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Mark Elliot, CFRA/CFGO DJ in Ottawa from 1977 through 1988, passed away on January 11, 2019 from complications of pneumonia acording to his Twitter account.  In memory of Mark, here are some sound clips he posted on his Soundcloud...Mark Elliot (Nils Johannsen), CFRA/CFGO DJ in Ottawa from 1977 through 1988, passed away on January 11, 2019 from complications of pneumonia acording to his Twitter account.  In memory of Mark, here’s the audio of his famous on air resignation from CFRA in July 1986.  This was the subject of a previous post on Bygone Bytown in July 2016 on the 30th anniversary of the event.

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Mark Elliot, CFRA/CFGO DJ in Ottawa from 1977 through 1988, passed away on January 11, 2019 from complications of pneumonia acording to his Twitter account.  In memory of Mark, here are some sound clips he posted on his Soundcloud...Mark Elliot (Nils Johannsen), CFRA/CFGO DJ in Ottawa from 1977 through 1988, passed away on January 11, 2019 from complications of pneumonia acording to his Twitter account.  In memory of Mark,here’s a sound check from CFRA in 1977.

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Mark Elliot (Nils Johannsen), CFRA/CFGO DJ in Ottawa from 1977 through 1988, passed away on January 11, 2019 from complications of pneumonia acording to his Twitter account.  In memory of Mark, here’s his explanation of where “Mark Elliot” came from.

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Behind the scenes at 54 Rock in March 1992 with The Real Darren Stevens.

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This is a New Year’s Eve 1984 rock video special on CHRO with Robert W. Knight from CFGO 1440.

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July 16, 1986: Mark Elliot, longtime and legendary CFRA evening DJ quits the station live on the air and walks out in protest of the changes the station is making to the format.  CFRA, Ottawa’s longtime number one Top 40 outlet is slowly transitioning to oldies and Elliot was not pleased.

There’s more coming up on the seismic shift in Ottawa radio in the summer of 1986 in a couple of weeks.  This was just the first salvo in a series of changes that would re-shape the Ottawa radio scene, especially in the longtime rivalry between CFRA and CFGO.

#ottawa #history #1986 #CFRA #Mark Elliot

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In January 1992, Archie Andrews and his pals took a trip to Ottawa.  Read their whole adventure here:

https://ottawaephemera.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/archie-jughead-and-dilton-come-to-ottawa-part-1/

https://ottawaephemera.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/archie-jughead-and-dilton-come-to-ottawa-part-2/

https://ottawaephemera.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/archie-jughead-and-dilton-come-to-ottawa-part-3/

https://ottawaephemera.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/archie-jughead-and-dilton-come-to-ottawa-part-4-the-exciting-conclusion/

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Exactly 70 years ago, on the morning on March 27, 1946, Eugene Larment was the third (and final) man to make the walk down death row to the gallows at the Ottawa Gaol. Previous executions here were the public execution of Patrick Whelan in 1869 for the assassination of Thomas D’Arcy McGee and, in 1933, William Seabrooke made his final walk to meet the hangman for the murder of Paul Lavigne in a robbery gone wrong.

Capital punishment was outlawed in Canada in 1962.

#ottawa #history #eugene larment #capital punishment #hanging #1946

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Capital punishment was applied very sparingly in Canada. From 1867 to abolition in 1962 there were only three hangings in Ottawa at the Ottawa City Gaol on Nicholas Street, and five executions across the river in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau).

This article discusses the last moments of Stanislas Lacroix who was one of the five people executed in Hull. He met his end (apparently quite hard) at 8:04 am on March 21, 1902 for the murder of his wife and a neighbour. 

Read all about the crime, the details of his last moments, and the aftermath in this incredibly detailed and quite morbid front page article from the Ottawa Citizen published that evening.

#ottawa #hull #history #1902 #stanislas lacroix #hanging #execution #capital punishment

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30 years ago today: The CFRA Top 35 Countdown with Mark Elliott as published in the Ottawa Citizen.  This is what Bytown was listening to this week in February 1986.

The late Falco slides into claim the number one spot this week with his classic campy tune "Rock Me Amadeus".  

Because it's not widely remember but I have a soft spot for it, I'm going to choose to highlight "L'Affaire Dumoutier" by The Box from Montreal.  It's on the way off the chart this week, sliding from #17 to #25.

While not this week's highest debut, it's the most interesting... what is most likely Anne Murray's last Top 40 hit debuts at #33 this week... "Now And Forever (You & Me)" with the 80s-ist of 80s videos.

Join us next Saturday at 12PM for another 1986 CFRA chart from the archive.

