Lowell Green

Lowell Green (born 7 July, 1936) is a Canadian radio personality.cite news | title=Imagine Lowell Green stoned: Then think about farm animals | publisher=Ottawa Citizen | date=7 October, 2005 | page=F1 | first=Kelly | last=Egan ] He hosts a conservative morning talk show on Ottawa radio station CFRA, and has also syndicated programming to several other Canadian radio stations.

Green was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, to Canadian parents, and immigrated to Canada. He lived with his grandparents for much of his youth.

Green graduated from Macdonald Agricultural College near Montreal in 1956. He started his radio career in Brantford, Ontario, subsequently moving to stations in Sudbury and Montreal. In Montreal, Green won awards for his coverage of the Springhill mining disaster in Nova Scotia. [cite web | url=http://www.cfra.com/hosts/lowell.asp | publisher=CFRA Radio | title=Lowell Green profile | accessdate=2007-03-27 ]

Green arrived at CFRA in 1960 as a news and farm reporter. In 1966, he began hosting "Greenline", and eventually became the longest-running open line talk show host in North America. He retired briefly from radio in the 1980s, but returned in 1990.

In 1984, Green ran for the Ontario Liberal Party in a provincial by-election (December 13) in Ottawa Centre. He came third, behind the Ontario New Democratic Party and the Progressive Conservative candidates, with 26.6% of all votes cast.

In 1993, Green returned to CFRA, and has hosted "The Lowell Green Show" ever since.

Bibliography

* "Death in October." Renfrew, Ontario: General Store, 1996. ISBN 1-894439-19-8
* "The Pork Chop and Other Stories: A Memoir." Carp, Ontario: Creative Bound Resources, 2005. ISBN 1-894439-19-8
* "How the Granola-crunching, Tree-hugging Thug Huggers are Wrecking Our Country!" Carp, Ontario: Creative Bound Resources, 2006. ISBN 1-894439-30-9
* "It’s Hard to Say Goodbye." Carp, Ontario: Creative Bound Resources, 2007. ISBN 1-894439-37-6

References

External links

* [http://www.cfra.com/hosts/lowell.asp CFRA Radio: Lowell Green Show information]