- He was an on-air personality at CKGB in Timmins, Ontario, Canada back when it was at 680 on the AM dial. He left to take his first English speaking feature film acting role in Scanners (1981).
- Hagopian was at CFOX in the late '60s and early '70s and later moved to CJFM where he did the "Solid Gold Show," and later to CKGB, before the start of his on screen career around 1980.
- Before his days as the legendary "Dean of Montreal" on radio station 1470 CFOX, Hagopian was the lead singer for The Staccatos in 1963 and 1964. Hagopian left the group before "Half Past Midnight" was released in 1966, but it's likely he played it on his radio shows a few times in his career. The Staccatos went on to international fame and fortune as the "Five Man Electrical Band".
- After about 10 years into his acting career, in August 1990, he resumed his radio career, as an on-air personality, returning to CJFM in Montreal, while also continuing his acting career to present (as of 2020).
- Hagopian produced the first album made by the music group The Rabble.
- Hagopian is from an Armenian family, who'd emigrated from somewhere in Europe to Canada before he was born.
- For a time in the 1960s, he also worked at CIWW in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada when it was known as CKOY.
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