In September of 1986, a few anonymous people made a tape. It was a parody of a reservation radio station. Little did they know that  years later, this tape would have a cult following not only in Alberta Canada, but all over the world. This tape was branded Brocket 99 and it has elicited every known emotion. People were, and still are, divided about the meaning of the tape.

In 1986 “Ernie Scar” (a local DJ in Alberta) was given a tape of a radio parody. It was about gay guys running a station called “AIDS radio“. “Ernie” and a few friends decided that they wanted to apply this idea to both the local Natives and the Hutterite community in Southern Alberta. Although “Jake Radio” never became more than an idea, Brocket 99 took off like fire through hell.

“It was a joke”; says the man who was only in his twentys when the parody was made. “It was never meant to be heard by anyone outside of this circle of three or four people. But years later; You dub one and tell someone and they’ll dub one and tell someone. And he’ll dub 10 copies and tell 10 friends and on and on and on.” Brocket 99 grew a life of its own. And now, thanks to the internet, there’s worldwide interest.

Who Created the Brocket 99 Site?

Who are the people that create the Brocket 99 web site?

I get letters every once in awhile that accuse this site of promoting racism. I get many more that tell us how damn funny it is. The people that write to us are of all different races and backgrounds. And the Brocket 99 staff has the same distinction. The guy who created the cartoons for us is Asian. Some of the other writers are white. I, myself am part Native. One thing we all have in common is that we love Brocket 99.

My Native background is Cherokee or Chickacoan as far as I'm able to gather.