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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of August 21, 2016
Edition #899

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Talent: TOM ALLAN
Station: CFGO Ottawa (ENERGY 1200)
Date: April 13, 1988
Time: 45:52 (unscoped)
7:37 (scoped)

Tom Allan has been on the air and in the air. Not only has Allan jocked all over Ontario, he also worked as a helicopter traffic reporter for several southern Ontario stations beginning in 2006. Rock Radio Scrapbook asked Tom about his career, and this is what he told us:

"Started in 1983 at CFBQ Parry Sound then moved to CFBK Huntsville by Joe Duchesne...then Evenings at OM-FM Windsor/Detroit...then London's CJBK...then Ottawa at CFGO, 54 ROCK and W1310...then Gary Slaight hired me for 97.7 Hits FM...then Mornings at Energy 108 from '92 to '96...then Mornings at 103.5fm in Toronto for Three different runs...Whew!! You gotta LOVE the Radio Bizz and I STILL DO!!"

This aircheck was recorded about a month after CFGO became "Energy 1200" on March 8, 1988. It was a return to Top 40 for CFGO, which dropped the format in 1987 for a short-lived adult contemporary format as "Go-12, Adult Rock." Energy 1200 lasted nine years before it was dropped in late 1997 in favour of an alternative-underground format as "The Buzz." On September 9, 1998, CFGO went to an all-sports format as "The Team."
 

Enjoy Tom Allan (UNSCOPED) here.

Enjoy Tom Allan (UNSCOPED) here.
 

Enjoy Tom Allan (SCOPED) here.

Enjoy Tom Allan (SCOPED) here.


(The Russ Horton Collection)
 

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