{"id":35554,"date":"2025-11-21T10:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=35554"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:15:59","slug":"the-end-of-an-era-goodbye-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/11\/the-end-of-an-era-goodbye-george\/","title":{"rendered":"The End Of An Era &#8211; Goodbye George"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the end of an era.<\/p>\n<p>My heart hurts a little today because we&#8217;ll never have this team again after today.<\/p>\n<p>So many emotions.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thankful for what we have shared over the years.\u00a0 So many years working together on the Fox, but also in the same building.\u00a0 Different positions, different stations.<\/p>\n<p>I know that we are lucky.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly won&#8217;t be the same without George.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll miss his jokes, his sarcasm and his wit.\u00a0 We might even miss his talk about spreadsheets.\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n<p>Change is hard and I don&#8217;t like it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve worked with George since I started as Felix the Fox &#8211; the station mascot.\u00a0 That was the summer of 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Over 30 years ago. Different stations. Different on-air positions.\u00a0We worked together for a short time in Chatham which is a whole other story.<\/p>\n<p>I co-hosted the morning show for a short period in time in 2005 &#8211; 2006.<\/p>\n<p>I never thought we&#8217;d see a day where we weren&#8217;t all working together. I kinda thought we&#8217;d all be done working together at the same time.\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard to imagine us not together.<\/p>\n<p>Change can also be a good thing I guess. We&#8217;ll wait and see what and who comes next. Don&#8217;t ask me because even I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>A day like today also leaves me thinking about myself &#8211; my career, my impact, my legacy because I&#8217;ve seen the impact George&#8217;s career has had on so many people in the community and in this building &#8211; including myself.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that I do the same. I hope I have left a positive impact on this community as well and continue to do so because this is what it&#8217;s all about.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a chance to put a smile on your face or make you laugh.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a chance to connect over everyday things and hopefully make a positive difference in the world.<\/p>\n<p>We really do have the best listeners on the planet in a community that we all love.<\/p>\n<p>And for those asking &#8212; I have now started a countdown to my retirement. If I make it to 65 &#8211; my retirement date is October 10th 2036 &#8211; that is in 10 years, 10 months and 21 days, which is 3,979 days.<\/p>\n<p>It will be on a Friday and in week 41 of 2036. So start planning accordingly, and someone check and see that Duran Duran is available. ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the end of an era. My heart hurts a little today because we&#8217;ll never have this team again after today. So many emotions. I&#8217;m thankful for what we have shared over the years.\u00a0 So many years working together on the Fox, but also in the same building.\u00a0 Different positions, different stations. 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