Geoff Stirling (born St. John's, 1921) is the owner of a number of radio and television stations (including CJON-TV St. John's) and a weekly newsmagazine in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In some circles, Stirling is regarded as an eccentric for the way in which he has used his media outlets to promote a variety of personal interests such as eastern mysticism and intestinal health. For example, he devoted many hours of, often unscheduled, broadcast time to conversations with gurus such as Ram Dass and Swami Shyam and to a variety of esoteric subjects ranging from pyramids to unidentified flying objects. When he watched his own television station he would sometimes phone the studio to order that a favorite tape immediately preempt the current broadcast or that the technician apply a particular effect to the screen. The Canadian city of St. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... CJON is a privately-owned television station in Canada. ... Motto: Quaerite Primum Regnum Dei (Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital St. ... A guru (गुरू Sanskrit) is a teacher in Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. ... Ram Dass at the Hanuman Temple in Taos, New Mexico, September 2004 Dr. Richard Alpert (born April 6, 1931), later known as Baba Ram Dass, was a professor of psychology at Harvard University who became well known for his controversial research program which studied the effects of LSD. He later... Born Shyam Srivasta in Kanpur, India, Swami Shyam is the author of numerous books and pamphlets on meditation and Vedant (or Vedanta) philosophy. ... This is about the polyhedron. ... A UFO -- fact or fiction? A UFO or unidentified flying object in the original, literal sense is any airborne object or optical phenomenon, detected visually or by radar, whose nature is not readily known. ...

He appeared in the 1974 documentary film Waiting for Fidel about a trip he made to Cuba along with former Newfoundland premier Joey Smallwood and director Michael Rubbo. Joey Smallwood (center) Joseph Roberts Joey Smallwood CC (December 24, 1900 - December 18, 1991) was the last Father of Confederation in Canada, bringing Newfoundland into Confederation in 1949. ...

In 2001, Stirling was inducted into the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame. He currently splits his time between St. John's and Wickenburg, Arizona. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Wickenburg is a town located in Maricopa County, Arizona. ...

External links

• Waiting for Fidel (IMDB)
• Biography from the History of Canadian Broadcasting site