I just learned something that blew my mind a little bit.
If you’re like me, knowing what you know about Toronto’s best rock Q107 which turned 40 years old yesterday, you would probably guess that the first song the station ever played would be something by Rush or the Who or Neil Young or the Stones or Zeppelin or Sabbath. But no. That honour goes to, of all things, “Hard Rock Town” by Murray McLauchlan.
I won’t bash the choice since it’s a decent song and it wound up being appropriate, but seriously, I could have sat here guessing songs all day long and not come up with that.
If you want to hear what things sounded like on May 22nd, 1977, Toronto Mike has some audio.
Man, station launches used to be a whole lot more understated than they’ve become today.