In 1986 ?Ernie Scar? (a local DJ in Alberta) was given a tape of a radio parody. It was about gay guys running a station called ?AIDS radio?. ?Ernie? and a few friends decided that they wanted to apply this idea to both the local Natives and the Hutterite community in Southern Alberta. Although ?Jake Radio? never became more than an idea, Brocket 99 took off like fire through hell.
?In Southern Alberta it?s white bread? says ?Scar?. ?You?ve got cowboys and Indians? What if the Indians on the Brocket reserve, a bunch of drunk Indians, had their own radio station? What would it sound like??
?It was a joke?; says the man who was only in his twentys when the parody was made. ?It was never meant to be heard by anyone outside of this circle of three or four people. But years later; You dub one and tell someone and they?ll dub one and tell someone. And he?ll dub 10 copies and tell 10 friends and on and on and on.? Brocket 99 grew a life of its own. And now, thanks to the internet, there?s worldwide interest.
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