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Geo’s Media Blog (They Can’t Afford To Do It Anymore) under construction

Posted on January 26, 2021 by geo
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While writing a piece recently about how the Heller Jingles we used at Fairbanks made us sound different, I realized that everything we did was different. Hell, we even invented a new format for Dallas.

When I left Toronto in

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Geo’s Media Blog (This Diamond Ring) under Construction

Posted on January 23, 2021 by geo
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When I left CFTR in Toronto to become the National PD of Fairbanks Broadcasting based in Indianapolis, one of my first projects was to launch a brand new format on KVIL in Dallas.

Being that Dallas was the jingle capital

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Geo’s Media Blog. (The Sting) under construction

Posted on January 22, 2021 by geo
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When I started my radio career, I was a board op at CKY-FM in Winnipeg when FM wasn’t cool. I had to play a bunch of Montovani and Ray Conniff while across the hall at CKY-AM, Jimmy Darin, (Hilliard) Chuck
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Geo’s Media Blog (Damn Gypsys!) New 1/25/21

Posted on January 15, 2021 by geo
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The other day for whatever reason, I started thinking about a phone call I got from my old pal, Bill Gardner when he was vacationing at his in-law’s place in Hawaii.

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Geo’s Media Blog. (It Was A Very Good Year) New 1/18/2021

Posted on January 7, 2021 by geo
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So far I’ve had some pretty special years but none of them compare to the memories I have of 1964.
1964 was a very good year; I married my childhood sweetheart, saw the Beatles, signed a recording contract, met my

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