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Vernon Community Radio Society is a not-for-profit organization, registered under the Societies Act of British Columbia. We are a group of community volunteers dedicated to the creation of a new over-the-air FM broadcasting undertaking. In accord with CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) regulations governing
Vernon Community Radio Society is a not-for-profit organization, registered under the Societies Act of British Columbia. We are a group of community volunteers dedicated to the creation of a new over-the-air FM broadcasting undertaking. In accord with CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) regulations governing community radio, 97.9 Valley FM will offer programming that is materially different from content currently provided by private broadcasters and by the CBC.
Ownership and Governance
Earnings
Ownership and Governance
Earnings
Programming
Service / Coverage Area
Building a community radio station requires three key elements:
Building a community radio station requires three key elements:
Timeline
Gordon Leighton moved to Vernon in May, 2003, after a lengthy career in broadcasting, business and politics in Northern B.C. Gord was General Manager of CKPG Radio and Television until December 1999. From 2003 until his retirement last January, Gord was GM-GSM at Bell Media’s Sun-FM, and the Salmon Arm, Revelstoke and Golden EZ Rock stations.
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Gord served one three-year term on Prince George City Council. He also wrote a weekly business column for the Prince George Citizen. Prior to that, he served on the Board of several broadcast industry associations, including two terms as the President of British Columbia Association of Broadcasters. In 1995, The Prince George & District Chamber of Commerce named him Businessperson of the Year. Two years later, the B.C. Association of Broadcasters named him Broadcaster of the Year.
Gordon, a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow, also has a lengthy record of community involvement and was a long-serving Rotarian, including past president of Yellowhead Rotary Club in Prince George.
Raised in Armstrong, Vicki Proulx is proud to have called the North Okanagan home for almost her entire life. Vicki graduated from Mount Royal College with a Diploma in Broadcasting and quickly moved into Radio Promotions as her speciality. Several years working in Radio Promotions allowed her to get heavily involved in the Vernon Community. She has worked with many non-profit organizations in the area and is currently the Executive Director of Vernon Winter Carnival Society.
My training and the bulk of my work career (since 1975) was spent in computer systems application software design and development. I specialized in financial and general business administration programs.
From there, I developed a hunger for a better understanding of other aspects of business and more involvement with people. I became a student of marketing in 1997 and proceeded to try different applications of my sales and marketing training working in radio sales and marketing, general insurance, printing and graphics and accounting. Today, I enjoy my 12 years career as a Realtor serving my clients in the North Okanagan and around the globe.
I love my family and I love music. I sing and play a variety of instruments and enjoy exploring many genres of music including bluegrass, folk, country and rock. I have performed semi-professionally throughout the Pacific Northwest since 1998. One of my current projects include a contemporary rock duo with James Taylor that we call Virgil Caine.
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