time when deejays entertained on the radio without resorting to shock jokes or relying on a cast of silly-sounding sidekicks.
Yes, deejays in drive shifts used to go solo and cracked wise without ever mentioning any part of the human anatomy.
They alluded to it yes, but in a subtle manner that made you think.
It was a golden era for sure. I hope that those considering a radio career take the time to listen to these voices of the past on this site and others. They really had style, personality and charm.
One of the best from this era was Jack Mindy, a Buffalo-born mainstay of western and central New York radio for many years.
To hear Jack Mindy, click here.
(The Bill Dulmage Collection)
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