by radiofan » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:29 pm
A further update on the various NW News intros from Brian Antonson..
Ted:
Just got around to listening to the various CKNW news intros you posted. Indeed, the first was voiced by Hutton, the last was voiced by Jim Cox. The middle one..."bong Bong BONG...'THIS is the NEWS'" was voiced by Cliff Gardner of CJOB in Winnipeg. Folks mention Red Alix, who was the morning man there, but Red had a rather higher pitched and lighter voice. This was done by Cliff, longtime program director there. I worked for a brief time at CJOB in 1970, and knew both Red and Cliff, and knew that Cliff had voiced that one in the mid-60s. It was running before I joined NW in 1967, and ran until I was production director in 1974, when we introduced a newer version, sans Cliff's voice. About ten years...a pretty good run for a news intro....
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