Originally published in the June 6, 2024 edition of Broadcast Dialogue’s Weekly Briefing
Brett Adnum has been named the new President of Golden West Broadcasting. Adnum has held the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) since 2022 following the departure of former President & COO Carter Friesen earlier that year. Since that time, longtime CEO Elmer Hildebrand has also been serving as company president. Read more here.
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“Jeannie Lee, CBC News, Toronto”
🧵How it started; how it’s gone so far pic.twitter.com/KuCrAwsSSe
— JeannieLee@CBC (@JeannieLee88) May 30, 2024
Jeannie Lee has announced her retirement from CBC News after more than 27 years covering business and the markets for both radio and television. Lee was already working full-time as a researcher and reporter for CFCF TV (CTV Montreal) by the time she graduated from the Broadcast Journalism program at Concordia University. She eventually joined CBC Toronto, helping launch the new “5:30 Live” news program and contributing as reporter, producer and back-up host. That was followed by a move to the business beat on Newsworld and by 1997 she’d been named co-host of new program “Working Day” and “After the Bell” featuring news companies would announce just after the markets closed. She also served as host of “The Money Show.”
Daniele Hamamdjian is joining the NBC News London bureau as a freelance correspondent. Hamamdjian was formerly CTV’s UK correspondent, up until getting caught up in layoffs at Bell Media in June 2023.
Jack Morse has joined CityNews Vancouver as a videojournalist. Morse has held a similar role with CTV in Charlottetown for the past two years and prior to that was an anchor and reporter with Acadia Broadcasting’s stations in Nova Scotia.
Kelly Peter has joined Jeff Kelly and Backstage Ben on the Virgin Radio 97.5 (CIQM-FM) London and Virgin Radio 105.3 (CFCA-FM) Kitchener morning show. Jeff, KP & Backstage Ben is airing weekday mornings from 5:30 – 10 a.m. ET. Peter is familiar to audiences in London and Kitchener-Waterloo as the former host of Virgin Radio 97.5 afternoons. After beginning her career with the station in 2008, she has since hosted a variety of shows on both Virgin Radio and Pure Country 93 (CJBX-FM) London. Jeff Kelly and Backstage Ben have been co-hosts on Virgin Radio mornings since 2016 in London and 2021 in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Natasha Gargiulo will be heard on Montreal’s The Beat 92.5 (CKBE-FM) this summer supplying vacation relief in various dayparts. The former ET Canada host and reporter has more recently been hosting Cineplex’s “Hello Movies” podcast, among other projects.
Mitch Bunda has left Corus Radio Vancouver where he’s served as the Chief Broadcast Engineer for the last five years. Bunda joins B.C. public broadcaster Knowledge Network as Director of Broadcast and Information Technology.
Erika Kennair has been appointed Head of Scripted Content and Pam Healey as Head of Unscripted Content, reporting to Studio Head Juan (JC) Acosta, as Mediapro establishes its Los Angeles-based leadership team for Mediapro Studio U.S. / Canada. Acosta has now set his North American leadership team with Kennair and Healey, together with new hires Ari Tan as Head of Strategy and Operations and Robert Haiat as Head of Commercial in LA. Additionally, Leslie Cohen, Head of Global Acquisitions, and Juan Pablo Santos, SVP Content and Business Development, both based in New York, join the new leadership team.
