Subject: THE NIGHT JOHN LENNON DIED
Station: CFNY, CHUM-FM, CKFM Toronto, 97 Rock (WGRQ) Buffalo, N.Y.
Date: December 8-9, 1980
Time: Part 1 - 45:08 (unscoped)
                     - 27:16 (scoped)
           Part 2 - 45:35 (unscoped)
                         24:01 (scoped)

Fans gather at candlelight vigil for John Lennon in Toronto the night after his death

Where were you the night John Lennon died?

In the case of many people, they were listening to the radio - back in the days when most music stations were live and local 24-7. Shortly after 11 p.m. eastern time, the news started to come in. First we learned that John Lennon had been shot and taken to hospital. Then came the awful news - the former Beatle was dead.

Toronto radio listener Alan Powell was taping that night, and captured the breaking news and the accompanying raw emotion as it appeared on CFNY, CKFM,  CHUM-FM and 97 Rock (WGRQ). Thankfully, he has submitted his composite to Rock Radio Scrapbook so we can better remember how Toronto radio sounded the night John Lennon died.
 

Hear Part 1 of this composite (UNSCOPED) here.

Hear Part 1 of this composite (UNSCOPED) here.
 

Hear Part 1 of this composite (SCOPED) here.

Hear Part 1 of this composite (SCOPED) here.
 

Hear Part 2 of this composite (UNSCOPED) here.

Hear Part 2 of this composite (UNSCOPED) here.
 

Hear Part 2 of this composite (SCOPED) here.

Hear Part 2 of this composite (SCOPED) here.
 

(The Alan Powell Collection)
 

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