The City of Windsor, Ontario has announced plans to debut the anticipated statue of Rosalie Trombley this Sunday, as part of a day of celebration centeredd around the former Big 8 CKLW music director.
According to Windsor CTV News, the statue at the corner of Riverside Drive East and McDougall Street when it’s unveiled at 10:30 a.m. on September 17 - the day before Trombley would’ve turned 84.
Also on the 17th is the annual Open Streets Windsor event to take over the core – this year dubbed “The Big 8 Kilometer Edition” for a bit of theming around Trombley. Also that day, the Capitol Theatre will screen the documentary “Radio Revolution: The Rise and Fall of the Big 8.”“Mom would be humbled by all this,” said Tim Trombley, Rosalie’s son. “But this is a way of the City of Windsor, St. Clair College, and Bell Media to really immortalize her.”
Rosalie Trombley, known affectionately as ‘The Girl with the Golden Ear’, picked the tunes at The Big 8 from the late 60s through to the 80s.
She garnered a reputation for being able to pick a hit song and has been credited with helping many major musical acts take their careers to the next level.
“I often think about … how hard she must have worked. How respected she must have been to get where she did,” said Lisa Williams, co-host of The Morning Drive with Mike and Lisa on AM800 CKLW. “She no doubt paved the way and opened many doors for women in radio, so thank you, Rosalie.”
Rosalie Trombley died in November of 2021 at the age of 82.
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