Category Archives: Ian Robinson

With Alan Doyle in Halifax this weekend, it got me to thinking about the time he played in our Hot Country Hangout! It was on October 23rd, 2017 when Alan, of Great Big Sea fame, and his duo partner C...

Cole Harbour is busy now hosting the 41st annual Joe Lamontagne March Break hockey tournament at Cole Harbour Place. Many local NHL players have played in "The Joe" including Sidney Crosby, Nathan Mac...

Last night we took in a taping of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" in downtown Halifax. Their studio is next to the Lighthouse Arts Centre, the former World Trade and Convention Centre, at 1800 Argyle Stree...

HRM Police Officer Phil Power who was off-duty last week, ended up saving a seniors life. Phil was at the Mic Mac Bar and Grill in Dartmouth having supper when he was alerted that a lady was choking. ...

Get your green on for the Halifax St. Patrick's Day Parade that'll take place this Sunday, March 10th. This year's route will begin at Pier 20 at 1 p.m. and head down towards Lower Water Street, throu...

"We Are the World" the charity song originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa was heard on radios for the very first time 39 years ago today in 1985. I recall being an announcer on AM 1270 ...

We lost Ronnie King bassist of the iconic Canadian band The Stampeders on Monday. The group announced it Tuesday on their Facebook page. He, Rich Dodson and Kim Berly provided the soundtrack to the 70...

To celebrate "International Women's Day" this Friday, we'll be playing all female artists all day long here on Hot Country 1035. So to go with that we have a list empowering song anthems from the stro...

It was "Country Night at The Nest" back on Friday night with the Halifax Thunderbirds. The T-Birds players came dressed for the occasion! At 5pm, as I was entering the player and staff entrance on Car...

This is one of the perks of working in the penalty box area as the Halifax Mooseheads Public Address Announcer. Back on Wednesday night during the Mooseheads 2-1 win over Cape Breton, we made a young ...