Global National did a 3:15 video story Saturday on Alan Cross' milestone in radio, hitting 1,000 episodes of his "Ongoing History of New Music." It's worth a watch and you'll hear him confirm that the radio station he was working for - almost certainly CFNY - was, in fact, thinking of going country many years ago when management changed its mind - and enlisted his help.

And he's been helping ever since.

Broadcast legend, ‘Professional music geek’ Alan Cross celebrates 1,000 episodes of ‘The Ongoing History of New Music’