Rock Radio Scrapbook

AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of April 10, 2016
Edition #880

Talent: TOM FULTON
Station: CKFH Toronto
Date: February 1, 1969
Time: 24:11

When Tom Fulton arrived in Toronto from B.C.  in 1965, he did not have a radio gig lined up. He didn't have any airchecks of himself, so he simply sent a picture of himself and a poem he had written to several radio stations in the area. It's hard to imagine that approach working today, but in the days where radio jobs were aplenty the unusual approach struck a chord. Surprisingly, the taker was staid old CKFH, which had yet to switch to a rock format.

Eventually, however CKFH did delve into rock, albeit slowly. First, Fulton was asked to do a "teen show" from 4-6 p.m. in addition to his 10 a.m.-2 p.m. shift spinning Mantovani records. Later, a groundbreaking progressive rock show from 11 p.m.-1 a.m. called The Whole Bag was added and guess who was the host? Fulton may have been the only deejay to work a triple split shift on the same station with three different formats.

By 1969, Fulton's workload eased somewhat: he was doing one shift a day in one format a day - playing Top 40 records on the Big 143.

Doug Thompson sent us an article on Fulton from RPM Magazine's issue of November 28, 1966. Thanks Doug!
 

Enjoy Tom Fulton here.

Enjoy Tom Fulton here.
 

(The Tom Fulton Collection)