He's a friend to many and a colleague to us here at AM 1140 and Sun Country radio, and over the weekend we took the time to honour Don McCracken for his long years of service both to his audience and to High River and the Foothills.

Don was recognized by Golden West Radio for his 30 years of service, as well as picking up an award from the Western Association of Broadcasters for 25 years in the media.

McCracken, who likes to downplay his contributions, says the awards do mean a lot.

"Yeah it does. I like to think it means I've made some kind of difference in the community and that we've tried to help the community here at the radio station as much as we can. And I think we've done a really good job of that over the years."

McCracken, says he's seen lot's of changes in High River and the surrounding area over the years, and has no plans to go anywhere anytime soon.