THIS CIRCA 1967 PHOTO SHOWS CKLG's PROGRAM DIRECTOR FRANK CALLAGHAN AT THE AM CONTROL BOARD.
FRANK HIRED THE 24 YEAR OLD BILL REITER (DJZigZag) TO CREATE THE FIRST NEW WORLD AFRICAN MUSIC PROGRAM HEARD ON CANADIAN RADIO. ALTHOUGH, AT THE TIME, MR. CALLAGHAN THOUGHT GROOVIN' BLUE WAS SIMPLY A BLUES SHOW.
THE 1967 'BEST OF GROOVIN' BLUE' CHART DESCRIBES, BETTER THAN WORDS, WHAT THIS ALL-INCLUSIVE BLACK MUSIC RADIO PROGRAM WAS REALLY ABOUT.
Photo: Don Hamilton
Courtesy of Mike Cherry, General Manager Sky Valley Radio
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DJzz - did this 1967 "G n B" chart ever get released to the public? Printed in the "Georgia Straight" perhaps? Good observations about the lack of 'black music' genres on the 73CKLG Top 173. Looking back through old "Boss 40" and "Boss 30" charts, I've noted a little more black music when they charted 40 hits instead of 30. By the fall of 1967, C-FUN was history as a rocker. However, from 1965-67 they included the Top 10 R&B (also the top 10 C&W) as part of the 'CFUNtastic 50". Listening to both Top 40 stations in the pre-LG-FM days, C-FUN definitely played more black music. Of course, as a diehard KJR listener, I heard a number of black chart hits not heard on Vancouver stations
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