October 23rd, 2011 to
October 29th, 2011
It is with great sadness that I inform you
of the passing of Ulf Ligander,
the Program Director of Radio 88 FM in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2003, Radio
88 FM became the very first FM radio station to carry Treasure Island Oldies,
and we have been on the air every week for over 8 years now. I extend my most
sincere condolences to Ulf's family, friends, co-workers, and listeners. We
will continue to be on Radio 88 FM every week.
I simply cannot thank you enough for the
absolutely amazing number of birthday wishes I received via phone calls, emails
and on Facebook. I apologize for not replying to each and every greeting, as
there were just too many. Suffice it to say I was overwhelmed with the number
of well wishers: friends, listeners, colleagues, even former co-workers from my
early radio and A&M Records days. Thank you all so much. And I'd like to send
out very Happy Birthday wishes to California Barb as well as to Elmer Pugh.
And if you have a birthday coming up, please be sure to let me know. Send the
details to birthdays@treasureislandoldies.com and I'll with you Happy Birthday
on the show and play Birthday by The Beatles for you.
I had the honour to attend a major
fundraising dinner event, honouring my good friend Red Robison.
The event was the 21st Annual Doormen's
Dinner. This is an association of Greater Vancouver hotel doormen,
who many years ago, decided to stage an annual fundraising event for charity.
The CH.I.L.D. Foundation (CHildren with
Intestinal and Liver Disorders Foundation), which raises funds for research and
finding a cure for children and young adults with Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative
Colitis, and liver disorders. It was wonderful to see so many long time friends
and colleagues pack the ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. His
introduction was done by Bruce Allen, talent manager extraordinaire for Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams,
and other very significant and successful artists. During his acceptance
speech, Red thanks and acknowledged the hundreds of people in attendance and
said that he would be here all night if he mentioned everyone's name. However,
he wanted to say a big thank you to his wife Carole;
together they will celebrate their 48th Anniversay together next spring. He
thanked Bruce Allen, his friend and working associate for over 25 years. He
recognized his brother Bill Robinson and Grace McCarthy,
founder of the C.H.I.L.D. Foundation and former British
Columbia politician who, at one time was the Deputy Premier for
the Province of British Columbia. Red also said he'd
like to recognize his long time friend Michael Godin. I was honoured to have
been mentioned by Red. All in all, it was a great event, with a lot of money raised
that night via both silent and live auctions for such a great cause. Having
been diagnosed with Crohn's myself a few years ago, I have an affinity to this
charitable organization. Congratulations to all the organizers!
We are one week away from our 15th Annual Halloween Spooktacular. We'll open up the Crypt
at 6 pm Pacific time for four hours of the deadliest Halloween hits. Join us,
if you dare! Many thanks to our "Crypt Master",
Eddy Fisher for all his hard work
preparing the decorations that you'll get to see next week. By the way, keep an
eye out for the EYES!
To get you in the mood for next week's
15th Annual Halloween Spooktacular, the Treasure Island Oldies
Blog is playing Witchy Woman,
in a live concert performance by The Eagles.
It's our Song of the Week. Enjoy!
Speaking of the Halloween Spooktacular,
there will be NO Voice Your Choice on next week's
show. It will return in two weeks, on the November 6 Live show, with the Four Seasons and two of their many hits: Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye) and Dawn (Go
Away). Cast your vote at the Voice Your Choice page
and we'll play the winning song in the 3rd hour of the show for the week of
November 6.
I have come across another app for your
iPhone and Android. It's by TuneIn Radio,
and comes in both free and paid versions. Using your smartphone, search for
TuneIn Radio in your app store. Please let me know if you know of other apps
that you would like to pass on to me and I'll let everyone know. And as a
reminder, here are the links you need to listen to the show wherever you are. To listen to the 24/7 Stream, here's the
link: http://treasureislandoldies.com/ContinuousTIO_2.asx.
I would really like to hear from you with your thoughts and comments.
Let the world know you're a proud listener of
Treasure Island Oldies! Send in your name, photo, city and province or state
for the Listener Gallery to michael@treasureislandoldies.com
and our Webmaster, Eddy Fisher, will
post it on the Listener Gallery page along with the many already received.
Show your support for Treasure Island Oldies with your own Email Signature. A selection of complimentary signatures to be placed at the end of your outgoing emails is available for download. Click Goodies on the upper Menu on any page on the website. Thanks to the many folks that have downloaded their own copy of the Email Signature. That's great!
I hope you have a great week and see you next Sunday for the live show.
Bye for now.
Michael
Show your support for Treasure Island Oldies with your own Email Signature. A selection of complimentary signatures to be placed at the end of your outgoing emails is available for download. Click Goodies on the upper Menu on any page on the website. Thanks to the many folks that have downloaded their own copy of the Email Signature. That's great!
I hope you have a great week and see you next Sunday for the live show.
Bye for now.
