Harvard Media's CKRM Marks Centennial with "100 Years in One Night" Gala

Regina's Conexus Arts Centre was packed on Saturday night as the city and province came together to celebrate 620 CKRM's centennial at the 100Years in One Night gala. The event saw current staff, former broadcasters, listeners, partners, and community leaders come together to look back on the station's history and the role it has played in the lives of Saskatchewanians since first signing on the air in Moose Jaw in 1926.

Nine CKRM Icons were recognized for their contributions to the station throughout the evening, as radio personalities Willy Cole, Lorne Harasen, Jim Smalley, Rod Pedersen, Perry Nyhus and Colin Lovequist took the stage to share stories from their careers. Family members also spoke on behalf of the late Fred King and James Allyn, while former Riders play-by-play voice Geoff Currier joined the celebration through a video message. Together, the honourees reminisced about The Flea Market, Country Cookouts, Rider broadcasts, agriculture reporting, and countless stories from the station's first century on the air.

And what would a gala celebrating the legacy of a radio station be without hearing from the listeners? Attendees reminisced about tuning in to CKRM from tractors, combines, kitchens, living rooms and small-town school buses across Saskatchewan. Dignitaries, former employees and longtime fans shared their own connections to the station, reflecting on how CKRM helped keep the province informed, entertained and connected long before smartphones and social media existed. Behind-the-scenes contributors were also recognized, with 10 CKRM Builders honoured for helping shape the station's success over the decades.

100 Years in One Night celebrated an incredible century on the air and the countless people who made it possible. Technology has changed, audiences have changed, and broadcasting itself has evolved immensely, but throughout it all, one thing has remained the same - CKRM's connection to Saskatchewan. Whether through farm reports, local news, country music, community events or Roughrider football, the station has spent the last100 years telling Saskatchewan's stories. As CKRM approaches its official 100th anniversary on July 27, that's a legacy worth celebrating.

To read the complete in-depth history of CKRM, click here: https://www.hillcompanies.com/news/a-century-of-sound-the-history-of-ckrm