Robinson’s website credits him as the first DJ in Canada to play rock ‘n’ roll music on a regular basis
The family of Vancouver radio personality Red Robinson says he has died after a brief illness.
Robinson began his radio career in 1954 at Vancouver’s CJOR, and his website credits him as the first DJ in Canada to play rock ’n’ roll music on a regular basis. His website says he was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000, retiring from radio in 2007.
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