Tag: Sign Offs

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

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REVOLVING DOOR: Brittnee Blair and Jedson Tavernier are ET Canada’s newest reporters. The former Big Brother Canada houseguests (Season 3 and 9, respectively) join the...

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Henry Pike, 93, on Oct. 19. Pike was the oldest volunteer at VOWR 800 AM St. John’s, NL, gracing the Wesley United Church community...

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REVOLVING DOOR: David Suzuki has announced he’ll retire from CBC’s The Nature of Things next spring after 43 years as host of the longest-running television...

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Jeff Barnaby, 46, after a year-long battle with cancer. Born and raised on the Listuguj Reserve in Quebec, Barnaby studied film at both Dawson...

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REVOLVING DOOR: First Peoples Radio, the not-for-profit operating 95.7 ELMNT FM (CFPO-FM) Ottawa and 106.5 ELMNT FM (CFPT-FM) Toronto, has made layoffs citing significant challenges...

Acclaimed filmmaker Jeff Barnaby succumbs to cancer

Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Jeff Barnaby has died after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 46. Born and raised on the Listuguj Reserve in Quebec,...

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André Chagnon, 94, on Oct. 8. Chagnon was born in Montréal in 1928. The son of an electrician, he took up the family trade,...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Melissa Ridgen is joining Global News in the newly-created role of Network Managing Editor, starting Oct. 24. Arriving from APTN where she’s been...

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Mike Oldfield, 83, on Sept. 17, of lymphoma. Born in London, England, Oldfield grew up in North Bay, ON, starting his broadcast career at...

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Introducing our 2022 Canadian Radio Awards jury ChiChi Liu started her career in radio in Taiwan as a program producer and marketing manager with International Community Radio...