Achi news desk-
For the past 40 years, radio host Ken Connors has been a familiar voice on Canadian airwaves.
After announcing his retirement last summer, Sunday marked his last day as host of Weekends with Ken on CJAD 800 and co-host of the CJAD 800 trivia show.
While he is stepping down from full-time work at the Montreal radio station, he will continue to host CJAD for the foreseeable future.
CTV Montreal lead news anchor Mutsumi Takahashi, reporter Matt Gilmore, CJAD contributor Dr. Christopher Lavos, Montreal Gazette’s Bill Braunstein, and other friends and colleagues called into the show Sunday morning to remember his long radio career and say goodbye.
Born and raised in Montreal, Connors got his first radio gig in 1984 at a station in Kirkland Lake, Ont., before working at music stations in Guelph and Ottawa. He returned to Montreal to work at CHOM 97.7 in 1989.
He would then go on to host shows on Mix 96, 940 News and Q92 before joining CJAD about seven years ago to replace Dave Fisher on weekends.
Earlier this month, CJAD announced that Montreal native Joan Varcas would replace Connors as the new host of its weekend morning show. Weekends with Joan Varcas and will air on Saturdays and Sundays from 06:00 to 09:00. Her first program will air on April 13.
