ROCK 97.9 On Air
Nolan Haukeness
Weekday Mornings 5am-10am
Hometown: Estevan, Saskatchewan (Go Riders!)
Favourite Artists: Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, The White Stripes (RIP)
What do you love most about Fort McMurray: The people here are second to none.
Last Book Read: World War Z by Max Brooks (yes, I am well prepared for the zombie apocolypse)
Favourite Guilty Pleasure: Ice Cream is my kryptonite
Status: I would eventually like to have this simply read "Symbol"
What brought you into radio: Wanted to get into movies, in Estevan, Saskatchewan the closest thing to working in movies was working at the local AM Radio Station.
Layne Mitchell
Weekdays, 10am - 2pm
Hometown: Calgary
Favourite Artists: Black Keys, Muse & Foo Fighters
What do you love most about Fort McMurray: I love that everybody is so welcoming because almost all of us are transplants.
Last Book Read: Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S Thompson (cliché)
Favourite Guilty Pleasure: True Blood, Vampire Diaries, Twilight… and pretty much anything else that brings shame upon normal men
Status: Living
What brought you into radio: Advice from an ex-girlfriend. She also told me to 'get bent'… but I never followed through on that one.
Chris Byrne
Weeknights from 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Hometown: Belle River, Ontario
Favourite Artists: Metallica or Evanescence
What do you love most about Fort McMurray: The awesome landscape (good for biking), the youngest general population in Canada, and the Oil Barons.
Last Book Read: A Game of Thrones (Book 1 of “A Song of Fire and Ice”)by George R.R. Martin
Favorite Drink
Favourite Guilty Pleasure: Drinks – Molson Export, Crown Royal, Bailey’s
Eats – Homemade Cheesecake
Status: Hitched but mouthing "HELP ME"
Favorite TV shows: It’s Always Sunny, Louie, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The League
What brought you into radio: Listening to radio personalities and thinking "I can do a WAY better job than them" (You're thinking the same thing)
Mike Hepditch
Weekends
Hometown: Kitchener Waterloo
Favourite Artists: Rise Against
What do you love most about Fort McMurray: The MOB
Last Book Read: The Zombie Survival Guide… Organize Before They Rise
Favourite Guilty Pleasure: Wearing My Underpants On The Outside And Pretending Im A Super Hero…
Relationship Status: Single… Like A Sock That’s Lost Its Mate In The Dryer...
What brought you into radio: Ever since I was a wee little guy I always wanted to be on the radio. When I was 3 I recorded over my dads elvis mix tape to make my own radio show.
Matt Williams
Weeknights and Weekends
Hometown: Victoria, British Columbia
Favourite Artists: The Black Keys, Danko Jones, Stone Temple Pilots
What do you love most about Fort McMurray: Being surrounded by the beautiful outdoors, and of course MOB hockey!
Last Book Read: Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.
Favourite Guilty Pleasure: Jelly beans, along with chocolate covered raisins and karaoke… in no particular order.
Status: Just 'one' wild and crazy guy… to steal a quote from Steve Martin.
What brought you into radio: Not wanting to "work" for a living… combined with my laziness it was a fit!
Jen Pick
Evenings and Weekends
Hometown: White Rock, Nova Scotia
Favourite Artists: KISS, Def Leppard, The Tea Party
What do you love most about Fort McMurray: I can golf until midnight in the summertime and in the winter all the MOB games I can handle.
Last Book Read: Secrets From The Vinyl Café by Stuart McLean
Favourite Guilty Pleasure: anything with sugar in it and Elvis Presley
Status: Taken, but always open to better options.
What brought you into radio: My Dad always said that I never shut up so I figured a profession where I talked for a living would be good so it was either this or a 1-900 operator.
Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx
Weeknights from 7:00pm-midnight, Sideshow Countdown Saturdays from 5:00pm-7:00pm
There's no one in the world quite like Nikki Sixx, and there's nothing on the radio quite like his show "Sixx Sense". Each night he'll be talking abou the music and topics on everyones mind while giving you a backstage look into the world and mind of a rock star. Also join Nikki Saturday's from 5:00pm-7:00pm for the Sideshow Countdown for the weeks hottest rock songs!
House of Hair with Dee Snyder
Saturdays from 7:00pm-10:00pm
We wanna ROCK! Join Twisted Sister frontman and legendary hard rock icon Dee Snider every week for a two-hour ride into headbangin’ heaven! Bang your head with your fellow metalheads and The House of Hair!Check out all your ’80’s big hair band favorites – from AC/DC to Zebra, with the Scorpions, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Poison and Ozzy Osbourne thrown in too!
The Classics with Steve Downes
Sundays from 7:00pm-9:00pm
With over 35 years experience, Steve Downes is a national rock ‘n’ roll radio icon. The Classics spotlights different artists, and presents them in a way that brings back the memories and feelings sparked by the greatest rock 'n roll music ever made.




