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Buddy Clyde (real name Clyde
Hatton) was a native of San Francisco and had been
a Top 40 disc jockey at KOBY in the Bay area during
the fifties. When that station changed its format
from Top 40 to Middle-of-Road music, he received an
offer from Vancouver's CKWX that he couldn't
refuse. He came to Vancouver in 1960 joining the
station in April, first taking over the morning
slot vacated by Jim Robson. Later he moved to the
late afternoon slot popular with the teens and
later still he took over the evening spot from 5:30
to 10:00. One of his trademarks during his time
here was a squeeze horn mounted to his broadcast
desk which he honked frequently over the air during
his show. Among other things he introduced the New
Sound Sweepstakes (better known to some as Battle
of the New Sounds when it was later revived by Red
at C-FUN.) Buddy was popular with the teen
listeners and, along with Del Erickson, and Red
Robinson, who returned to WX in 1961, the three
made up a formidable lineup of youthful DJ talent
for the station. Buddy always signed his autographs
"Your Buddy Clyde." Eventually Buddy became the
host of CHAN-TV's popular Dance Party show for
teens, a kind of local version of American
Bandstand. When CKWX changed its format to
middle-of-road music this time Buddy stayed with
the station, at least for a few more years. Later
in the sixties Buddy returned to his roots in San
Francisco. Today he is more commonly known as Buddy
Hatton, and for many years he has run his own film
company Buddy
Hatton
Productions.
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