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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of April 19, 2009
Weekly issue #526

Subject: CHUM's 20th ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE
Station: CHUM Toronto (never aired)
Date: 1977
Time: 16:34

Allan Waters and the famous CHUM sign

"I'm still not sure that we knew exactly what we were doing." - Pete Nordheimer

It never aired on CHUM, but this classic recording is an important part of the Toronto station's audio history.

In 1977, on the 20th anniversary of CHUM adopting a Top 40 format, CHUM founder Allan Waters was presented with this audio recording as a gift from his staff. And what a gift! It contains greetings from many of CHUM's early voices, in the following order and times:

(00:17) - Harvey Dobbs (mid-morning host 1957-58)

(2:36) - Phil Stone (afternoon host 1957-59)

(3:52) - Pete Nordheimer (afternoon host 1957-61)

(5:52) - Bob Laine (all-night host 1958-68; midmornings 1968-69)

(7:01) - Dave Johnson (evening host 1957-65)

(8:39) - Bob McAdorey (afternoon host 1961-68)

(9:15) - Rennie Heard (newscaster)

(11:19) - John Spragge (mid-morning host 1958-68)

(14:25) - Harve Kirck (newscaster)*

(15:10) - Mike Darow (afternoon host 1959-65)

 Enjoy this special audio gift to Allan Waters here.

(The CHUM Archives)

*He was Harve Kirck on CHUM and later Harvey Kirck on CTV

More classic CHUM audio here!

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