The Host of the “Wayne Adams Gospel Hour” heard weekly on Sundays at 8am and 8pm.
Adams joined Seaside FM in the summer of 1999 as a part of Seaside’s Special Events broadcasting. He appeared on Christmas specials, Easter specials, and summer events. The Special Program Events as part of the licensing procedure for our founder and manager, the late Wayne Harrett.
It was Seaside 94.7, then 105.9 for Wayne Adams following a career in Provincial politics; MLA and Cabinet Minister, and before that Municipal Council and School Board.
A former business person, he began with the summer Seaside Festivals and the Christmas Specials; in 2002… Adams started an hour of Gospel music on Sunday mornings. After the passing of Lorne Fevens on Sunday evenings, Wayne’s Gospel Hour answered popular requests and was repeated in the evening
spot.Saturday mornings, Wednesday and Friday afternoons he read the Seaside news casts, with the late Wayne Harrett.
With a diverse background in business enterprises Adams also has a vast background in Halifax radio, television, and Newspapers. Wayne’s radio career began in part-time news and sports at CJCH where he was tutored by some of Canada’s best in broadcasting.
His previous stint as a Freelance writer for the Dartmouth free Press prepared him well for broadcast journalism. When Halifax landed Canada’s 1 st Summer Games, Adams was recruited to the all-station broadcast crew. The sports crew from stations CJCH, CHNS and CBC/ CBHT, and other regional stations
including the Guns out of Quebec and Ontario were universally assigned specific events. Adams did track & field at Beasley’s field in Dartmouth and diving events at the Halifax Centennial Pool. “I shall always recall the honour of working with the best in the business.” Fred Arenberg, the president of CHNS said he was impressed with Adams’ authoritative coverage of events for the Games, and asked him to be the evening news editor at CHNS. It was at CHNS in 1971 the Radio Magazine Black Journal was born. More successful than I ever imagined, in 1975 we won the National B’nai B’rith Award for Broadcast Journalism, in the area of Human Rights.
We won over Laurier LaPierie with his Quebec radio show “LaPresse” and Barbara Frum with CBC radio’s “As it Happens.” A great night for Halifax at the Bonaventure Hotel in Toronto.
Wayne also worked as a local-events reporter with the ‘Dartmouth Free Press,’ and was a regular Columnist with the former ‘Halifax Daily News’. Wayne holds an Honouary Doctor of Laws Degree- (SMU), an Order of Canada, and an Order of Nova Scotia citations, a Certified Consultant, and an Honourable member of the Provincial Executive Council
“Something to think about, on the Wayne Adams Gospel Hour.”