To the following iconic music industry legends:
Bhaskar
Menon, ex-CEO of EMI Worldwide
The late Ahmet Ertegun
founder
of Atlantic Records
Herb Alpert, the "A"
of A & M Records and band leader of the fabulous Tijuana Brass
and, to these awesome radio stations that shaped and enriched my life with the joy of music:
The
60's: Voice of America's
"Breakfast Show", Radio Ceylon, Radio Australia, Radio South Africa, BBC's "Top of the Pops" (all on short wave),
CJME, CKCK, CKRM and CFMQ-FM, Regina, Sask., Canada
The 70's: WLS (The Big 89), WCFL (The Voice of Labor),
WBBM-FM, WDAI-FM (The Eye[I] of Chicago), WMAQ-FM, Chicago; WGLD-FM (Gold), Oak Park, Ill., 1140 CKXL, 1060 CFCN, and
CHFM-FM (FM 96), Calgary; 630 CHED and CJCA-FM, Edmonton; CHEC, Lethbridge; and CJOC, Medicine
Hat, Alberta, Canada
The 80's: KHQ-FM,
Spokane, Wash.
The 90's:
66 CFR, 1060 CKMX, Calgary; 700 CKRD, Red Deer, Alberta;
Currently: XL103 FM, Calgary; The Eagle
100.9, High River; and 96.3 Capital FM, Edmonton