LG-73 AM was once home to a slew of celebrity DJs but, after a series of reboots, most recently as all-traffic radio, it fell silent last week
by Gordon McIntyre
July 3, 2024
John Tanner was working the nightshift at LG73 FM, 9 p.m. to midnight, and when it was his turn to play a track from the tape, it was a — song doesn’t seem the right word — a piece called Revolution 9 that droned and wailed for more than eight minutes.
“Number 9, number 9, number 9, it kept going, Yoko screaming, weird noises and voices, I thought, ‘What the heck is going on here?,’” Tanner said on Thursday.
Like most people, Tanner didn’t realize at the time he was living in a golden age, in his case of radio. He was lamenting the end of LG-73, which after several attempted reboots, most recently as all-traffic radio, ended its once-storied 69 year run this week.
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Because the transistor radio was the original wi-fi network of news, information and upbeat positive music such as “Sunshine Pop” I would buy LG73 it while returning to top 40, 60’s thru 80’s. Lots of the old LG listeners are still around with astronomical wealth who are not into hip hop etc.
LG73 was literally THE station to listen to while I was in high school in the late 80s. The exciting sound of LG73 has never been duplicated in Vancouver since it went of the air in 2001.14 CFUN,1040 Kicks,and LG73, staples of teens in Vancouver in the 80s all gone silent.. AM radio is officially dead in Vancouver.
LG and CFUN for me in the 70s back and forth.
New topic quickly:
Alissa Thibault said “idear” tonight on Global instead of “idea”.
Yes, yes… it’s her Aussie accent.
Still pisses me off.
Major market TV newscast… unacceptable.
Is Corus going under?
Will Trudeau bail them out?
If they are, then good riddance to them.
The accents drive me away…and forecasters who keep saying ‘on your Monday’ or ‘gor your Thursday.’ Another silly edict from some consultant. It sounds silly, and more important, no one talks like that.
Oops…for your Thursday
LG 73 on the AM band. I believe that Postmedia has corrected the error.
Someone needs to buy this station and put oldies, 70’s 80’s music. Play classic jingles and identifiers and the nostalgia crowd who grew up in this time will listen. They have the money now, one of the last generations to actually still have money.
I’d love to hear a conservative talk show… bye bye NW and CBC.
And Tom, with today’s technology of fabulous playlists of your own…with the much richer non-AM sound… I’d say your idea of a CISL-like station is a thing of the past.