Radio station founder Arnie Patterson dies
Posted Mar 9, 2011 01:13:55 PM.
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A local broadcasting icon has died.
Charles Arnold Patterson, known to almost everyone as Arnie, died last night after a lengthy illness at age 83.
Patterson grew up in Dartmouth and became Pierre Trudeau’s press secretary.
He was media manager for Dominion Steel and Coal during the Springhill coal mine disaster which claimed 76 lives.
At one point Patterson was General Manager of Moosehead Breweries in Dartmouth.
But he’s best known around here as the founder and owner of radio station CFDR in Dartmouth, which became KIXX, which became Lite92 after he sold the operation.
He was also a columnist for the Halifax Daily News.
