Fog Blog Broadcasting Log:

Tom Young, a radio icon in Saint John for more than 50 years, has died. He was 75.

Young was best known as the host of the long-running show Talk of the Town on CFBC as well as The Afternoon News on News 88.9 Saint John, News 91.9 Moncton, and News 95.7 Halifax.

Young was born in 1942 and grew up in the Toronto area, quitting school after Grade 10 to join the military. He started his broadcasting career in military radio in what was then West Germany.

Longtime CHSJ news director Brian McLain met young in 1978, when he was scouted to join CFBC in Saint John.