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Originally published in the Oct. 3, 2024 edition of Broadcast Dialogue’s Weekly Briefing

Ron McKenzie

Ron McKenzie, the Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTIO) at Rogers, has announced his retirement. McKenzie had been in the CTIO role since 2022 and with Rogers since 2019, following his retirement from Shaw Communications as SVP of Business. He’ll be staying on as an advisor to the CEO until the end of the year.

Wendy Boomer

Wendy “Boomer” Bouwma has announced her departure from Rogers Sports & Media. Bouwma has been with the network for almost 12 years, most recently as National Music Curator for Rogers’ Country Network and host of “Boomer’s Canadian Club,” its national country countdown show, which just picked up a Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Award for Country Music Program of the Year. Bouwma has accepted a new role with 604 Records as Director of the label’s Country Division.

Alan Carter has joined CityNews Toronto as a Municipal Affairs reporter. Carter parted ways with Global News in August after almost 25 years with Corus Entertainment as an editor, anchor, and reporter with the network and talk radio host on 640 (CFIQ-AM) Toronto.

Jeff Spindel

Jeff Spindel has been downsized at boom 97.3 (CHBM-FM) Toronto after more than 14 years with the station. Spindel was also a coast-to-coast presence on Stingray Radio stations from coast-to-coast.

James “Gruff” Gushnowski

Gruff Gushnowski, Assistant Program Director at Edmonton’s K-97 (CIRK-FM) and 96.3 The Breeze (CKRA-FM), and PD of Rural Alberta for Stingray Radio, has been released by the company. Gushnowski had served as PD for Rural Alberta since 2019 and took on the additional APD role in 2022.

Amy Beeman

Amy Beeman is joining 1130 NewsRadio (CKWX-AM) Vancouver as midday anchor. A former longtime morning show producer and announcer with Bell Media Radio in Vancouver, Beeman has been freelancing and doing media training for the past few years. 

Mickey Djuric

Mickey Djuric has left The Canadian Press (CP) to join POLITICO as a reporter. Djuric had been with CP for the last three years, most recently as a reporter in the Ottawa bureau. Prior to that, she was a reporter and online producer with CBC and Global News in Regina.

Luc Lemoine

Luc Lemoine will retire after more than three decades with CBC on the Prairies. Lemoine’s career began at CBC-TV in Winnipeg in 1992, followed by a move a year later to take a permanent role as a radio technician in Regina. He went on to become a video editor and later supervising technician. He’ll end his broadcasting career at the end of October as the Station Technician in Charge for CBC Saskatchewan.

América Turner

América Turner has re-joined JAR Audio as a Business Development Specialist. Based in Vancouver, Turner previously served as Head of Operations for the branded content studio in 2021/22, before taking time off to focus on her young family.

Geoff White

Geoff White has been appointed Executive Director and General Counsel at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). White previously served as the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Competitive Network Operators of Canada, where he championed the interests of competitive telecom service providers. Other mandates include Director and Regulatory Counsel for the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS), External Counsel to PIAC, and Counsel and Senior Regulatory Analyst at MTS Allstream. John Lawford, will be moving into the role of Special Counsel after 21 years with PIAC. He’ll be honoured at the organization’s Annual Dinner on Nov. 28 at the National Arts Centre.

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