EP54 Greg Shannon

In Session With Darren Walters

For 25 years Greg has been behind a mic or in front of a camera from Alberta to Saskatchewan, Ontario to BC. In the mid 90’s, when record company money was flowing like beer from a frat party keg and sponsorship dollars for Country music were at an all-time high, he co-created, co-wrote and hosted the nationally syndicated radio show Craven A Today’s Country. The show featured the biggest acts of the day including; Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Alabama, the Dixie Chicks and many Grammy nominated songwriters. In addition to scoring several New York Festival International Awards for the show, his wife Teresa and Greg started a family in a humble downtown Toronto condo. The next stop was CMT, where a renegade team of TV virgins produced and hosted the CMT Request Line, a daily national video request show. That amazing opportunity lasted a scant two seasons and then, in the fear-filled year of Y2K, his growing family packed the banana-tired U-Haul for yet another glamorous Canadian relocation. A few provinces and morning shows later, Greg joined CFCW sister station KG Country 95.5 in Red Deer, where his co-host and Greg were lucky enough to win Morning Show of the Year from the Canadian Country Music Association five times in a row! In June of 2014 Greg retired from day to day radio and joined the Community Relations Department of Red Deer College, but he’s very excited to come back into this crazy business and join Alberta’s Country Legend as morning show co-host with Stella Stevens!