RE: 990 Montreal

["Paul Hopfgarten" <hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

I remember listening to CKGM at 980 in 1974 with a Top-40 format.
(Was in Montreal for a week in August 1974)

-Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> [mailto:owner-boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org]On Behalf Of Stephen
> Pickford
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 12:38 PM
> To: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: 990 Montreal
>
>
> In-between CKIS 980 and CKGM 990 (slight shift in frequency when they went
> to 50kw)...it was CKGM 990 Talk Radio With Attitude...which was
> an absolute
> flop...it was reported that more people would have listened to a bullhorn
> in the city's main subway station than were tuned in to their morning
> show...which was a shame, in fact, since L. Ian Macdonald, a political
> insider from the Mulroney era, newspaper columnist and man-about-town, had
> the most articulate, thought-provoking few hours of local radio
> in the city...
>
> Stephen Pickford
>
> Host / Producer -- "Travel World"
> CIQC AM 600 and Liberty Works Radio Network
>
> http://www.webspawner.com/users/travelworld
>