From the first time I appeared on television as a 12-year old giving my expert insight into the new rock phenomenon known as KISS (obsession I would never outgrow), I knew that the media and I would be intertwined for years to come. Over the next few years, I would lend my voice to a rock radio station in Toronto for sound bytes and vocal sound effects, but it wasn't until I moved to Vancouver that I established myself as a fixture in the media.

I moved to the West Coast in 1993 to expand my career as an intuitive. To capture a greater audience, I needed greater exposure and chose the radio as my vehicle. At that point, I would go on any radio station that would have me. I felt lucky when after charging a small fee, a university radio station was willing to grant me a plum spot on Thursday nights. Three weeks after I began, the powers that be not so politely told me I'd never make it on radio and to please close the door behind me and never come back.

As fate would have it, less than three months later, I landed a regular segment on the drive-home show on the then number one rated network in the province - CFOX 99.3 FM radio. The gig would last for four years from 1994 to 1999, land me another radio show for two years and even bring me back to television, where I would appear by-weekly for two years.

CFOX years (1994-1998, 2007)

My big break came when I met a fellow named Bill Courage, who was broadcasting live outside BC Stadium, where the Rolling Stones were about to perform their first of a two-night stand on their Voodoo Lounge tour in Vancouver, BC. I asked Bill if he'd received my promo package I had sent him three days prior. I honestly don't remember what his reply was in regards to the package, but I do remember hearing, "You are on in two minutes." After stumbling my way through the segment, I heard Bill ask the producer what he thought of the new guy. The producer expressed the desire to hear more emotion from the psychic, but other than that I sounded fine. Three weeks later, Bill invited me into his studio, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Working alongside Bill - whom I still regard as one of the finest and most professional people in broadcasting, I would introduce various topics for discussion and take calls from the listeners, often giving intuitive readings on the air. At the beginning, he didn't know what to call me. My first name is Lorne, and my middle name is Joseph. At that time, I hadn't yet made the transition to calling myself Joseph instead of Lorne as I do now. Bill came up with the idea of throwing a T in the name just to catch people's attention. No one knew at the time that the T in "Lorne T" simply stood for the word "the". That's how I acquired the moniker Lorne T Psychic, a name and character that people seemed to enjoy.

To get an idea of what the show sounded like, imagine this: a song finishes playing, Bill introduces me and I lead an on-air discussion. At the end of the segment, Bill says (with his very recognizable announcer voice), "And we'll be right back with some AC/DC, Metallica, KISS and a quick meditation, right after this". It was bizarre, yet it worked because it it was different. Our ratings were always number one in our time slot. Like all good things, however, at the end of 1999 my stint on the show finally came to an end.

It would take another eight years before Lorne T Psychic returned to CFOX for a guest appearance on Jeff O'Neal's morning show in October of 2007.

I am grateful to everyone who remembers and who was touched by Lorne the Psychic. The memories and events that occurred in my life as a result of these experiences were extraordinary.

If you would like to listen to Lorne T Psychic, you can access the radio clips in the MP3 format through the Radio Clips link. I hope you enjoy this collection, and if you were a listener of the station at the time, also relive some of the classic days of Rock radio in Vancouver.

TV show (1997 & 1998)

Two years into the show on CFOX, I was invited to perform a similar role for a local television station. For those who remember, the show, which is now called Urban Rush on Shaw Cable, was then called Day Time on Rogers Cable. I was the only intuitive in the Province of British Columbia with both a bi-weekly television show and a weekly radio program running concurrently.

MOJO Radio (2003-2004)

After a four-year hiatus, full of fresh ideas and new direction, I was invited back to Bill Courage's (who is now involved in launching the new artist-driven Shore 104.1 FM radio station) morning show, this time on MOJO 730 AM Talk Radio for Guys. My experiences on the new station were fantastic. Being on MOJO gave me more uninterrupted air time, allowed me to incorporate my recently acquired counselling skills into my intuitive readings and supported me in my quest to reach larger audiences with spiritual, motivational and inspirational speaking.

Sadly, after 1.5 years, the station changed its format to an all sports network. And although I may have been able to pull off a spot as a sports prognosticator, Lorne T Psychic had clearly very little to offer to the sports enthusiasts.

Since then, I've gone through a number of profound changes both personally and professionally, grounding myself in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. Today, I am looking forward to seeing how my relationship with media will manifest when I return.