Mix 97.7 Shows and Personalities

Beesley was born and raised in Kamloops, a place famous for fishing, skiing, hot summer nights and turning the city name backwards and calling it a celebration (Spoolmak Days)! Married to Mrs. Beesley, they boast a daughter: Darcy, and a son: Dylan. Beesley’s many interests include music, movies and memorabilia (known to some as “junk collecting”). Beesley’s first real radio job was at Canadian Armed Forces Base: Baden Baden in West Germany as a volunteer on the all-night shift. Wow! Since then his voice has been a staple of the Calgary airwaves for the past 20 years.

Sue grew up and went to school in Toronto (although she tries to keep that fact a secret!).  She earned an English Degree from York University and then graduated broadcasting school at Seneca College School of Communication Arts. From there, Sue’s first job was in Brockville, Ontario before moving on to Kingston, Ontario, followed by a short stint in Moncton, New Brunswick.  Then she hit the jackpot when she was offered a job in the hub of Canada, Calgary, Alberta!  Here in Calgary, Sue has been a familiar voice at various radio stations over the past decade, including CJAY 92, The Breeze and Q107 before coming to Mix 97.7 to host the Morning Show and Midday Shows!

Sue is the proud new mother of a baby boy named Luke, who joins she and her wonderful partner and their 3 year old daughter Allie.

When she’s not on the air, Sue is happy to be playing Mom, playing hockey, skiing, sitting in the hot tub with friends and drinking a glass of red wine (and likely enjoying a yummy piece of chocolate too)!!

I was raised a dirt-poor farm boy! And even today, I still have an affection to dirt. Go figure! I have always had a passion for this city and for the people; one in particular that I married right here from Calgary! Radio has been very kind to me. Being able to go to work in your pajamas is a great perk! But I must admit that any success I have is thanks to the people in my life. I have had supporters of my craft from family, to friends, to listeners like you. My two boys on the other hand just love coming into the studio and yelling into the microphones. I still don’t think they really understand what daddy does. Thank you for reading this far because frankly, from this point forward it’s just a bunch of blah, blah, blah. Talk soon!

Allison has been involved in the radio and music industries for over twenty five years. Some wonder how she could possibly have started at the tender age of five, but who are we to question? Allison’s love of music has always been the driving force in her life and work. After starting out with alternative rock stations in the 70s, she flipped over to the record company side of things in the late 80s. Working with labels like A&M, Sony and Virgin Music, Allison handled marketing for Lenny Kravitz, 54-40 and the Rolling Stones, to name a few. Returning to radio in 2000 as an independent radio producer and host, Allison premiered “Wide Cut Country” on CKUA and “Backroads Country” on HANK FM, Winnipeg in 2007. Allison’s incredible wealth of knowledge and passion for music remain as strong as ever. She claims her young age has not been a deterrent.

Jerry grew up in Winnipeg and graduated from the University of Manitoba in History & Political Sciences. It was during his studies that Jerry found his niche in radio by working part time at the university’s campus radio station. From there Jerry landed his first paying radio job in Brockville. Ontario. He was only paid in pizzas and monster truck rodeo tickets, but it was at this point that Jerry saw how rewarding a career in radio could be, and made it his life-long pursuit. After some cold winters in Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon, Jerry decided to at last move to Calgary where Chinooks provided at least some relief from the endless prairie winters. In 1984 he set up shop at 66CFR for a long and successful run as one of Calgary’s top morning show hosts. In 1999 Jerry decided to strike out on his own with his own business. However, after an eight year hiatus from radio he realized that being an entrepreneur was much too difficult (and almost impossible to spell) and came back to his first love, radio! The opportunity to work with the likes of Beesley and Sue Deyell was much too tempting to pass up. Also, having worked with Sue briefly once before, working with her again would afford Jerry the chance to collect the money she owed him.

Charlee is happy to be a Born Again Albertan after spending most of 2008 hosting a morning show in her hometown of Vancouver.  This is Charlee’s 25^th year (don’t do the math for my age: ) on the radio after completing the two-year Broadcast Communications course at B.C.I.T.   This radio thing got started for Charlee when she was a teenager and won a contest to ‘Be A DJ For An Hour’ on a popular Vancouver rock station.  They thought I had potential (once I polished up my potty-mouth)! 

Charlee’s radio resume includes stations in Moose Jaw, Regina, (never was a Riders fan regardless), Vancouver and more than half of her career on Calgary radio and in the community, either chasing down strays or adopting them.  Charlee is a doggy-mama to a big Dobie/Shep mutt, Ziggy, that started life tossed on the highway as a puppy.   We’re still working through his doggy drama and trauma.  Who’s who at my zoo concludes with a crazy Siamese, Baby Bella Blue,  and a black cat  called Spooky.

There isn’t a Sex and the City episode that I haven’t watched a million times over.  I’m also addicted to Y & R and watching the World Poker Tour for my crush Phil Hellmuth.  He’s known as the Poker Brat.  Well maybe that’s the attraction.  You know how we girls love the bad boys.  This feels like confession so I might as well say that I need the 12-Step program to get off of dark chocolate!