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    February 25, 2023 4:38 pm  #1

    PeterY
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    Orillia - CFOR 1953

    Here’s an article and pic from 1953, remembering Orillia’s CFOR staff. Possibly a few of the names may be familiar to to YB members. The piece is in this weekend’s orilliamatters.com edition.

    https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/do-you-remember-when-radio-was-king-and-cfor-reigned-in-town-6605160?utm_source=OrilliaMatters&utm_campaign=4d9c0cc7c2-DailyORI&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_36208ee662-4d9c0cc7c2-322269926
     

     

    February 25, 2023 10:14 pm  #2

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    A lot of well-known names passed through CFOR in its heyday. Among them: Pete McGarvey, who is pictured in the linked story. He went on to have a great career as a newsman at CKEY in Toronto. So did another 'EY member - Tayler "Hap" Parnaby eventually became the news director of the Toronto station at 590 AM. 

    Another 1570 alumnus is still with us. I believe John Oakley started his career there sometime in the 70s. 

    This isn't the first time one of the Village Media papers has done a story on the old CFOR. This one involves two of their most famous voices and came out in 2021.

     

     

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