Tag: Sign Offs

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

Rogers Communications Vice Chair Phil Lind has died

Phil Lind, a close confidante of Rogers Communications (RCI) founder Ted Rogers and a longtime director of the company, has passed away. He was...

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Sylvia Asche Bullard, on Aug. 14, after a short battle with cancer. Asche Bullard began her broadcasting career at CJMQ Sherbrooke, Que. where she...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Larry Gifford, National Director of Talk Radio for Corus Entertainment, is among those caught up in a reorganization of the company’s audio division....

Radio veteran Doug Barron aka ‘Hal Harbour’ has passed away

Doug Barron, who entertained audiences from Toronto to Halifax over a 45-year broadcasting career, has passed away at age 71, his family has announced. Originally...

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Chris Bowen, 38, on July 31. Bowen’s interest in radio was piqued as a volunteer at University of Waterloo campus station, Radio Waterloo (CKMS-FM),...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Ronnie Stanton has been promoted to Vice-President, Audio at Corus Entertainment, leading the Corus Audio division and overseeing its 39 FM and AM...

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Patrick Monaghan on July 25. Monaghan was the host of award-winning program “Buckslide Blues Cruise” on Haliburton community radio station 100.9 Canoe FM (CKHA-FM)....

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: This is a 📻 Goodbye. Sort of. Friday marks my last @CityNewsKIT morning show. Huge Thank You, Gary Doyle, for hiring me almost...

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Lee Major (Ivan Lemesurier), 85, on July 11. Major began his more than five-decade career in Yellowknife with CBC Radio in 1957. Early in...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Pascale St-Onge has been appointed the new Minister of Canadian Heritage as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an anticipated cabinet shuffle Wednesday morning....