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4 unusual facts about Chas


CHAS-FM

Current and recurrent CHR hits make up the bulk of the music the station plays; virtually all music from before 1995 has been dropped, and the station no longer plays such traditional AC artists as Celine Dion, Elton John or Rod Stewart.

CJIC

CJIC-FM, an FM radio station launched in 1964, which changed its callsign to CHAS in 1977,

Jim Ralph

While playing for the 67's, Ralph started his broadcasting career as a summer fill in announcer on CHAS-FM in the Sault.

Parsons Corporation

Parsons is also notable to readers of John Perkins' book Confessions of an Economic Hitman, as the company that acquired Chas. T. Main Inc., a New England–based international engineering firm, which according to the book, acted as a consulting firm, trapping many Third World countries into international debts they could not repay.


2012 Premier League Darts

The 2012 Premier League Darts players teamed up with the singer Chas Hodges and his band to record a charity single written by Chas called "Got My Tickets For The Darts".

Ace of Wands

After having to leave the programme because of prior commitments, in the final series this pair were replaced by brother and sister Chas (Roy Holder), a photographer, and Mikki (Petra Markham), a female journalist, who have very similar roles, she also sharing a telepathic link with Tarot.

Charles D. Barney

After two years, Barney moved to Philadelphia, where he married Laura E. Cooke, the daughter of prominent Philadelphia financier Jay Cooke, joining the firm of Jay Cooke & Company Following the collapse of his father-in-law's Philadelphia banking house, in 1873, Barney reorganized the firm as Chas.

Chas Hodges

In 2012, Hodges recorded a charity single with Chas & His Band alongside the 2012 Premier League Darts players called 'Got My Tickets for the Darts' which was written by Chas.

2014, Chas also guested on Ocean Colour Scene frontman Simon Fowler's new band (Merrymouth) album '"Wenlock Hill", contributing piano on the song "Salt Breeze", along with John McCusker who played violin

Chas Licciardello

Chas attended the Sydney Grammar School where he produced and edited a small satirical school magazine The Tiger with fellow Chaser writers Charles Firth and Dominic Knight.

Chas Poynter

Consultation was carried out in 2009 by Wanganui District Council to rename Wikitoria Road, connecting State Highway 3 and Wanganui Airport, to Chas Poynter Drive.

Children's Hospice Association Scotland

In addition to Rachel House, Robin House and CHAS at Home in the north of Scotland CHAS operates four fundraising offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Kinross and Stepps which cover all areas of Scotland.

CJQM-FM

The company then entered into a local management agreement with Telemedia, taking over management of that company's CHAS-FM and making CHAS and CJQM sister stations, an arrangement that continues to this day.

Eve Jenson

Carl's brother Jimmy (Nick Miles) finds out about the affair when he catches them together after having sex on Carl's sofa and threatens to tell Chas unless he ends things with Eve and Carl lies to Jimmy, that he has ended the relationship.

Falmouth Quay Punt

Chas Peters, the wife of Maurice Griffiths, the well-known yachting author, owned the working boat Juanita for a number of years, and she features in one of Maurice Griffiths' books.

For the Working Class Man

Journey's Jonathan Cain contributed, produced and performed on two tracks, "Working Class Man" (Which has since become Barnes' signature song as a solo artist after being featured in the Ron Howard film Gung Ho) and "American Heartbeat", with Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band co-writing "Ride the Night Away" and Chas Sanford penning "I'd Die to be with You Tonight".

Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge

Hellblazer Presents: Chas – The Knowledge is a comic book limited series, written by Simon Oliver, with artwork by Goran Sudzuka, and cover art by Glenn Fabry.

Italian bee

1884 (Easter) introduced to Kangaroo Island in South Australia, sourced from Brisbane where they were previously imported in 1880 from Italy by Chas.

Lucy Pargeter

Pargeter and fellow Emmerdale actor Tom Lister won Best Couple for their portrayal of Chas and Carl.

Marc Moreland

In 1977, with the addition of Skulls members Bruce Moreland (Marc Moreland's brother) as bassist/keyboardist and Chas T. Gray as keyboardist, along with Joe Nanini, who had been the drummer for Black Randy and the Metrosquad, the first lineup of Wall of Voodoo was born.

MIND Institute

Among the parents behind the institute are Chuck and Sarah Gardner, whose son Chas has been diagnosed with autism.

Porkbelly Futures

They are unique in that many of the members originally found success in other fields: former lead singer Paul Quarrington (1953-2010) was a writer and filmmaker; guitarist/harmonica player Stuart Laughton is a classical trumpet player with an international reputation as is bass player Chas Elliott (Toronto Symphony).

Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues

#"Hard Hearted Hannah" (Milton Ager, Chas Bates, Bob Bigelow, Jack Yellen – 3:08

Well-Schooled in Murder

Chas didn't want anyone to find out about his relationship with Cecilia, and the fact that he was the father of Cecilia's child, which has Apert syndrome.

What Kind of Man Would I Be?

"What Kind of Man Would I Be?" is a song written by Jason Scheff, Chas Sandford and Bobby Caldwell and recorded by the band Chicago for their 1988 album Chicago 19 and 1989 album Greatest Hits 1982–1989.


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