Michael
Space Coast Radio - Lands Legendary Weekly Radio Show
Space Coast Radio is pleased to announce the inclusion of the Treasure Island Oldies "The Home of Lost Treasures" with host Michael Godin into its weekly programming schedule.
In May 1997, Treasure Island Oldies started its Internet broadcasting and has become one of the world's longest running weekly radio shows on the Internet. It initially began as a three-hour show, but as a result of listener feedback and demand, the show expanded to four hours in February 1998. It has become renowned for its ingenuity, originality and its ability to play very hard to find songs. The various themed specials throughout the year draw great response from listeners all over the world.
In late 1998, the program was picked up for broadcast on short wave via SWRS, the Short Wave Relay Service, based in Germany. The following year, it was voted the Number One program by listeners of SWRS. It has also been recognized by various online and print publications including ontheair.com, and the Yahoo Entertainment Guide; and is also linked from hundreds of websites around the world. In August of 2000 the show was profiled on the Voice of America radio program, Communications World. There was a feature article on the show in Macleans Magazine, Canada’s weekly newsmagazine. Vancouver’s Global Television News at Six spotlighted Michael Godin and Treasure Island Oldies in a lengthy segment of the newscast.
Michael Godin, Creator and Host of Treasure Island Oldies has been involved in music and broadcasting in Canada since 1969. When he was 16 years old, he had a high school radio station and even interviewed John Lennon during his Bed-In for Peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Michael was music director and disc jockey with CFQR, CFCF, CJFM – all in Montreal; and CFOM in Quebec City. His voiceover work includes being the voice for two Mattel Toys television commercials, the “He-Man Power Sword” and the “Skeletor Skull Staff”, which ran for two years in the United States. He joined A&M Records Canada in Toronto in the fall of 1975, as Director of Artist and Repertoire. Later he became Vice-President Artist & Repertoire. One of the highlights of his career at A&M and is the signing and development of mega star, Bryan Adams. Michael also worked with Lance Freed, President of Rondor Music International, the music publishing division of A&M Records and son of Rock & Roll pioneer Disc Jockey, Alan Freed.
Michael has served as the National Director of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), the organization that presents the annual Juno Awards, Canada’s network televised music award show which recognizes excellence in recording achievement. He was also Chairman of the Board of the B.C. Chapter of CARAS, which for ten years staged the annual West Coast Music Awards. At the end of his tenure, he was presented with his own Juno Award for outstanding service to the Academy. In 1998, on behalf of CARAS, Michael hosted an Internet first, the live online video presentation of the Juno Awards Backstage and conducted interviews with many of the winners.
Treasure Island Oldies is steadily in the Top Ten most-listened-to oldies radio shows across the United States via satellite on MBN, the Mobile Broadcast Network. The relationship with MBN began April 2002. Today, you are just starting to hear about this breakthrough for cell phones: listening to music and radio. We have been on the cutting edge of this technology since its inception.
We are excited to have the Treasure Island Oldies weekly show included within the All Indianz Network of Radio Stations. Congratulations Jimmy Lawson/Owner - Space Coast Radio for bringing this deal to the table.
