Does anyone know if Roger Ashby ever worked in London or Tillsonburg prior to coming to Toronto?

Brian Master, who is now doing afternoon drive at the Jewel.   According to a bio I found, started in 1969 but didn`t make it into the Toronto market until `72, but I think this still counts.
​BTW-I still listen.  Enjoyed him then, and now.   Almost like a daily flash back for me.
 

Here's some bio material on Brian Master:

From Dion and the Belmonts to Celine Dion, Brian Master has played it all in a career spanning all or parts of six different decades.

Born in Brentwood, England and raised in St. Catharines, Ont., Master began his radio career in January, 1969. His first station was CFCO Chatham, Ont., where he was production manager and also did swing shifts. In May of 1969, he moved to CHOW Welland, Ont., where he did midday op and swing shifts, and later evenings. He was Brian H. Master then - the H. was added to avoid confusion with another CHOW announcer, Don McMaster.

On his evening show at CHOW, Master played Top 40 from 6:30 p.m. to midnight weeknights. Then from midnight to 1 a.m. - a segment he called Symmetry - Master spun progressive rock (he started every Friday Symmetry show with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly). Also on CHOW, Master played J' T'Aime...Mon Non Plus by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg a lot, much to the consternation of local Roman Catholic Archdiocese, so he made it number-one three weeks in a row!Master's evening numbers at CHOW were so high (a 32 share!) that CHSC's Bob Redmond hired him away to his St. Catharines station in June, 1971. Master initially did the all-night show (called Town and Country) at CHSC and later moved into evenings.

In July, 1972, he got his biggest break yet, when CHUM-FM PD Bob Laine hired at the Toronto progressive rock station. It was there he permanently dropped the H. from his air name. At CHUM-FM, he was assistant to Benji Karsh, the music director, and Laine, who was followed in the PD position by Duff Roman. In June, 1978, Master moved to Q-107 Toronto as music director and swing announcer.

Master returned to CHUM-FM in June, 1980, initially in mornings and later in middays. He left CHUM-FM for a second time in May, 1983 for easy-listening CHFI Toronto. Master would spend the next 19 years at CHFI, first in weekends and beginning in 1987, afternoon drive. He also spun the oldies as part of CHFI's popular Saturday Night Oldies program.Master left CHFI in January, 2002. He went into real estate in 2005 but has since returned to radio as the Jewel Network Program Director and afternoon drive host at 88.5 The Jewel in Newmarket, Ont.

Last edited by Dale Patterson (May 13, 2017 8:53 pm)

Thanks Dale.

And last but certainly not least, there's Duff Roman, who started in Toronto radio in the fall in 1959 as a jock at CKEY. Fifty-eight years later, he's still in radio:

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If we expanded this list to the early '70s we'd have a few more names, and Brian Master would be one of them. We could also add Darryl Dahmer, who's been doing traffic reports on 680 since 1973 and is still going. I wonder who else?

Although not cool or FM worthy at that time ... Gary Usher also had some small dealings with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.

Old Codger wrote:

Although not cool or FM worthy at that time ... Gary Usher also had some small dealings with Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.

Aside  form his work with Brian Wilson and a series of Byrds classics, he did a lot of production work including The Peanut Butter Conspiracy's "The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading." One of his best production credit's belongs to comedy troupe The Firesign Theater and their "Waiting for The Electrician or Someone Like Him." 

We'll agree to disagree Charlie. Power Pop is not everyone's cup of tea. A mint copy of the Wackering Heights  or Hot Wacks albums now probably fetch more than most Elvis releases except for things like the early Sun  releases.

Last edited by Fitz (May 14, 2017 8:57 pm)

PaulR wrote:

       having lunch with him tomorrow ... it is his turn to buy!

You can never go wrong with High Street fish 'n chips, just inform the attractive, buxom server that John Oakley sent you and lunch may be on the house