Tag: Sign Offs

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

Sign Offs

Saul Jacobson, 70, on May 26. Originally from Canora, SK, Jacobson started working in radio as a teen while still in high school. He...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Brett Adnum has been named the new President of Golden West Broadcasting. Adnum has held the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) since...

Sign Offs

Bob Mackowycz, Sr., on May 29. Mackowycz is arguably best known for his time at Toronto’s Q107 (CILQ-FM), which he joined in its first...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Stewart Johnston is moving into the role of SVP, Content and Sales at Bell Media as part of an executive shakeup that sees...

Legendary personality and programmer Bob Mackowycz, Sr. has died

Legendary broadcaster and radio programmer Bob Mackowycz, Sr. passed away Wednesday morning. He was 75. Mackowycz is arguably best known for his time at Toronto’s...

Sign Offs

Philip Tompkins, 61, on May 18. Tompkins joined Kingston’s CKWS-TV (now Global) right out of Loyalist College in 1983. He went on to a...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Brian DePoe has joined JAZZ.FM91 (CJRT-FM) Toronto as its new Program Director, among other changes at the not-for-profit station. DePoe was most recently...

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Peggy MacDonald, 69, on May 12. MacDonald’s media career spanned 50 years, starting as a reporter with the Cape Breton Highlander newspaper in the...

Longtime TSN Sportscentre host Darren Dutchyshen dead at 57

Longtime TSN Sportscentre host Darren Dutchyshen has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 57. Dutchyshen first announced his cancer diagnosis in September...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Claire Anderson has been reappointed CRTC commissioner for British Columbia and Yukon for a second five-year term. The official order in council says...