New music guru hits 20 years at CFNY

TORONTO – Alan Cross, the program director at 102.1 the Edge (CFNY FM) and host of Corus Radio's syndicated program, The Ongoing History of New Music, will celebrate his 20th anniversary on October 3. Starting on-air in October of 1986, Cross (profiled by Cartt.ca here) has enjoyed a long and varied career with CFNY, hosting overnights, mid-days and afternoons before establishing himself as Canada's premier new-rock historian with the creation of The Ongoing History of New Music in February of 1993. His many milestones, according to the Corus press release, include: being named Toronto Life's Radio Personality of 1992, breaking the...