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When I first met Gary Patenaude on Front Street during the Belleville Blues Festival, I was immediately struck by his easy listening voice. Not a coincidence, he has a weekly radio show on independent Amherst Island Radio – CJAI 101.3 FM. He was out watching a local band he had just featured on his show Wildlife Ontario.

“We just built a brand-new studio in Bath, our media hub, both a broadcast and performance studio. We bring in local bands to play live to air weekly. My show focuses on Ontario bands, all Canadian content, 100 percent, 1 to 3 on Friday afternoon.”

Born in Montreal, Gary grew up in downtown Toronto. He left at 22 to join the air force for the next 13 years where he learned his craft as a traffic controller. In 1990, he w

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