George Henry, who helped create Northern Native Broadcasting and CHON-FM in Yukon, has died.
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Posted: Jul 12, 2021 7:24 PM CT | Last Updated: July 13
George Henry, who helped create Northern Native Broadcasting and CHON-FM in Yukon, has died. One former co-worker said hundreds of people are in the broadcasting business thanks to Henry.(Submitted by Jan Staples)
Joanne Henry clearly remembers the first day CHON-FM hit the airwaves in Yukon in the mid-1980s.
Her brother George Henry, who died last week at 64, was the general manager and had been instrumental in getting the fledgling station off the ground. He gave a pep talk to his newly-trained broadcast staff that first day Joanne among them and urged them to be very respectful [on air], because the elders were listening.
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