Tag: Sign Offs

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

Chris Connor, Shell Busey, Chris Twomey: Sign Offs

Chris Connor, 55, on Nov. 4, of multiple sclerosis. Connor’s sportscasting career included stops at Fredericton stations CFNB, CIHI-FM, CIBX-FM and CKHJ. Known for...

Henning Grumme, Dwight Ryan, Ray Heard: Sign Offs

Henning Grumme, 82, on Oct. 22. Henning spent 27 years working with Kitchener’s CKCO-TV, from 1967 to 1997, retiring as the station's Operations and Production...

Former colleagues mourn longtime CHCH-TV producer, reporter and anchor Dwight Ryan

CHCH-TV colleagues are mourning the passing of Dwight Ryan last week after a lengthy illness. Ryan passed away at the age of 77 on Oct. 21, after...

James Smith: Sign Offs

James Smith, 60, suddenly on Sept. 24, of a heart attack. Smith began his career in broadcasting as a board op at 630 CJET...

Helen Branswell, Jean-Luc Mongrain, Gord Hume: Sign Offs

Helen Branswell, 69, on Oct. 13 of cancer. Branswell, who originally hailed from Sherbrooke, Que., started freelancing for a small newspaper after graduating from...

Clary Flemming, Andrea Warner & Lisa Dutton: Sign Offs

Clarence “Clary” Flemming, 88, on Sept. 30. A Saint Mary’s University hockey star before he launched a career in broadcasting, Flemming’s first foray into...