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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVillage Squire, 1980-01, Page 81 choosing only three songs to be played on the radio the flexible FM programming allows a whole hour to be devoted to the concert. That different approach to radio can be seen in several aspects of CKNX programming. The station has gone out of its way to seek local people to provide shows. It makes use of a local theatre teacher Paul Elgie to comment on theatre. It has produced several radio series with Kincardine writer Don Campbell. It would do more, Gary says, if it could find people who were capable of doing the kind of work the station needs. Some people however, aren't in touch with what the people of the listening area are irfterested in. Others may have good ideas but can't deliver on the kind of long-term basis the station requires. When they can find someone who they think will work out the staff goes to work to help coach people to improve their work and keep up a good standard that fits the kind of sound the station is looking for. There were ideas, for instance, for doing a phone-in show ever since the station started but there was nobody to do it until Bill Thompson recently moved to Wingham from Owen Sound. There was room for another area commentator besides H. Gordon Greene but there wasn't one until Don Campbell came along. These kinds of hindrances to what he'd really like to do on the station are the things that Gary Moon as program co-ordinator keeps fighting. He's an "if only" kind of person: if only we had more time; if only we had the money; if only we had the people. But he seems bound to make up for it by doing his utmost to do as much as possible himself. It's easy to get the impression that he really enjoys his forays out into the community to record choirs in particular. His own choir background gives him a unique point to talk about the merits of one choir versus another and why this choir has just that extra bit of polish that makes it stand above the rest. He's excited too about the trend that seems to be beginning in radio in the U.S. to go back more to the kind of radio the continent saw 30 years ago. Radio drama, he says, is making a • comeback in the U.S. He's interested in radio drama and documentaries and live music and all those things that are currently unpopular with most station managers across the country. But most of all he's committed to community -oriented programming. It's better to record a choir than a single performer, he says, because a choir involves more people and thus more of the community is interested in hearing the choir. That's why he'll be out again come spring visiting the spring concerts of various community choirs to record them for the radio. "I like to find good local talent and give it exposure," he says. "It's fun and entertaining, and when radio stops being fun, I quit." Those interested in more exposure of local talent should hope that it doesn't stop being fun for Gary Moon. tof Youtoo cavl sx0e 6 Village Squire, January 1980 dattualtti 1980 BLACKSTONE FURNITURE in Goderich is carrying on its tradition of offering you exceptional values on chesterfield suites -- by Sklar, Kroehler, House of Braemore, etc. at "JANUARY SALE PRICES". SHOP EARLY for best selection. i WEST STREET Just OIt The Square GOOERICN LBlockstone Furniture r kiboard4 THE HOME OF ) LOWREY ORGANS The number one selling home organ 147 ST. PATRICK ST. STRATFORD Right downtown at Wellington Browse in comfort in our new showroom! FREE CUSTOMER PARKING PHONE 273-0213 Lu