TAIT: Remembering longtime Edmonton radio host Bruce Bowie, after his 2025 death Bruce Bowie took his headphones off as the song, on vinyl, started its decent and took a long sip of his beer. This, I told myself, was my chance.

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Bruce Bowie took his headphones off as the song, on vinyl, started its decent and took a long sip of his beer. This, I told myself, was my chance.

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As an avid 630 CHED listener – especially Bruce’s noon to 3 p.m. show – I heard him mention on the radio that he was from Saskatchewan.

I wanted to know what part.

So there I was: two feet away from Bruce at the Crestwood Community Hall where he was spinning records at a dance.

I went up to him. Shook hands. And then, yelling over the music, asked him what part of Saskatchewan he was from.

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