I received a special thank you email from Chris Koppin of CKDO Oshawa on Wednesday, thanking all the SOWNY-ites who contributed to the station's coming 75th anniversary celebration. He may well file his own message here. But for those interested, here's a sample of what they're planning, starting this coming weekend.

"Just wanted to let you know that this weekend we launch the CKDO Diamond Jubilee celebration! We're starting with the "Top 75 Greatest hits of the 60's" with Ted Yates bringing his considerable talent to the event. We will have a new countdown every weekend this month with lots more coming in the next couple of months.

"The podcast I've been working on also debuts this Friday over at ckdo.ca. I'm real excited for folks to hear the conversation we had with John Donabie, not to mention Dan Willmott and we talked with Al Kingdon and Tom Harkness together a bunch of characters let me tell you! We're going to keep updated the podcast thru the year as we get a chance to talk with other folks that have come thru here."



I'm really looking forward to hearing some of this stuff and I know Mr. Koppin has been working hard on it for months. It's tough to find stuff going back all that way but it looks like he found something. I can hardly wait to hear John Donabie's memories, since I believe that was his first major radio station.

If you're looking for something special to listen to this coming week, try 107.7, 1580 or the website to stream it. Like Mr. KIte on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band," 'a splendid time is guaranteed for all.'

CKDO 75th Anniversary Page