#ottawa #1968 #CFRA #CFRA Music Charts

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30 years ago today: The CFRA Top 35 Countdown with Mark Elliott as published in the Ottawa Citizen.  This is what Bytown was listening to this week in February 1986.

Holding on to number one this week is Dionne Warwick with "That's What Friends Are For".

The biggest drop is a tie between "Live Is Life" by Opus and "I knew The Bride When She Used To Rock And Roll" by Nick Lowe which both drop 13 spots.  As I'm about to be married let's watch Nick Lowe's video...

The highest debut this week is a track that's destined for number one in a few weeks... "Addicted To Love" by Robert Palmer.

Join us next Saturday at 12PM for another 1986 CFRA chart from the archive.

#ottawa #1986 #CFRA #CFRA Music Charts

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Mr. and soon-to-be Mrs. Bygone Bytown are house-hunting these days. And we’re thankful that today’s mortgage rates are nowhere near what they were on February 5, 1983!

#ottawa #history #1986 #mortgages #bilberry creek

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I found this gem in the back of the closet.  My diet goal for 2016 is now to be able to put this on again and wander around Bytown...

54 Rock launched as CJSB at 540 AM on August 31, 1982. The station would lead a troubled 12 year existence flirting with many different formats through the 80′s before changing to "Active Rock” in 1989. It would move to the FM band at 106.9 with new CKQB call letters on September 1, 1994 as 106.9 The Bear. Today it is a Top 40 station with the branding Jump! 106.9.

#history #radio #cjsb #ckqb #540am #ottawa #54rock #thebear #1990s

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CFGO 1440 (now TSN Radio 1200) issued a Christmas record in 1980. The full track listing:

Side 1

Andy Williams - The First Noel Julie Andrews - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Brothers Four - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Barbra Streisand - Ave Maria Mitch Miller - We Three Kinds Of Orient Are

Side 2

Anita Bryant - O Come All Ye Faithful Johnny Mathis - What Child Is This Patti Page - Santo Natale Anthony Newley - Coventry Carol Ray Conniff - We Wish You A Merry Christmas

#ottawa #history #1980 #CFGO #christmas

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December 7, 1985: CFGO prepares to move to a new frequency at AM 1200 after 20 years at AM 1440.  The move would happen on January 5, 1986.  The longtime MOR/Top 40 station would adjust it’s format to a more “adult” sound as “GO 1200 - Adult Rock”. By September 1986 they would be back to Top 40 after CFRA abandons the format.  In 1988, CFGO adopts the “Energy 1200″ branding it would keep until 1996. A brief experiment as a modern rock outlet “The Buzz” in 1996/97 would give way to the all-sports format the station currently uses as “TSN 1200″.

#ottawa #history #cfgo #1200 #1440 #1985 #radio #am radio

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The Ottawa Senators score their first goal in franchise history. Scored by #12 Neil Brady on October 8, 1992 against Patrick Roy and the Montreal Canadiens.

Pretty much the highlight of Brady’s career right there.  He’d play 54 more games with the Senators before being waived. He’d play 5 more NHL games with the Dallas Stars in 1993 and then spend the rest of his career bouncing around the IHL until his retirement in 2001.

#ottawa #history #1992 #ottawa senators #sens #senators #first goal #neil brady #patrick roy #montreal canadiens

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October 3, 1969: The CKOY "Paul Michaels Power Hit List". CKOY was a very popular music station in Ottawa for many years, it's heyday was in the 1960's.  Founded in 1922 as CKCO, the station settled on its permanent (and current) frequency at 1310AM in 1941.  Eight years later it would change the callsign to CKOY which it would use until 1985 When it adopted the CIWW calls it uses today and the W1310 branding as an oldies station. From 1992 until 2010 the station used the branding "Oldies 1310".  On October 12, 2010 the station stopped playing music and became the all-news 1310News playing "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" as their final song.

However, this chart is still 42 years before the moment the music dies on 1310AM and NUMBER ONE this week in Bytown all those years ago was "I Still Believe In Tomorrow" by John & Anne Ryder.

The big mover of the week is "Ruben James" by Kenny Rogers and First Edition which jumps from #20 to #7.

And, just because I can't resist "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies...we find it dropping from #7 to #14 this week in Bytown.

And let's end this off with what I find to be the most interesting of the new entries on the CKOY Power Hit List for October 3-10, 1969, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Cosby, Stills, And Nash.

And that's what Bytowners tuned to 1310 CKOY in October 1969 were listening to.

#ottawa #history #CKOY #1310 #Paul Michaels Power Hit List #Music Charts