Originally published in the Jan. 8, 2026 edition of Broadcast Dialogue’s Weekly Briefing
Pary Bell is joining TVO Media Education Group as CEO, starting Jan. 12. Bell was most recently CEO of The Podcast Exchange (TPX). He’s best known for his eight-year run with Rogers Sports & Media where he ended his tenure in 2017 as Vice President & General Manager of Rogers Media, Sportsnet & NHL. He’s also held roles with Torstar, Canwest, Alliance Atlantis and CBC. Bell succeeds Jeffrey Orridge who stepped away from TVO in August. Read more here.
Peter Angione has departed Bell Media Ottawa to take up the role of Director, Broadcast Content Creation at CP24/CTV News Toronto. Angione had been the Director of News and Information Programming for CTV Ottawa and 580 CFRA for 11 years and News Director on the TV side for 22, starting in 2004.
Katie O’Connor has been appointed Chief Revenue Officer and Director of Sales, Metro Markets at Pattison Media as Mike Jean, current Director of Sales, Metro Markets, gets set to retire in April. Jean joined the organization in 2001 as an Account Executive in Victoria, promoted to Retail Sales Manager for Victoria and later Director of Metro Sales. O’Connor has been with Pattison since 2010, most recently holding the role of Director of Sales, Non-Metro Markets.
Ronnie Stanton returns to his on-air roots, starting Jan. 12, joining Melanie Martin on the Z103.5 (CIDC-FM) Toronto morning show. Stanton joined Evanov Communications last fall as Senior Brand Manager for the company’s GTA stations Z103.5 and Lite 92.1 (CKPC-FM). Moving forward, he’ll now be part of refreshed morning show, The Z Morning Zoo with Mel and Ronnie, airing weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Read more here.
Hannah Witherbee and Jonny Parks have made the move from 93.9 Virgin Radio (CIDR-FM) Windsor to Bell Media sister station 89X (CIMX-FM). Parks began helming The Morning X with Hannah & Jonny on Jan. 6, while Witherbee will join as co-host in September, following her return from maternity leave. The duo had formerly been heard on 93.9 Virgin Radio since May 2021, where Kim Scott and Lexie Farrer, will takeover mornings starting Jan. 19. Read more here.
Peter Kash has left Virgin Radio (CFMG-FM) Edmonton to move back to Toronto to be closer to family. Kash had been heard in mornings on the station since early 2024, alongside Jenna Winterburn. He’s best known for his run co-hosting the morning show on Toronto’s former Flow 93.5 (CFXJ-FM).
Brian Hinz has retired from Blackburn Media as of Dec. 31. Hinz retires after nearly 50 years in the broadcast industry, starting in 1976 at CFCO Chatham. Following college, he started working full-time in Toronto for 590 CKEY and subsequently served as Senior Network Engineer for CKO/NewsRadio. He moved to Sarnia in 1989 and concluded his career at Blackburn Media as Senior Engineering Manager, a position he held for the past 36 years. He was awarded the CAB Gold Ribbon Engineering Achievement Award in 1994 and the CCBE Engineering Excellence Award in 2022.
Jay Westman has joined MBC (My Broadcasting Corporation) in the dual role of General Manager and General Sales Manager for 99.9 myFM (CJGM-FM) Gananoque and the Thousand Islands. Westman previously had a long career with Corus Entertainment, most recently as the Manager of News & Television Operations at Global News Kingston, up until August 2024.
Sumran Bhan has been named Executive Producer for Global News Toronto. Bhan has worked with Global since 2021 as Supervising Producer. She previously held producing roles with CBC News Network, CTV News Channel, and Sun Media.
Jazan Grewal has departed 680 NewsRadio (CFTR-AM) and CityNews Toronto. Grewal had been an anchor, reporter and writer with the stations for the last five years.
Mike Lloyd is making the move from Rogers Sports & Media’s 1130 NewsRadio (CKWX-AM) Vancouver to CityNews. Lloyd, who joined 1130 in 1997, is a two-time winner of the RTDNA Dave Rogers Award for his “On the Offbeat” segment. He’ll join CityNews as a writer and editor.
Colton Praill has departed CTV National News for spark* advocacy. The former parliamentary correspondent will serve as a Public Relations Strategist. Praill had been with CTV since 2023 and with Bell Media since 2021, starting as a news writer and producer for Ottawa’s 580 CFRA.
Cam Wiebe has retired after 30 years with CTV Edmonton. A news videographer and photo supervisor, Wiebe joined CTV Edmonton in 1996 after holding similar roles at Global Edmonton and CTV Prince Albert.
Morgan Black has joined CBC Edmonton as a reporter. Black arrives from 880 CHED where she’d been a community reporter and digital journalist and producer since 2017.
Jeff Code is joining MBC’s New Country 98.9 (CKLC-FM) Kingston, bringing his long-running request show Sunday in the Country to the station, starting Jan. 11. The show will air live every Sunday from 6 a.m. to noon, featuring phone calls, music requests and on-air dedications. Code previously hosted the show on Rogers Sports & Media’s Country 93.5 (CKXC-FM) for two decades.
Lisa Blackburn is returning to radio for a limited engagement on 95.7 NewsRadio (CJNI-FM) Halifax. During the weeks of Jan. 12th and 19th, the radio veteran will helm of The Todd Veinotte Show while Veinotte is off on medical leave. Other than fill-in appearances, Blackburn’s last stint in news radio was with CBC Halifax from 2014-16. Prior to that, she co-hosted the morning show on Lite 92.9 (Now Jack FM) Halifax, with the bulk of her career spent at Q104 (CFRQ-FM) as part of the morning show for almost two decades. She stepped away from media in 2016 to serve as a Halifax Regional Councillor for eight years. She’s currently a Senior Project Manager with Atlantic Canada’s Forward Group and segment contributor to Meidas Canada.
Steve Young has started a new job as Professor, Journalism-MultiMedia at Fanshawe College. The former CTV London News Director has more recently been working in communications at London Health Sciences Centre and the London and St. Thomas Association of Realtors.
Michael Stoparcyzk has moved into a new position at Fanshawe College with the closure of the live learning lab at campus station, 106.9 The X (CIXX-FM). He’s now serving as an Enrolment Services Representative in the Office of the Registrar. He had worked in the School of Media and Digital Arts for 21 years.
Marla Boltman has stepped away from the helm of not-for-profit advocacy group, Friends of Canadian Media. Boltman took up the role as the organization’s Executive Director in early 2022. Prior to Friends, Boltman served as Senior Vice President, Business Affairs & Operations at Halfire Entertainment and served as Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs and General Counsel at the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA).
