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AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of July 31, 2016
Edition #896

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Talent: HAL MARTIN
Station: CKLW Windsor, Ont.
Date: August, 1971
Time: 31:10 (unscoped)

Hal Martin (Michael Spears) did two tours of duty at CKLW, and was also heard by that name at KLIF Dallas among other stations. But he really made his mark as a programmer, consulting such stations as KFRC San Francisco, WYSL Buffalo, N.Y., and WPNT (The Point) Chicago. Over the years, his stations won Billboard Station of the Year honours three times and he was named Billboard Program Director of the Year twice. Spears was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2004 a year before he died of cancer at age 58.

Enjoy Hal Martin on CKLW here.

Enjoy Hal Martin on CKLW here.


(The Tom Howard Collection)

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Talent: DON STEVENS
Station: CKLG Vancouver
Date: July, 1971
Time: 3:16

When Don Stevens began his radio career at CKSA Lloydminster, Alta., in 1962, he could have hardly foreseen the changes that lay ahead in his business. Back then, jocks played music from turntables, had a say in the music that was played, and stations were live 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the most part. It was personality radio - what was between the songs mattered almost as much as the songs themselves (maybe more!). Nowadays, everything is digital and played from a computer (good), the jocks rarely have any say in the music (not so good), and much of the programming - especially at night and on weekends - is voice-tracked or there's no jock at all (ugh!). Progress? Something to contemplate.

After getting his career start at CKSA, Stevens went on to work at a number of major stations including CHED Edmonton, CKLG Vancouver, CJAY Calgary (as morning man and program director), and as program director at AM 106 (CFCN) Calgary, CKFM and CFTR Toronto. He was also morning show host at Lite 96 Calgary (CHFM) before moving to XL 103 (CFXL) in Calgary as program director and morning show host where he celebrated 50 years in broadcasting in 2012. He's still the morning man at XL 103 where he can be heard weekday mornings.

Enjoy Don Stevens on CKLG here.

Enjoy Don Stevens on CKLG here.
 

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