I have no real memory of Doug Avery, to be honest, but the linked article says he was on the air with Tom Rivers when both were doing mornings at CFTR. Avery had a longer career in Wingham, but when the axe fell - as it too often does in the business - he went on to other professions, including working in a factory. 

Now this veteran broadcaster is back, keeping his hand in the biz, with a weekly weekend show on an FM station in Owen Sound. He notes that he would have pursued his radio dream elsewhere, but because of his son's special needs, and the help he was getting here, he refused to move. 

“When we were let go at FM 102 I had radio offers but it meant moving and we love it here in Midwestern Ontario,” said Avery. “My youngest Travis has Downs Syndrome and is just doing amazing in all the programs available for him here that quite frankly are not available other places – and as I said the rest of us are very happy here – we decided I’d try for a real job so we could stay.” 

“I’ve done factory work – even went to school to get certified as a computer tech and now believe it or not I’m a fitter welder at Elma Steel but I’ve always loved radio and dreamed of a chance to return to it,” he said.

Popular character returns to radio