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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of January 8, 2012
Weekly issue #663

Talent: JOE CANNON
Station: CIQC Montreal
Date: August 2, 1998
Time: 12:00

Talk show host ... rock 'n' roll DJ ... newsman ... baseball broadcaster ... Joe Cannon has done it all in a radio career that began before he could vote.

Well known for his time as a talk show host at Montreal's CJAD, Cannon also had the distinction of being the last morning man during  CJCL's music era before the Toronto station's switch to sports in 1992. The native of Quebec City joined CJCL in 1990 from Toronto news-talker CFRB, where he arrived in 1989 from fellow Standard outlet CJAD. Cannon returned to CFRB in 1992 but was back in the Montreal market in 1993 at CIQC, where he did his "Joe's Gold" oldies show and was colour man on the station's Expo broadcasts in the late 90s.

Wearing yet another radio hat, Cannon co-anchored the morning show at all-news CINW (the former CIQC) from 2000 to 2004, and appeared on the news-talk version of the station from 2004 to 2008.

Cannon started in radio at the age of 16 in 1961 at CJQC Quebec City. Two years later he moved to Ontario where he appeared at CJSS Cornwall (1963-66), CKWS Kingston (1966-68), CKDS/CHML Hamilton (1968-71) and CJRN Niagara Falls (1971-75). He returned to La Belle Province at CJAD (1975-76), CFCF (1977-81) and again at CJAD (1981-1989).

Enjoy Joe Cannon on CIQC here.

(The Alain Desroches Collection)

Thanks to Marc Denis for his superb audio editing!

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