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I went into radio in 1965 when I got a license for CJOR 600 AM. It was my second business.
In my job, I have many operations, so I tend to use time in my car to think. I get in the car after work and drive all night -11 hours, Vancouver to Banff.
I've always believed that competition is good for consumers and good for businesses.
My grade 3 teacher put on a kids' Christmas concert, and I played the kazoo, so my mother bought me a trumpet. I took lessons for eight years, was in the Kitsilano Boys Band, and I played in the Vancouver Junior Symphony for two years.
We all fail - I have failed so many times, but it never discourages me. I just pick up and go.
In the Sixties, conglomerates were all the rage.
Today, public companies don't like the idea of conglomerates. People want to buy something in which they know where they are putting their money - into the food business or the oil and gas business. They don't want to put their money into a hodge-podge as a general rule.
No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.
My dad made a huge impact on me in terms of right and wrong.
I've got a lot of respect for tuba players, just carrying that thing around.
I come to work, and I have a good time. I have no reason to change anything that I do.
