Tag: Sign Offs

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

Sign Offs

Bill Inkol, 92, on March 15. Inkol was hired at CJCS Stratford in 1951 and quickly ascended to the position of sports director, before...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Lyndon Friesen is retiring as President of Golden West Broadcasting after 45 years with the company. Friesen started working with Golden West in...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Bob McCown is returning to radio with The Bob McCown Show to debut on Sauga 960 AM (CKNT-AM) Monday night. McCown has been...

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Joanne Sutton, on March 7, after a battle with cancer. After graduating from the BCIT Broadcast program, Sutton’s first foray into radio was in...

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Brian Fraser, 26, on Feb. 25 after a two-year battle with leukemia. Originally from Brockville, ON, Fraser joined Ottawa’s 580 CFRA as a technical...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Jeff & Laura with Backstage Ben, the morning show team at Virgin Radio London (CIQM-FM), are now also being heard in the morning...

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Kev Cotter, 40, suddenly on Feb. 17. After finishing both an Associate of Arts degree in Communication & Media Studies and going through the...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Mike Wilner is joining the Toronto Star as a baseball columnist and host of a new podcast, less than three months after parting...

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Mike Benny, 58, on Feb. 12, of lung cancer. Benny grew up in Thompson, MB, getting his start in radio there without any formal...

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Jennifer Campbell-Palmateer, 43, on Feb. 6, after an eight-month battle with cancer. Originally from Charlottetown, P.E.I., Campbell was working at a bar in Midland,...