My retirement, back in 1976, began as a one-year boycott to challenge the media on that question. I refused to return until the media, and radio stations in particular, got a hold on identifiably Canadian songs.

When it comes to the video channels and the programs, the radio stations, the music is geared towards kids, and it's made by kids.

This is a business built on promotion. We've been giving music away to radio stations for 30 years.

On every album I've put out, I've put diverse Canadian songs on it. They're not provincial album; my albums are national albums. There'll be a song about Saskatchewan and Vancouver and Nova Scotia on there.

Too many radio stations, all they do is syndicated programming, it's just piped in from some satellite someplace, and they don't have much of a connection to the community.

There are reasons why those stations are as big as they are. KDKA is a very broad radio station because a lot of people listen for news and information. A 20-year-old needs traffic and weather and news just like a 60-year-old. That's the common bond for KDKA.