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Stan Campbell
Show Host
Stan was born in the back of an 18
wheeler on ferry boat on the way to Nova Scotia
and
spent most of his life on the road. Stan
started out as an electronics
technician but after several high-voltage shocks he found he kept
skipping number 7 when counting to 10.
While as a tech he was
cleared to Top Secret by the US Air
Force, which Stan says was kind of
funny because he has a big mouth
(which is evident when you listen to
the show). However, thanks to the earlier electrical shocks he couldn't remember anything
anyway.
Other than a lot of appearances in
Judge Judy's court, most of his life though was
spent in radio, everywhere from St
John's Newfoundland to Los Angeles. (draw
a line between those two
cities...it's a long long way)
he was an Afternoon Drive Guy at
WSIX in Nashville and Morning Host
and PD at America's biggest Country
station, KLAC in Los Angeles. He was
also a morning guy at a station with
the wacky name "The Beaver"
in Cincinnati. Imagine, you're
opening a bank account and they ask,
"Where do you work Mr. Campbell?"
Stan's connection to country music
is deep, having been a country radio
personality in Toronto, Nashville,
Cincinnati
and LA and for a time a record
producer in Nashville until he was
run out of town by a jealous husband
with a rifle rack and penchant for
shooting Canadians. Of
Nashville, Stan says "I
was a critical success and a
financial disaster". One of the
more notable artists that Stan
produced was a young Eilleen Twain
who has also moved a lot. At least
Stan didn't change his name. Shania
hasn't spoken to him since! Now she
has an auto-biography coming out. So
does Stan. Oh! Oh!
The Trucker Radio Show came out
of nowhere. Actually it began as
"The Canadian Trucking Radio News
Show". That was too much of a
mouthful for Stan so we changed it
to something simpler.
Stan and Tim are old friends, each
with a history in radio and the
music business. Stan produced a
record album for Tim in the
mid-eighties on which Shania sang
back-up and duet with Tim. Stan and
Tim also have something else in
common...combined, they were married
eight times! They each have found the ONE.
(no...not the same one! We're
not that close.) |
Tim Denis
Co-host, Road News & Info
Tim is a Niagara guy who has spent
the better part of his life in radio
and on the stages. Yes, we
mean stages...plural and not the
ones in Westward Ho! Tim is
an actor and a recording artist
having spent a great deal of time on
theatre stages and many nights
performing on postage-stamp sized
stages in smoky bars.
Tim's
English background sometimes shows
up on the air with words like
schedule (pronounced like shed-yule). We
haven't heard him say aluminum yet.
His acting, directing and producing
experience are evident as well in
his humor and timing. (oh by the
way, that's his real hair)
Unlike Stan, Tim has lived all of
his life in southern Ontario with
Nashville often on his tour
schedule... sorry...shedyule.
Tim recorded two albums with Stan in
Nashville and in fact sang a duet
with Shania Twain. That was
the 19 year old Shania. Stan says "Tim
was a hard guy to produce. He always
wanted to do the high parts"
Besides being Trucker Radio's
Entertainment, Industry News and
Events Reporter and Stan's show
partner, Tim also hosts a daily talk
show on radio and is a weekly
panelist on TV. In addition to
getting up at 4:30 AM to do his
radio show he also often moonlights
late at night as an actor, director
and producer in live theatre. For a
short while he was a theatre usher but
he was fired when he kept shining
his flashlight in the patron's eyes.
If
being an actor, morning radio guy
and sheep-herder doesn't keep him
busy enough, six daughters occupy
the rest of his time! SIX! Most of
his time is occupied trying to get
into the bathroom. Thank
medical science for Depends.
Stan
& Tim have been hosting the
Trucker Radio Show for about five
years. With the success of this show,
Tim (with his English background)
holds high hopes for the
debut of the British Lorry Show.
(Don't hold your breath Tim)
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