[IRCA] CHUM Ltd. founder Allan Waters dies

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

TORONTO (CP) - The broadcast pioneer who brought Top 40 music to Canadian
airwaves and changed the industry has died at the age of 84.

Allan Waters, the founder of CHUM Ltd., died peacefully in his sleep
Saturday morning in hospital, surrounded by family, including his wife of
more than 50 years, Marjorie.

Waters stepped down from the CHUM board of directors in October, after
half a century in the broadcasting industry. He served as chairman and
president of CHUM until 2002.

Waters began his broadcasting career in 1954 when he bought 1050 CHUM in
Toronto, which went on to become Canada's first Top 40 radio station.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2005/12/03/1335880.html


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Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON
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