Jesse and Gene
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Jesse and Gene (or The Jesse and Gene Show) is a Canadian morning zoo radio show that aired in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada radio market between 1986 and 1997. The duo of co-hosts consisted of Jesse Dylan and Gene Valaitis.
History
Q107
The show first began airing on Q107 on September 5, 1986, replacing Brother Jake Edwards in the station's morning slot.
680 CFTR: move to afternoons on AM dial
In June 1989, the show's move to CFTR-AM, a Top-40 music station branded as "All Hits 680 CFTR", was announced. Beginning in July, the show aired live daily between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., encompassing the afternoon drive time slot. Toronto press reported on CFTR's financial terms that lured the duo away from Q107 as being lucrative.
On June 17, 1991, Jesse and Gene became CFTR's new morning show following the retirement of longtime morning man Tom Rivers.
When CFTR changed its format to an all-news station in June 1993, re-branding as "680 News", Jesse and Gene were let go along with most of the on-air personnel.
AM 640
The duo immediately got picked up by CHOG-AM, a station owned by Western International Communications (WIC) and operated through its subsidiary Westcom Radio Group.
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