There’s an article on FYIMusic.ca Thursday featuring an interview with legendary radio producer (and sometime SOWNY poster) Doug Thompson about his efforts (along with Duff Roman, another Canadian radio icon) to finally start a Canadian broadcasting museum.
 
It’s long been one of my pet peeves that stations, especially those whose ownership has changed over the years, simply throw out their past, historically valuable moments that are forever lost in an effort to clear shelf space.
 
And that’s why Mr. Thompson has put out the request for any old Canadian radio reels, cassettes, memorabilia, printed material, airchecks, mics or other goodies you might have hanging around but have no idea what to do with. I’m going to check my archives and see what I might be able to offer them and the good news is that when the “Aireum,” as it will be called, finally gets its financial legs under it, much of the stuff they’ve collected will be going online for anyone to access free of charge.
 
There’s some contact info at the bottom of the story, but this is a long overdue effort to preserve something many of us have spent our lives putting together, only to see it otherwise fly off into space and never heard again.
 
I hope he makes it happen. If you’re interested, you can read more about his efforts at the link.
 
New Virtual Museum Strives To Protect Our Broadcasting History