Baba Singh (Dilbagh Singh Bhangoo), on May 14. Singh’s first foray into radio came in the 1990s on Edmonton community station, CJSR. He eventually joined CKUA as a weekend operator, which led to announcing, and ultimately hosting the long-running weekday show, Mid-Morning Mojo. Singh announced his retirement in fall 2024. Prior to that, he previously took a step back from the station to one day a week in 2021, heard Friday mornings from 9 a.m. – noon.
Jerry Appleton, 84, on Dec. 22. Appleton worked in the Canadian broadcast industry for over 40 years as a studio technician, writer, director, producer and executive. He started his career in the early 1970s at CHCH-TV Hamilton as a studio director involved in shows including Don Messer’s Jubilee, Party Game, and The Hilarious House of Frightenstein. In the late 1970s, he joined the founding team that launched the Global Television Network. He went on to take on the role of Executive Producer of a number of television projects on behalf of Global, including SCTV; several TV movies; and over 20 Variety Club Telethons. In 1988, Appleton launched Venture Entertainment Group, focused on developing, producing and distributing Canadian-made television programs, which developed a strong association with Selkirk Communications. He went on to serve of VP of Broadcast Operations at Rogers Communications in 1995, assigned to The Shopping Channel (TSC), tasked with creating a new live-motion broadcast that up until then the CRTC had restricted to a slide-show format. He retired from TSC in 2006 at the age of 65. A celebration of life will take place June 6 in Kingston.
