Gary Megaffin, 88, on Oct. 25. Megaffin started his career in radio in the mid-1950s as a news reader on CFOS AM 560 Owen Sound. From there, he joined CKCR AM 1490 Kitchener in 1960, where he was known as “Gary Laffin’ Megaffin,” for often laughing the most at his own jokes. He went on to work with CHIC-AM Brampton from 1974-75, co-hosting Sports Talk, alongside Michael Colle.
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