Tag: Sign Offs

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

Sign Offs

Charlotte Bell, on Dec. 12, after a battle with cancer. Bell started her broadcasting career with the CRTC in 1987, holding a variety of...

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It’s a wrap for the inaugural Broadcast Dialogue 2020 Canadian Radio Awards! Thirteen categories. 39 awards. 350+ submissions, which exceeded our expectation in quality and...

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Jack Kellum, 77, on Dec. 4. Kellum developed as a singer-songwriter early and after playing the Northern Ontario and Toronto bar circuit and graduating...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Mike Omelus has joined APTN as Executive Director of Content and Strategy. In the newly-created position, he'll oversee the network programming, scheduling and...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Sportsnet has parted ways with Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play announcer Mike Wilner. Wilner had worked with Rogers Sports & Media since 1995, starting...

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Patricia Pleszczynska, 67, on Nov. 27 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Pleszczynska joined CBC in 1984 as a researcher, going on to...

Sign Offs

David Hemblen, 79, on Nov. 16. Born in England, Hemblen grew up in Toronto and was recruited for a season at the Royal Alexandra...

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REVOLVING DOOR: Rogers Sports & Media has extended the reach of the Roz & Mocha Show to more markets in the wake of last week’s...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Rogers Sports & Media has made staff cuts at its radio and television properties, that include the cancellation of Breakfast Television in Calgary...

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Lito Taruc, 62, on Nov. 17, following a heart attack. Taruc was the longtime co-anchor of “Good Morning Philippines” on Evanov Radio Group’s CKJS...