{"id":35499,"date":"2025-11-21T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=35499"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:42:16","slug":"well-miss-you-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/11\/well-miss-you-george\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll Miss You George!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been a tough one.\u00a0 Emotionally.\u00a0 \u00a0As we&#8217;ve prepared to say goodbye to our morning show host George Hayes.<\/p>\n<p>We have been doing all that we can to make this week special for George.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve put up with his jokes with less eye rolling and more fake laughter than normal. (smile and I kid)<\/p>\n<p>Today is the last morning show with George Hayes and we hope to show our appreciation, gratitude and thanks with a special send off celebration at Global Donuts &amp; Deli. We hope to see you there.\u00a0 Please stop by between 6am and 10am.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a whirlwind of a week.\u00a0 Lots of reflecting and thinking back on so many years with the Fox team working together.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve looked back on George&#8217;s career &#8211; did you know he started in radio by working for FREE at a station in Woodstock?\u00a0 Then on to St. Thomas and Leamington.\u00a0 Working in marketing and sales along the way, until his journey brought him to the Fox morning show.<\/p>\n<p>Decades of so many incredible memories.\u00a0 Working vacations.\u00a0 Yes, George got to go to Sandals a few times and I may still be a bit upset that some of us were left behind. (smile)<\/p>\n<p>So many concerts.\u00a0 Community events. World events.\u00a0 A pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>But along the way, incredible listeners who have shared the journey and made his career memorable.<\/p>\n<p>A big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share memories, messages and video.\u00a0 It makes it a little easier to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the celebrations, we reached out and asked a few people George has met along the way to share a message for George.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Col. Chris Hadfield has a message for George.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"soundcloud-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soundcloud-shortcode\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/blackburnradio-sarnia\/7dec18db-d76b-42f1-8f3d-9670890b7376&color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Brittlestar offered his congratulations and witty comments.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/26xea2TBcvo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>And so did the Wealthy Barber David Chilton.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhcVPQJfB-s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The bottom line, and maybe we should have found a way to throw it on a spreadsheet &#8211; (smile)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to miss you George.\u00a0 Hopefully you miss us a little too. (smile)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week has been a tough one.\u00a0 Emotionally.\u00a0 \u00a0As we&#8217;ve prepared to say goodbye to our morning show host George Hayes. We have been doing all that we can to make this week special for George.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve put up with his jokes with less eye rolling and more fake laughter than normal. 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