CFHG RADIO - 1490
While CFS Holberg celebrates its Thirtieth Anniversary (1984), CFHG Radio coincidentally commemorates its Twentieth. These past years have seen numerous changes incorporated into the Radio Station.
We have moved from the quarters which now house the PERI Staff, to new facilities at the front of the Rec. Centre. Plans are underway to replace the old Gates console that the DJs used to broadcast over 20 years ago, and to erect a transmission tower in order that the signal be improved and the range increased.
The record library now exceeds ten thousand LP’s and 45’s ranging from old standards to the newest rock and roll. 1490 has gone from presenting a maximum of twenty-eight hours of local programming per week to as many as sixty-eight hours.
CFHG’s staff is comprised of dedicated volunteers from the community of San Josef who have had little or no experience in the field of broadcasting, yet still have presented close to forty-thousand on-air hours.
The current staff are Rhonda Beckman, Al Brockley, Bob Drinkwater, Dan Jodin, Yvonne Kerasiotis, Monika McGrath, Terry McGilligan, Steve Osborne, Lorraine Parsons, Dan Taric, and Pricilla O’Neil, who has been with CFHG for over six years. Tom Beckman has been the Program/Music Director of the Station for the past two years.
In the past, CFHG Radio 1490 introduced students of San Josef to the workings of a radio station and to broadcasting through their own program, the Grey Cloud Hour. Then last year the Junior DJ Program was included whereby students who portrayed genuine interest and skills were given their own program during prime time. Our Junior DJ’s are Darlene Best, Kevin Hicks, Tina Jackson, Bev Sahlin, Marc Tremblay and Tammi Voight.
CFHG lends support in many other areas, most notably the Military 100 Hour Swim and the 24 Hour Dependants Swim, at which times the DJ’s broadcast continuously, live from poolside. In 1982 the first Battle of the DJ’s was fought where members of CFHG were judged in front of a live audience at the Junior Ranks Mess. That year the winner was Kevin Collins and in 1983 Richard Eshaya took the title. This event has proven highly successful and organizers hope it becomes a tradition.
Since assuming the duties of Station Manager from Mel Roed in April 1982, I have worked with many individuals who have freely given their time to entertain the residents of CFS Holberg.
On leaving CFS Holberg this year, I feel secure knowing the staff at CFHG Radio will continue to maintain the high caliber programming for years to come.
Bob Kerasiotis
Station Manager
