Tag: Red Robinson

Radio & Podcast News – Evanov’s AM 1380 in Brantford goes...

Evanov Communications’ Arise Christian Radio AM 1380 (CKPC-AM) in Brantford, ON has gone dark. CKPC-AM had been broadcasting a Christian Contemporary music format since...

Radio & Podcast News – CBC/Radio-Canada takes Gold at New York...

CBC Podcasts’ Run, Hide, Repeat, based on former CBC journalist Pauline Dakin’s memoir, has won Gold (Best Personal Lives Podcast) at the New York...

Vancouver media gather to remember Red Robinson

Submitted by Phil Mackesy with photos by Jack Lew Sixty years ago this August, Red Robinson burst out of the radio and into my life! As...

Sign Offs

Red Robinson, 86, on April 1. Robinson started his broadcasting career while still in high school at CJOR Vancouver in 1954 and is credited...

Pioneering rock n’ roll disc jockey Red Robinson dead at 86

Legendary Vancouver radio and television personality Red Robinson passed away Saturday morning, just two days after celebrating his 86th birthday. The pioneering rock n' roll...

Radio & Podcast News – Corus drops ‘Brooke & Jeffrey’ from...

Corus Radio has confirmed that Jump! (CKQB-FM) Ottawa is the network’s only remaining station carrying syndicated American morning show, Brooke & Jeffrey. Formerly Brooke...

Revolving Door

Red Robinson is hanging up his headphones, after 64 years. The legendary Vancouver disc jockey has his last shift at CISL-AM on Aug. 27,...

Red Robinson, one of only two people to emcee shows for...

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: Red Robinson, one of only two people to emcee shows for both the Beatles and Elvis Presley in North America, turns 80 this month....