Tag: Sign Offs

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

The Weekly Briefing

  REVOLVING DOOR: Tony Staffieri, Chief Financial Officer of Rogers Communciations, has left Rogers effective Sept. 29. No reason has been given for his departure. Staffieri...

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Allan Slaight, 90, on Sept. 19. Born in Galt, ON, Slaight was the son of a newspaperman who moved the family to Moose Jaw,...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Jim Hughson is retiring from sports broadcasting after 42 years. Hughson, 64, began his hockey broadcast career in 1979, calling South Peace Hockey...

Media mogul Allan Slaight passes at age 90

Media mogul and philanthropist Allan Slaight, the former CEO of Standard Broadcasting and a past president of Global Television and Slaight Communications, has died....

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Norm Macdonald, 61, on Sept. 14, after a private battle with cancer. Born and raised in Quebec City, Macdonald got his start in comedy...

The Weekly Briefing

The 2021 edition of the Broadcast Dialogue Canadian Radio Awards, presented by HD Radio, are now OPEN for submissions! When we founded our inaugural awards program last...

Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald dies at 61

Canadian comedian and former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" host Norm Macdonald has died. The 61-year old had been quietly battling cancer for the...

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Bruce Cowie, 83, on Sept. 7 in Kelowna. Cowie’s broadcasting career began in 1953, at age 15, with CKOM Saskatoon. After three years, he...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: CBC Music has unveiled a chorus of new voices that will helm its classical programming, following the retirement of longtime host and opera...

Former CTV, Harvard Broadcasting VP Bruce Cowie dies at 83

Bruce Cowie, the former Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of CTV and former Vice-President of Harvard Broadcasting, passed away Tuesday in Kelowna. He...