Education
This was followed by occasional stints for Marc at CJRC Ottawa and CKCH Hull, while he studied at the University of Ottawa.
This was followed by occasional stints for Marc at CJRC Ottawa and CKCH Hull, while he studied at the University of Ottawa.
Marc is known by his radio nickname Mais Oui, for his English-French switch-hitting Top 40 radio DJ style on Montreal English-language radio station CKGM, from 1974 to 1980. Radio In 1968 Marc and his friends started college radio by the name of CBRV at Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Québec. Marc derived inspiration from radio disc jockey Roger Scott whose style influenced him.
Marc got his major break on Montreal English radio station CKGM in 1974.
The trio is known as Louisiana Connection Française and will appear on-air as a back-to-back unit until the departure of Carpentier in February 1977. After the trio broke up in 1977, Marc continued hosting evening shows on CKGM going by the name of Marc in the Dark until 1980.
Marc also appeared on other French or English-language radio stations in Montreal during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including stints at CJFM 95.9 on Prime Minister Drive, on CKAC 730 as host of Louisiana Fièvre du samedi soir, CKOI 96.9 as first producer-host of Le Décompte, at CFGL 105.7 as morningman of Les week-ends d’Hier à Aujourd’hui, on CFQR 92.5 (Q92) hosting Saturday Night Oldies (The New SNO) and as morningman on CINW 940, Montreal’s Greatest Hits of the 60s-70s-80s. Marc also hosted on-air in Toronto Ontario from 1997 to 2000, in English, on CJEZ 97.3 and, in French, on CJBC 860 in 2001 before returning and resuming his career in Montreal in 2002.
Other Works Current career Marc Denis is currently a bilingual voice-over artist and multimedia producer in the Montreal area.
He is the curator of the online radio nostalgia websites the 98 CKGM Super 70s Tribute Pages and of the 1470 CFOX Montreal Radio Archive, the latter site in memory of British radio personality Roger Scott.