Tag: Sign Offs

All things Sign Offs from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Sign Offs

Lee Major (Ivan Lemesurier), 85, on July 11. Major began his more than five-decade career in Yellowknife with CBC Radio in 1957. Early in...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Pascale St-Onge has been appointed the new Minister of Canadian Heritage as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an anticipated cabinet shuffle Wednesday morning....

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Bill Lawrence, 91, on July 14, following a heart attack. After graduating from Ryerson University in 1954, Lawrence started his broadcasting career at CHCH-TV...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Brad Phillips is set to retire from his role as Senior Vice President, Corus Audio in early August. Phillips has been with Corus...

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Dan Carson, 60, on June 27. Heard on Calgary's Country 105 (CKRY-FM) for three decades, Carson was part of the station's "Odd Squad" morning...

Sex educator and broadcaster Sue Johanson has passed away at 93

Sue Johanson, the groundbreaking Canadian sex educator, broadcaster, and therapist, has passed away at age 93. Johanson, a registered nurse, established and ran a first-of-its-kind...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Kathleen Meek, Manager, Original Content, Drama & Factual, responsible for original scripted and factual series for Global, History Canada, Showcase and W Network,...

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Russ McCloud. McCloud’s radio career began at CKPG Prince George and CKOV Kelowna in the early 1970s. He joined CFUN Vancouver in 1976, before...

Sign Offs

Doug Caldwell, on June 12. Following his graduation from the Radio Television Program at NSCC Kingstec, Caldwell got his start in broadcasting with Annapolis...

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REVOLVING DOOR: CTV National News Executive Producer Rosa Hwang has departed the network as Bell moves to lay off 1,300 staff, amounting to six per...