▁rock ▁band ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁whose ▁famous ▁members ▁included , ▁Richard ▁Manuel , ▁who ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁The ▁Band ; ▁Ken ▁Kal mus ky , ▁who ▁played ▁with ▁Ian ▁and ▁Syl via ▁and ▁Great ▁Spe ck led ▁Bird ; ▁and , ▁John ▁Till ▁who ▁formed , ▁and ▁played ▁guitar ▁in , ▁Jan is ▁J op lin ' s ▁Full ▁T ilt ▁Bo og ie ▁Band . ▁He ▁later ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁Canada ' s ▁pione ering ▁rock ▁DJ s ▁on ▁radio , ▁joining ▁Ch ath am ' s ▁CF CO ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁B ored ▁with ▁the ▁station ' s ▁commercial ▁easy ▁listening ▁music , ▁he ▁reported ly ▁brought ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁records ▁one ▁night , ▁breaking ▁format ▁and ▁hosting ▁in ▁an ▁un character ist ically ▁dynamic ▁style . ▁He ▁was ▁fired ▁the ▁next ▁morning , ▁but ▁was ▁quickly ▁re h ired ▁after ▁the ▁station ▁learned ▁that ▁his ▁experiment ▁had ▁increased ▁the ▁station ' s ▁ratings . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁later ▁h ired ▁at ▁C KEY ▁in ▁Toronto ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁called ▁" the ▁most ▁controvers ial ▁thing ▁on ▁Toronto ▁radio ." ▁He ▁part ed ▁ways ▁with ▁C KEY ▁after ▁just ▁five ▁months . ▁He ▁became ▁host ▁of ▁Music ▁Hop ▁on ▁C BC ▁Television ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁succeed ing ▁Alex ▁Tre bek . ▁He ▁also ▁started ▁writing ▁a ▁column ▁for ▁the ▁Toronto ▁Star ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁chapter