Cory Noel
Cory is one of several staffers who
have moved west to work in Olds. A farm kid from south east Manitoba
originally, Cory has lived all over Manitoba before getting the call
to move to the mountains and he says he's now a lifer. Cory is a
diehard supporter of Country music, and has an encyclopedic knowledge
of the history of Country music, both Canadian and American. He loves
new music by artists like Jamey Johnson, Zac Brown Band, Sunny
Sweeney and older artists like Keith Whitley and Alabama. Growing up
listening to Canadian icons like George Fox, Rick Tippe, Michelle
Wright and Foster Martin Band made Cory one of the biggest supporters
of Canadian Country music. One of his passions is helping promote new
Canadian artists, especially those from Alberta. Cory is the host of
the annual CKFM Star Search competition to help find new artists, and
helped create and launch Alberta's Country Music Association in 2008.
Cory is also the Music Director at CKFM who programs and schedules
the music every day and works with the artists and their record
labels to bring you not only new music to the radio, but also
arranges for all the CD give aways and phone interviews and live
performances in the studio. Along with our Program Director Brian
Stephenson, Cory has been nominated for two Canadian Country Music
Association awards for Music Director Of The Year. When he's not
working long hours at the radio station, Cory can be found at clubs
checking out live music all through Calgary and Edmonton, working out at Force Fitness in Olds, and seen
curling through the winter at the Olds and Didsbury curling clubs, and in the
summer he's golfing all over Mountain View County and playing slopitch on
several different teams from Carstairs to Red Deer and everywhere in
between.Be sure to connect with Cory on Twitter @radionoel and via the CKFM Facebook page as well! You can email him anytime at cn_cklj@telus.net
