Dave Guy

For more than 40 years, it has been my honour to serve Central and Northern Nova Scotia as one of the “voices on the radio”.

My career in radio began on October 1, 1966, when I had the thrill of hosting a high school radio show leading almost immediately into a bond with our audience, many of whom I have come to know personally. Over those years, I have had the pleasure of informing and entertaining them both as an announcer on every shift there is in radio as well as my current position in the newsroom of Cat Country and Big Dog.

Being a native of the Truro area, I know the people and the geography. To me, the audience is the boss. They are quick to say what they like and what they want to know about. The fact that people still thank me for things I have done or comment on things I have said is a compliment I don’t take lightly.

Like others, working in radio has given me the opportunity of meeting more personalities and celebrities than I can remember, ranging from prime ministers to world famous performers such as The Bee Gees, Chicago, Garth Brooks, Conway Twitty and literally hundreds more. However, it is the community that excites me the most. A number of years ago, I was asked by a local high school to deliver a graduation address on the topic of who is the most famous person I have met. I had to think about that one for a while but decided to go with the late pop artist, Andy Warhol, who I met in 1980. He’s the artist who rose to fame with his paintings of Marilyn Munroe and the Campbells Soup Can. His works continue to live on and increase in value long after his death. It was also Andy Warhol who uttered the famous quote “Everyone, at some point in their life, will be famous for at least 15 minutes”. For me, it has been exciting to make everyone I meet famous for that 15 minutes when we sat down and discussed their community project, event, or their life-passion. Those people are, to me, the real stars.

In our spare time, my wife, Angie, and I love to travel. Most of it is in our beautiful Maritime provinces, but we also are annual visitors to warmer climates during the cold winter months. We have a special fondness for the people of Cuba, where we have met many life-long friends. Widespread family also give us incentive to visit other parts of Canada, from Northern Ontario to British Columbia. Our goal is to visit every province at some point and the only one left is Newfoundland.

My personal heroes are my children and grandchildren, all of whom add their part to the world with great enthusiasm. My professional hero is the late Barbara Frum.

The evolution of radio in Truro has been a thrill ride in my life and to still be a part of it through my work in the newsroom, as well as hosting on Cat Saturday mornings, is beyond any dream I had when I first played the recording of Black Is Black by the group Los Bravos on that Saturday afternoon in 1966.

To the audience I serve and who make my job fun and exciting, Andrew Gold said it best when he sang “Thank You For Being A Friend."