Eric Wallace MacEwen, 78, on July 27. After studying science at Memorial University and then writing and communications at Boston University, MacEwen began his broadcast career at CHNS Halifax in 1967. By 1970, he had joined CJCB Sydney in Cape Breton as the host of the station’s evening rock programming. In 1973, he took a detour from radio to serve as Director of Public Relations to the President of Cape Breton University. He returned to radio in 1982 as the host of his own Saturday night evening show on CFCY Charlottetown. Following its cancellation in 2018, he hosted the program in a podcast format as Saturday Night in a Harbour Town. MacEwan, who forged relationships over the years with musicians including Lennie Gallant, Ron Hynes, Rita MacNeil and Stan Rogers, was one of the founding members of the East Coast Music Association and a longtime host at StanFest in Canso, NS. His radio show was nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Radio category in 2000. He received an honorary Builder’s Award in 2005.
