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Jerry grew up in Winnipeg and graduated from the University of Manitoba in History & Political Sciences. It was during his studies that Jerry found his niche in radio by working part time at the university’s campus radio station. From there Jerry landed his first paying radio job in Brockville. Ontario. He was only paid in pizzas and monster truck rodeo tickets, but it was at this point that Jerry saw how rewarding a career in radio could be, and made it his life-long pursuit. After some cold winters in Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon, Jerry decided to at last move to Calgary where Chinooks provided at least some relief from the endless prairie winters. In 1984 he set up shop at 66CFR for a long and successful run as one of Calgary’s top morning show hosts. In 1999 Jerry decided to strike out on his own with his own business. However, after an eight year hiatus from radio he realized that being an entrepreneur was much too difficult (and almost impossible to spell) and came back to his first love, radio! The opportunity to work with the likes of Beesley and Sue Deyell was much too tempting to pass up. Also, having worked with Sue briefly once before, working with her again would afford Jerry the chance to collect the money she owed him.