edmonton - a living history
it will be a nice town once they finish building it
Selected recent events in Edmonton's modern history.
the latest entries | the archives | related pages
Is Gord gone? >permalink<
For Edmontonians August 21st, 2007 began with "darkling shadows" overhead: it was cool, windy and with a hint of rain in the air.
 |
On the air in his familiar shift at 630 CHED was morning man Gord Whitehead. And just as he was about to sign off his show, at 8:58 a.m. listeners heard the following unsettling annoucement:
"Well a little note here ... I'm going to be taking some time off work and Syd Smith will be in in my stead. The usual cast of thieves will be assembled here weekday mornings at 630 CHED. I will just not be among them for some time."
While longtime listeners and fans of the veteran broadcaster were absorbing the news, Gord sent out an e-mail to his fellow staff at CHED. In it Whitehead suggested his absence would be longer than he indicated on the air [full details].
Hogles in and out of the news >permalink<
Just as local media observers were absorbing the announcement of the departure of 630 CHED's Gord Whitehead came word that for the first time in over half a century there will not be a Hogle in the CTV Edmonton newsroom.
As of August 2007, third-generation news director Steve Hogle accepted a position as the Alberta Research Council's vice-president of communications and public affairs.
“I love television news and wasn't looking to move, but this brand new challenge came up,” Steve told the Edmonton Journal.
During his thirty years in the business, Steve has seen a lot of change in the media landscape. Concentrated ownership and national re-branding (the local station no longer refers to itself as CFRN) are part of a long list of indictments of how the local news business has been altered [full details].
the living history archives
links open in new window or tab
city and u of a team up to save the bay | pool plan holds water | the price of parking
a rose by any other name | edmonton's new movie empire | david and goliath | garbage in garbage out | going on and off the rails | the assassination of jesse james | the money trees | saab story
alberta leads country in depression; daylight saving time changes are contemplated | lightning strikes 17 oilfield workers | you want fires with that? | a night of coffey talk | klein gets smart but sees pink | $zoom $zoom | alberta gets bigger and now needs an intelligence agency | edmonton art gallery design finalist announced | the arlington | historic strathcona to become an historic site
tory blue sees red after ralph's remarks; red green solution suggested | disguise the limit | edmonton's skyline will be lessard for it | truth in advertising | can't see the forest for the sprawl | sidewalk supervisor season | here's the beef – or – selling ice cream to eskimos
CHED takes to the air | there's magic in the air
Hotel Macdonald sold! | we're in the money | the town with no name | come on down! | this just in -- the fall 2005 TV news ratings book | LRT surfaces on the south side
Chris Cassidy - narrowly missed his LRT train |
Klondike Days Capital Ex
Whyte Avenue vandals
the Whyte Avenue problem | the trial of Michael White
the trial of Michael White | they were All Shook Up | the Queen of Kensington sets sail
a gathering of Angels
is Gord gone? | Hogles in and out of the news
Related Pages
- deadmonton
The murdered and the missing in the metro area. - edmonton history and museums
The Last Link guide to local history. - final credits
Reflecting lives that have contributed to Edmonton and area culture. - it's our heritage
The Last Link guide to Lawrence Herzog's articles as published in Real Estate Weekly.
movies | television | radio | web watch | final credits | edmonton | about this site | site map | contact us
The Last Link on the Left. Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. Stuart P. Bayens. All rights reserved.
This page updated
23:39 2007-08-29.