Tag: Sign Offs

All things Sign Offs from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Sign Offs

Tracey Friesen, on Jan. 6, of cancer. After graduating from Ryerson University’s Bachelor of Applied Arts, Radio & Television program in 1990, and later...

CMPA mourns BC Branch Managing VP Tracey Friesen

The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is mourning the death of Tracey Friesen, Managing Vice-President of the BC Branch for the past five years....

Broadcasters We Lost in 2024

Remembered for their contributions to the broadcast, audio & screen industries *Printed here in order of their publication in Broadcast Dialogue’s Weekly Briefing and including notices...

Sign Offs

Jim Waters, 73, on Dec. 13. The son of CHUM co-founder Allan Waters, Jim worked in radio for 35 years, culminating in a seat...

‘The Record’ and ‘FYI Music News’ founder David Farrell has died

Longtime music journalist David Farrell, the co-founder of industry publications The Record and FYI Music News, has passed away. He was 73. Billboard Canada announced...

Former CHUM head Jim Waters passes at age 73

Jim Waters, the former head of the CHUM empire, has passed away unexpectedly at age 73. Waters' Ontario Hockey League (OHL) team, the Erie Otters,...

Sign Offs

Bruce Marshall on Dec. 9. After graduating from Seneca Polytechnic in 1984, Marshall went on to a 20-year run on-air at CHUM Toronto, working...

Sign Offs

Deborah Birmingham, 61, on Nov. 19, following a battle with cancer. One of the former voices of the highly-rated OZFM Dawn Patrol on OZFM...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Bob McKeown will retire from CBC’s The Fifth Estate after 31 years as the face of the investigative program, and more than five...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Ronnie Stanton has announced he’s joined Rogers Sports & Media as National Programmer – Classic Hits and Content Director for the company’s Vancouver...