- 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 morningtalk show onOttawa radio stationCFRA , and has also syndicated programming to several other Canadian radio stations.Green was born in Ann Arbor,
Michigan ,United States , to Canadian parents, andimmigrated 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 theSpringhill mining disaster inNova 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 inNorth 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 theOntario 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 1-894439-37-6References
External links
* [http://www.cfra.com/hosts/lowell.asp CFRA Radio: Lowell Green Show information]
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