Winnipeg’s very first digital radio station is growing and attracting an international audience. Two of our key broadcasters, Alex Regiec, and Chris Golden, have been in England for the last month, but our main cadre is headquartered in Winnipeg. You know some of them quite well, especially Jim Ingebrigtsen who talks to you every month in this paper.
Jim is one of the best-known broadcasters of the past in Winnipeg, beloved for his gentle sense of humour, not to mention his culinary skills. He was a welcome voice on CBC for many years and a long-time television host of a cooking show. Jim has volunteered with many organizations including the Manitoba Historical Society.
He has two shows on Lifestyles Radio 55, Radio Redux where he talks to and about some of the best musicians from the 60s and 70s, people such as Fred Turner from Bachman Turner Overdrive and Peter Paul Van Camp.
Mid Century Memories – Doo Wop special will take you back on a musical ride that will have your head swimming with memories. As Jim says, “There was no television in any of the twelve or so houses my family lived in until I was almost thirteen. As such, the only form of electronic entertainment I had was a radio. There, I would curl up close to the speaker and listen to Fibber McGee and Molly, Amos and Andy, and The Great Gildersleeve. That’s also where I fell in love with music.
“Some of the names I became familiar with were the Mills Brothers, Julie London, Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, and the full roster of the time. I thought it would be a good idea when we created Lifestyles 55 Digital radio to play some of the music I grew up with. And so, Mid Century Memories it became. Each podcast is filled with familiar songsters and popular instrumentals from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. As I often say during the shows, “not a lot of rock, nor a lot of talk, just great music”.
You can either listen to the programmed episodes at https://live365.com/station/Lifestyles-55-Radio-a75549 or on Buzzsprout which can be reached through https://lifestyles55.net/lifestyles-55-digital-radio/ where you can see the program and choose to listen to your favourites.
