Tag: Sign Offs

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

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Buck Martinez, 73, is stepping away from the Toronto Blue Jays broadcast booth as he prepares to undergo cancer treatment. The Blue Jays...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Marina Glogovac has been appointed CEO and President of the Toronto Star, effective June 1. She succeeds Lorenzo DeMarchi, who has been serving...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Steve Pratt and Chris Boyce have announced their respective departures from Pacific Content, the Rogers Sports & Media-owned branded podcast studio they co-founded....

Sign Offs

Stuart Robertson, 74, on March 27. Robertson was called to the Ontario bar in 1974, starting his career with CBC’s legal department and eventually...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Adrian Harewood is leaving CBC Ottawa as of July 1 to focus on his work with Carleton School of Journalism. Harewood has been...

Sign Offs

Lawrence Dane, 84, on March 21, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Growing up in Ottawa, Dane initially took acting lessons to overcome...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: JR Country (CJJR-FM) Vancouver morning show duo Clay & Karen have officially announced their retirement from the station, with their last day on-air...

Sign Offs

Darce Fardy, 89, on March 12. Following a failed attempt to join the Order of the Irish Christian Brothers, Fardy landed a job at CBC...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Corus Entertainment has restructured its radio division to reinforce the distinction between the company’s radio news teams and opinion-based talk programming. The internal...

Sign Offs

Don Johnston, 91, on Feb. 27. Growing up in Hamilton, a summer stint as a copy boy at the Hamilton Spectator sparked Johnston’s career...