Tag: Sign Offs

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

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Martin Carrier, president of MELS, Quebecor’s studio, TV and film equipment rental, post-production and VFX business, is stepping down after three years at...

Sign Offs

Geri Smith, 60, on March 2. Smith’s broadcasting career got underway in 1983 with a stint at CFTJ in Cambridge, ON as a DJ....

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Julie Roy has been appointed Executive Director of Telefilm Canada for a five-year term, effective April 3. Roy has nearly 30 years of...

Sign Offs

Dan LeFurgey Plouffe, 70, on Feb. 27. Plouffe began his career in the mid-1960s as an on-air production operator at CKWS Radio in Kingston....

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Julie Adam has joined Universal Music Canada (UMC) as its new Executive Vice President & General Manager. The former Rogers Sports & Media...

Sign Offs

Don McGowan, 85, on Feb. 27, following a brief illness. McGowan’s foray into broadcasting started in 1957, at the age of 19, as an...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Michele Austin has joined Bell as Vice President, Public Affairs. Austin, Twitter’s former Director of Public Policy for Canada and the U.S., was...

Stingray Charlottetown mourns passing of longtime broadcaster Kerri Wynne Macleod

Stingray Charlottetown is mourning the passing of longtime Ocean 100 (CHTN-FM) morning show co-host Kerri Wynne MacLeod on Sunday, following an ongoing illness. She...

Sign Offs

Robert Torpey, 85, on Jan. 20 at Scarborough Health Network. After graduating with a degree in electrical engineering from Laval University, Torpey started his...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: A message from new host of Power & Politics @DavidWCochrane on how he sees his role as host on an "important show at...