Howard Mandshein
Weekday Evenings & Weekends
I am a child of the 50's. My first introduction to music was by the mighty KY58 in the early 60's. It might have been Elvis, Bobby Darrin or perhaps even the Everly Brothers that first seduced me, but it was radio and the role that the medium played. The songs, the melodies, the chords, the harmonies... this little box became my companion, my escape and my playground.
At the time, I really didn't know if it was curiosity or novelty. Then something really shook my world... The British Invasion and the wonderful music that came over the ocean. I was hooked and this solidified my ambition. My schooling had begun and I couldn't get enough. I continually craved more. As life has its series of trials and tribulations, we're not always sure if that road was the right one.
The next decade and a half I spent procuring education through school, travel or just basically hanging. A door for me opened in radio in the late 70's. After a stint at University of Manitoba campus radio,(sewing my oats, as they say), Gary Magic Christian asked me to come aboard and join the team at 92 CITI FM just as the fledgling station hit the airwaves. What can I say, 1980-84' were my Stanley Cup Years. CITI had the quintessential Lineup, some of our countries most prodigious talents and I was fortunate to be a part of it.
Fast Forward to today? Well I'm back entrenched on the weekends and to quote some old Canadian rockers "Lovin Every Minute of it!"
P.S Thanks for Listening.
