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Former Global BC, CHEK-TV exec Roy Gardner has passed away

Roy Gardner, a longtime executive at both Global BC and CHEK-TV in Victoria, has passed away. Gardner died last Saturday at the age of 83. Raised...
Doug Thorne

Doug Thorne, longtime CHUM newsman turned Kingston radio host, passes away at 74

Doug Thorne, 74, unexpectedly on July 3. Thorne was hired right out of Ryerson University by Dick Smyth at CHUM in 1973.  After working...
Tommy Hunter

‘Canada’s Country Gentleman’ Tommy Hunter passes away at 89

Tommy Hunter, the host of the long-running "The Tommy Hunter Show" on CBC for nearly 30 years, has passed away at the age of...
Michael Zaplitny

Michael Zaplitny (aka Mike Douglas), veteran Saskatchewan radio broadcaster, dies at 72

Michael Zaplitny (aka Mike Douglas), on June 28, in Swift Current, SK, after a battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Born in Dauphin, MB, Zaplitny...

Radio veteran Tom Jeffries has passed away

Radio veteran Tom Jeffries - who spent time on-air in Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto and Halifax over a more than four-decade career - has passed...
David Cayley

David Cayley, Longtime CBC Radio Ideas Producer, Dies at 81; Roxanne Taylor Also Passes

Roxanne Taylor, 66, on June 12, of ALS. A veteran of both TV and radio, Taylor is best known for her time at Winnipeg’s...

Larry Delaney, Country Music News Founder, Dies at 83

Corey Ash-Elliott, 79, on June 5, following a battle with cancer. Born in Edam, SK and raised in Olds, AB, Ash-Elliott moved to Calgary...

Drew Suriano, Z103.5 Assistant Program Director, Dies at 43

Drew Suriano, 43, suddenly on June 6. Suriano spent his entire career at Evanov Communications’ Z103.5 (CIDC-FM) Toronto. He started out as an intern...

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TV & Digital Account Executive Kamloops, British Columbia Pattison Media is seeking a motivated, results-driven TV & Digital Account Executive to join our Kamloops sales team....

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