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Vo l u m e 2 , I s s u e 9 , A p r i l 2 9 , 2 0 1 1 Like many people, I am occasionally afflicted with the scourge of insomnia. It’s better than it used to be, but there are still nights, let me tell you, where I so need a sleeping pill. On one such night several years ago, at around 3:30 a.m., I decided to switch radio stations, as I usually have music playing softly in the background while I slumber. I switched to CJAD and was instantly captivated by this particular radio personality I had not previously heard of. Sol Boxenbaum was his name and I liked him instantly, because he was intelligent, informed and not at all reluctant to tell it like it is, no matter how controversial the subject. He was a lot like me, though if I am half the man Sol is, I’m doing okay.
“Last Call Sol” still the source for honest, politicallyincorrect talk
Judging by the number of callers, they were smitten with Sol’s style, as well. I soon became a listener, regular which lasted until a little over a year ago, when CJAD cancelled Last Call with Sol, no notice given, so that they could air the syndicated Coastto-Coast - after it became available due to 940-AM’s premature demise. Don’t get me wrong, I like Coast-toCoast, the Art Bell-created show that has spooked untold numbers of listeners with talk of UFOs, Bigfoot and other unsolved mysteries (see my feature on the late Frank Edwards in this issue) and I said so in one of the regular Briefly Bram columns that I wrote for The Monitor and Westmount Examiner. I admit, though, that I have never before received such a shower of angry diatribe from readers as I did following that column. People were really upset that I appeared disloyal to the beloved and respected Sol.
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