The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

A8 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday September 6 2000 S u m m e r C le a ra n ce B u s in e s s To reach this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 Savings on f F a m ilia r r a d io v o ic e n o w rid in g t h e W A V E * ALL 4 F lo o rs a MikeMarshall hooks up with smooth jazz station B y W ilma B lokhuis OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF ( l n r H i t n r A Tues.-Thurs., 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Photo by Wilma Blokhuis Oakville's own Mike Marshall has the Monday through Friday drive-home slot on the GTA's newest radio station, The Wave, which has a smooth jazz format SALE PRICES END SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2 N a tio n a l a p p lia n c e s a le ______ _ _ _ ____ _ __ on team KENMORE® SUPER CAPACITY LAUNDRY TEAM Washer features 3-speed motor and Dual-Action agitator. # 2 0 6 9 2 Sears reg. 749.99.599.99 Dryer has Wrinkle Guard feature and reversible door. # 6 0 9 6 2 . Sears reg. 579.99.449.99 ends Sunday! Save KENMORE CANISTER VACUUM Bare floor/on/off switch on handle and quick-release powerhead. #20400. Sears reg. 599.99. $ 230 369.99 ®/MD Save `200 KENMORE SELF-CLEAN SMOOTH-TOP RANGE KENMORE 7-CU. FT. CHEST FREEZER Catch the wave and surf the sound of smooth jazz. Wave 94.7, Hamilton's new radio sta tion and Canada's first with a smooth jazz format is on the air. Yesterday was its first full on-air broadcast day, complete with easy going laid back sounding announcers, news, traffic reports, and easy listening soft jazz. Among the on-air staff is Oakville's Mike Marshall, who after 13 years at CHFI, is back in radio, doing the after noon shift. "I started working in radio while still in high school, during the late 1950," said the dapper and tanned Marshall, a local resident for 27 years. "I started in my home town of Welland," he reflects, adding "then it was on to Kitchener, CHML in Hamilton in 1960 . . . I worked at CHML four times, during the '60s, '70s and '80s." He was at CKLW (800 on the AM dial) in Windsor when it was a power house known as `The Big 8,' at the height of its rock and roll days during the 1960s. "We were one of the Top 10 sta tions in North America, heard in 28 states and four provinces." The station blasted away with 50,000 watts of power with little interference. Marshal stayed five years. "It was just a tremendous radio station." And, prior to landing at CHFI, Marshall worked at CFTR, during its rock and roll era during the 1970s, before it became 680 NEWS. "I was lucky to have worked at so many different music formats," says Marshall, "but I was always a real jazz fan. "The smooth jazz format of The Wave (call letters CIWV) is the closest to what I would go out and buy, com pared to any other format I've worked at. "But," he admits, "I still like rock and roll. `There no such thing as bad music, it's all good." Marshall worked his first shift at the new radio station on Tuesday afternoon, and says he's glad to be back behind the microphone. The Wave is housed in a former fam ily-run sporting goods store on Hamilton Mountain, which was renovated to have a reception area and spacious studios stretching side by side to the rear of the building, with sales offices upstairs. (The transmitter is located at the Devil's Punchbowl near Stoney Creek.) At a gala reception Friday to announce the official opening of the new station, president and manager Doug Kirk and operations manager Jim Craig stood on a folding office chair to speak to the standing-room-only crowd. Many in attendance came from Hamilton's competing radio stations. Station owners, Burlingham Communications was granted a licence by the CRTC - Canadian RadioTelevision and Telecommunications Commission in May. Four months later, the Wave is on the air. "It's been a wild ride on the wave," said Craig, whose radio career spans 30 years. "Everything you see here did not exist eight weeks ago." Kirk, the majority owner, said the sta tion will be "intensely local" serving Hamilton-Wentworth, Ancaster and Oakville, adding its signal will reach furJ ther. The station was about 18 months in the making leading up to the successful CRTC application, defeating Affinity Radio Group (a proposed country sta tion) and Newcap Inc. (adult contemporary/modem rock). AWNINGS Enjoy the outdoors under the comfort of a fabric retractable awning. We offer a diverse line of styles and fabrics to suit your home decor. N o w299" Flush fit with automatic door latch. #65562. Sears reg. 1099.99. 899.99 C oil range a lso on sale Includes 1 food storage basket. #18712. Sears reg. 339.99. Call or visit our showroom for a free estimate! A FAMILY BUSINESS SINCE 1966 Sears. For the many sides of you.TM V is it S e a r s O a k v ille NP0920300 ______________________ P la c e M o n .-F ri. 9 :3 0 a m -9 :0 0 pm . S at. 8 :0 0 a m -6 :0 0 p m . S u n .11 a m -6 pm . Copyright 2000. Sears Canada Inc. 4187 Upper Middle Rd. Burlington (905) 335`3733