Allen Armstrong / MediaFest 1995
Issue #103 & #104 - August 10, 2023
This edition of Sky Studio is dedicated to Allen Armstrong
(and also includes recognition of those in Gone But Not Forgotten from MediaFest event 1995)
Allen Armstrong who worked in accounting for CKCY radio and at Lake Superior Cablevision in the 1970s and 1980s, left for Sky Studio July 31, 2023, age 75.
Former colleague Helen Petrolo said, “I have wonderful memories of working with Allen at CKCY radio. He was a great guy, quiet yet could get you with a zinger when you'd least expect it. Rest in Peace Al.”
Somewhere after 1977 when CKCY was located at 119 East Street following broadcasting ownership changes, Al and I (Art Osborne) went on a road trip to CKNS in Espanola. There, and along the way, we stopped to make collection calls on some clients – a more unlikely pair of account collectors could never be found! While in Espanola my job was meeting with staff and talking about programming while Al continued with his calls. During the couple of nights we were there over a few beverages, we’d compare notes of our day. I saw Al’s humour and got to appreciate him as a kind and gentle guy, again a most unlikely bill collector, yet my recollection is that he was quite successful in his mission and brought back what accounting called, ‘a good bag of cash.’
Station Engineer Ray Rylatt recalls Al’s ‘cheeky grin’ and another remembers family times and fun at their camp.
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Special Announcements:
From SooToday:
https://www.sootoday.com/obituaries/armstrong-allen-7369317
From O’Sullivan Funeral Home:
https://www.osullivanfuneralhome.com/memorials/allen-armstrong/5242570/
In keeping with the Sky Studio theme of,
‘remember one, remember them all’,
each current issue will also be used to acknowledge
others who have come to our attention.
In this issue we add 33 to Sky Studio from the 1995 MediaFest Reunion List published at that time.
TED ALLEN
HELEN CONWAY ARVONEN
TONY CHIPMAN
JIM CHORLEY
DAVID CORBETT
SUSAN M. CORBETT
DAVID CRAIG
TED CUNNINGHAM
GEORGE DALLEY
RAY DELISLE
PHYLLIS ELLIOTT
CLINT GODWIN
BUD HALL
VIC HAFT
KEN HOPPER
FRED IVES
LEO KARA
ITALIO (JOE) MARINELLI
RAY MCAULEY
MAC MCEWEN
TYE PALLACK
KLAUSE PAULIC
JACK REID
ROD WAYNE RODRIQUEZ
DICK SANDERSON
DON SFORZA
PAULINE SPOONER
MATT THORPE
ERIC THORDSEN
BOB & ZELDA WARNE
ROBERT VENN
LOUIS WOODS
ROLAND ZIN
There are other names to be added that resulted from a review made possible only with great assistance by Paul Fockler and Russ Hilderley.
Some of those names have yet to be added to Sky Studio while other names that came from their efforts were on the MediaFest list.
We also have some background on many provided by Russ and Paul - if you have a recollection or know of any information on the names above, please forward it so it can be included in future communications.
MediaFest publication from May 1995
