Christopher Ward's Book of Much

Christopher Ward was one of the first Much Music VJ's. His new
book is called Is This Live? Inside the Wild Early Years of Much
Music: The Nation's Music Station. There's a lot we forgot or
don't know about the station's early years. Partly because not
everyone had the channel for the first few years; it was not
apart of the basic cable package until 1987. That led to some
lean years budget wise. And this is where the genius of
programming head John Martin came in: He hired creative types who
knew how to fill a blank canvas. Enter Christopher Ward. You can
learn a lot from the past. Being challenged by a budget can
always be overcome by hiring creative people who can fill the
space. Other things I learned: The first female VJ was Catherine
McClanahan, (not Erica Ehm) that I once wrote to MuchMusic and
complained, and how often Christopher's friend Mike Meyers would
appear on the station. Christopher left for reasons that were all
too obvious; writing and producing Alannah Myles' number one song
in 1989, "Black Velvet". He told me about the joys of having a
number one song on his resume.


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