Tag: Sign Offs

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

Sign Offs

Brad McNally, Nov. 6, after a five-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer. Born in Canada, but also raised in Australia and the UK, McNally started...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Bob Irving has announced his retirement after 52 years in broadcasting, 48 of those with Winnipeg’s 680 CJOB. The veteran sportscaster will conclude...

International DJ and programmer Brad McNally succumbs to brain cancer

Former CFNY personality Brad McNally, who had a four-decade career in radio spanning three continents, passed away Saturday after a five-and-a-half-year battle with brain...

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Dave Kotyk, on Oct. 31 after a brief illness. A cameraman for nearly four decades in the Toronto market, Kotyk worked with CBC News...

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  REVOLVING DOOR: Tara Woodbury has joined Netflix as the streamer’s inaugural Canadian content executive. Woodbury, who joins Netflix Canada as Manager, Canada Series, formerly oversaw...

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REVOLVING DOOR: John A. MacDonald has assumed the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rogers Communications Inc. (RCI) as Edward Rogers claims...

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Peter Silverman, 90, on Oct. 7. Silverman started his television journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for Global Television in the network's early...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Tina-Marie Tatto has announced she is retiring from the CBC. Tatto has been Director of Regulatory Affairs for the past eight years and...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Maureen Holloway has left CHFI-FM Toronto after five years with the station’s morning show as Rogers Sports & Media gets set to introduce...

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Ed Mason, 75, on Sept. 28. Mason started in radio as a host at "Club 590" CFAR Flin Flon, MB in 1963. He quickly...