CJNU Personality Corner


Adam Glynn: I love this station I


Adam Glynn


was born in London to a family orig- inally from Ireland, and I grew up lis- tening to a lot of music whether this was my mum’s cassette collection, my grandma’s record collection, or to the huge number of radio stations I could tune in!


This, I think, is what led to my taste in music being so eclectic! I’m a firm believ- er that from every era and every genre, if you dig deep enough, you’ll be pleas- antly surprised to discover something you quite like.


Life somehow brought me to a ca- reer in radio, allowing me to follow my


dreams. I spent five years volunteering with a com- munity station in London, two years working with the BBC, and since moving to Winnipeg nearly six years first as a volunteer and later working at CJNU! Radio is my passion; there is no other medium so direct and so personal. When I began my role as CJNU’s Station Manager in November of 2016, I was supremely


CJNU Station Manager Adam Glynn. cognizant


of how much of a privilege it is to work for CJNU and to help oversee the day to day running of the station. Every day is different, which is part of the magic of


CJNU and McNally Robinson’s Artist Spotlight for August 2019


winner singing at events and local ra- dio shows after the death of her father in 1953. She was just ten years old. In 1957, when she performed the song “Dynamite”, the diminutive four-foot- nine-inch child was nicknamed “Little Miss Dynamite”. She was so short they would lower the microphone as low as


Little Miss Dynamite, Brenda Lee B


Helen Harper


orn Brenda Mae Tarpley in De- cember, 1944, Brenda Lee be- came the family’s primary bread


it would go and stand her on a wooden crate to reach it. She sang everything from rock and roll to pop, rockabilly, country and gospel. Her biggest hits were recorded be- 1958


tween and 1966, including


“Sweet Nothing”, “That’s All You Got- ta Do” and “All Alone Am I”. She set a record in 1962 for a female solo artist not equaled until 1986 by Madonna. Although “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” did not take off on the first couple of releases, it eventually went on to sell more than five million


here were you in August 1969? Perhaps you were among the more than half a million young people who gathered on Max Yasgur’s field near the town of Bethel in upstate New York for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. Or maybe you’re like most of us who read about it or saw the movie. Regardless, the iconic three-day festival simply known as Woodstock has come to define the 1960s generation. Woodstock is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular culture his- tory, as well as the definitive nexus for the larger counterculture hippie genera- tion. Rolling Stone magazine lists it as one of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll. Over the sometimes-rainy weekend, 32 acts, the


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biggest names in rock music at the time includ- ing Jimi Hendrix, Cros- by Stills Nash & Young, Santana,


The Who,


Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Band, Ten Years After, Sly and the Family Stone, and Joe Cocker performed out- doors.


Initially planned as a


profit-making venture, Woodstock famously became a “free concert” only after the event drew hundreds of thousands more people than the organizers had prepared for. Tickets for the three-day event cost $18 in advance and $24 at the gate (equiva- lent to about $120 and $160 today). The massive influx of attendees to the rural concert site created a huge traf- fic jam that closed down the New York


CJNU in the community


The Retro Recroom broadcasting from the Manitoba Museum and celebrating the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon July 20


copies and is a staple in the Christmas play list to this day. Brenda was popular in the UK and the rest of Europe. She performed for the Queen of Eng- land and, in 1962, while touring Germany, she ap- peared at the famous Star- Club in Hamburg. The Beatles were her opening act. She continued to perform until 2010, winning many awards. She is the only


woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music halls of fame. Although Brenda Lee’s


Publicity photo of singer Brenda Lee in 1977.


songs often centered on lost loves, her 1963 mar- riage to Ronnie Shacklett has been going strong for 50 plus years. They have


two daughters and three grandchildren. Her song book is full of delightful tunes. I hope you all enjoy them for the month of August.


Woodstock at 50 – celebrate the festival with CJNU on August 15 John Einarson


Thruway. Outdoor facil- ities were not equipped to provide sanitation or first aid for the num- ber of people attending. Hundreds of thousands found themselves in a struggle against bad weather, food shortag- es, and poor sanitation. During the three days there were three deaths, two births and four mis- carriages.


Jimi Hendrix’s psyche- delicized rendition of the


U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Span- gled Banner” closed the three-day revel- ry, becoming part of the sixties Zeitgeist captured forever in the Woodstock film. Former Winnipegger Jerry Spiegel at-


tended the now legendary festival. What sticks with him after all these years was the sense of community on the festival


Miracle Treat Day


Blizzard Treat sold at Dairy Queen will go to the Children’s Hospital! Once again, CJNU will be on site at the DQ at 1030 Henderson Highway on August 8 for Mira-


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Old St. Andrews Anglican Church with Celtic Folk music performed by Gosh and By Golly on July 17


“This should be a wonderful night of fun for all! A pasta dinner with salad and garlic rolls, plus a wonderful PUB QUIZ with a prize of $400 to the winning team. Mark August 22 on your calendar and join us at the Viscount Gort Hotel, 1670 Por- tage Avenue. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:00.


August 2019 whatsupwinnipeg.ca 17 CJNU’s Pasta and a Pint


ircle the date August 8 for Miracle Treat Day!


That’s the day net proceeds from every


cle Treat Day in support of the Children’s Hospital Foundation. Many CJNU personalities will be there with prizes, draws and an opportunity FOR YOU to become a member of CJNU. To say thank you for becoming a member, we’ll


even give you a $5.00 gift card from Oma’s Bake- shop, 1795 Henderson Highway.


the job. Whether I’m in our office


in the Richardson


Concourse, out in the com- munity meeting with peo- ple to share my passion for CJNU, or sometimes un- derneath a desk in the stu- dio fixing a piece of broken equipment, I have a unique opportunity to work closely with every aspect of our op- eration.


This ranges from working with those volunteers creat- ing and producing the pro-


grams; with the folks helping to broaden our reach and partner with other orga- nizations in the community; with those volunteers who serve as ambassadors for


the station to taking your calls, and meet- ing and greeting everyone at our remote studio locations. I get to work with those technically minded folks who help me if something goes wrong; with our Board as we plan for the future and ensure that CJNU is here for the long-haul; and with you, dear listener, when you call or email me with a question!


I was raised to believe that service is important. The role CJNU plays in serv- ing the underserved is immense, and we are so fortunate to have this station - something we should never lose sight of. On a personal level, I am here to serve our volunteers, our members, and our listeners! If you ever need me, I’m just an email away: admin@cjnu.ca . . . but please don’t all email at once...!


grounds. “It may have been muddy with a lack of water and food, but everyone there made the best of it,” he recalls. “It was positive on different levels, not the least of it that there was a huge congre- gation of people and a strong counter- cultural feeling; although there was a huge span of different values, at the core it was a counter-culture, anti-war, pro- drug feeling. There was a huge congre- gation of people and there really weren’t a lot of problems.” Whether you were there or not, CJNU


93.7 is dedicating August 15, 2019 to the 50th anniversary of the start of the Woodstock Festival. We’ll be playing the music of the artists who performed at the festival throughout the day along with “Woodstock Flashbacks”, facts and stories from the event. So get out your tie-dye t-shirt and bell-bottom hip- huggers as we “get ourselves back to the garden” on August 15. Peace!


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