On this day on 1997, CBC broadcaster and film critic Clyde Gilmour died at the age of 85. His Sunday music show on CBC Radio, Gilmour’s Albums, ran for more than 40 years.
Much of the longevity of Gilmour’s Albums, besides its low cost, can be attributed to Gilmour’s quiet demeanour, knowledge of his subject and respect for his audience. “I always think of my audience as just one person,” he told the CBC’s Knowlton Nash. “Radio after all is just one person talking to another. I don’t talk down. I don’t talk up to the listener. I just say ‘hello’ and have a conversation.”
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