Layne Christensen

News Reporter
lchvistensen@nsnews.com

FOR morning talk show
host David Ingram,
going to work is like
going to the corner cafe
for breakfast and shoot-
ing the breeze with old
friends.

“I get to sit in the same
chair every morning and I get
to talk to somebody usually
interesting —- . sometimes
imporzant, sometimes not;
sometimes it’s the guy who's
just got out of jail, sometimes
it’s the policeman...,” says the
host of Ingram, which airs live
on Rogers weekdays at 9 a.m.
and repeats at 1 and 11 p.m.
On Feb, 1, he logged his 500th
show. ;

The 57-year-old host, who
describes himself as “fizzled,
prizaled and grumpy” has been
sitting down to chat with politi-
cians, writers, entertainers and
media personalities on the set
of Ingram since the show first
went on the air Oct. 6, 1997.

He got his start in the busi-
ness as a 10-year-old in
Winnipeg. The local radio sta-
tion invited top students from
the local schools to broadcast

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Daniels will be premier-

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release, Love Story. The

album takes ten of Dee’s

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one intimate story of love.
As on the CD, the week-

end performances present

-. the North Shore singer with
“- a quartet: Ron Johnston on
piano, Blaine Wikjord on

* drums, Andre LaChance on

bass and Jack Stafford on

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' A special Valentine
Dinner menu, including
Daniel's show is $35 per
person (gratuity and taxes
not included).

Showtime: 8:30 p.m.

Reservations at 733-

: 7465.The Cotton Club
Restaurant2nd fioor, 1833
Anderson Street, outside
the entrance to Granville
Island.

Daniels will also perform
-at Cap College next month.

ROGERS TY talk-show host David ingram, who logged

live Sunday nights. Ingram
went on air and he was hooked.
But a career in broadcast wasn’t
immediate. He ran coffeehous-
es in Winnipeg and Saskatoon,
sold furniture, life insurance
and real estate, got into the
hotel business and then tax
preparation.

In the ’70s he shared offices
with the North Shore News,
then known as the North Shore
Shopper. He typeset the news-
paper’s copy and booked its
Classified ads.

Favourite guests on his

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show were David Suzuki and
Pierre Berton. Both shows
were pretaped —~ two of only
five out of the 500 shows aired
that were pretaped, — says
Ingram. He likes these inter-
views best for the intensity of
conversation. A close third was
his on-air chat with juror
Gillian Guess.

“T think she’s been railroad-
ed,” says the outspoken host.

Ingram has never liked the
Hard Copy style of journalism.
He’s not there to expose his
guests’ weaknesses but to

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“bring out the best of what's
there.” Case in point: Ingram
had deposed premier Mike
Harcourt in the hot seat the
morning RCMP raided the
home of his successor, Gien
Clark. Ingram didn’t grill his
guest. “We're not a news story.
We're a person story,” he rea-
sons.

Far more interesting to him
than scandal are the people

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

his 500th show last week, dislikes the Hard Copy sty!e ot
Journalism. “Anybody can do a show that blasts people,” he says. “t wart to bring out the bes? of .vhat’s there.”

who make a difference in the
community.

“I’m more interested in the
fact that (home improvement
expert) Shell Busey raised
$40,000 for the CKNW
Orphans Fund through the sale
of his book,” says Ingram of
Wednesday’s guest. “I’m inter-
ested that he’s got his wife and
daughter working in the office
with him.”

Friday, February 11, 2000 —- North Shore News - 23

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