Calgary radio personality decides to pull plug and head to the West Coast

By KELLY DOODY
Calgary Sun
Dec. 29
                                                          
"It's not about where I'm going. It's where I'm coming from." -- Charlee Morgan

You've heard her on the radio as the dashing and dynamic host of the midday show on Lite 96 for 13 years.

But, like the saying goes, all good things must come to an end.

Miss Charlee Morgan didn't just make a name for herself as the soothing daytime voice floating through 90% of the city's offices and workplaces for more than a decade.

She's also known to many as a fundraiser, an animal lover, a volunteer, a mentor and an incredible ambassador to her adopted city of Calgary.

You might remember Charlee best for leading the effort to rescue Winkie, the one-eyed, half-deaf dog brought to Calgary from Louisiana following hurricane Katrina. You might come across her photo as Miss August in the 2008 Pitbulls For Life calendar, or notice her featured in the December-January issue of Creatures All magazine.

But now, above all else, we can forever call her a Calgary radio legend. After all, there are not many voices on the radio we can say we grew up listening to and still, 13 years later, tune in to hear.

In a bold move that will make her the first female ever to have her own morning radio show in the city of Vancouver, Charlee is uprooting her life in Calgary and heading back to her rainy hometown next month.

She'll be taking up a post at Lite 96's sister station -- 104.9 Clear FM -- with a much earlier start to the day than she's used to.

Although she claims she's not a morning person, we're quite sure that sparky personality of hers will be bursting through the speakers whether it's 6 a.m. or 11 a.m.

Already the e-mails and phone calls have been flooding the Lite 96 studio, and Charlee knows it will be impossible to say goodbye to everyone personally.

If you've heard her on the air, or had the chance to meet her magnetic personality in the flesh, you understand immediately how the amazing Miss Morgan could have the enormous boatload of friends she does in this city, both personally and professionally.

"I'm not sure if I can ever say everything I want to to the people of Calgary," she told Page Six through tears.

"But it's very important that I say how proud I am to have been a Calgarian for 13 years. And even though I'm going home, in my heart it feels as if I'm leaving home."

Indeed, Calgary's loss is Vancouver's gain.

But there will always be a way to find her voice on the Internet, and if you really, really miss her, there's always the Pitbull calendar.