Tag: Sign Offs

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

Sign Offs

Benoit Pariseau, 87, on July 25. Pariseau, who defined himself as a Franco public radio influencer in Alberta over his 35-year career, initially went...

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Peter Ray (Rakobowchuk), 71, on Aug. 2, of cancer. After attending Loyola College, Ray started his radio career in 1970 working at commercial stations...

Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Scott Metcalfe, Rogers’ National Format Director of News and the longtime news director at Toronto’s 680 News (CFTR-AM), has announced he’ll retire early...

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Brett Dakin, 46, on July 17. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Guelph, Dakin went back to school in...

Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Corus Entertainment initiated restructuring last week with layoffs hitting the Global News network digital desk hard as part of a move away from...

Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Nirmala Naidoo, former CBC and Global Calgary anchor, and New Brunswick lawyer Ellen C. Desmond have been named to the two vacant commissioner...

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Don Jackson, on July 12 of cancer. Jackson was a longtime broadcaster and host of syndicated evening radio show "Lovers and Other Strangers" which...

Former CAB president Michael McCabe passes away at age 82

Submitted by Howard Christensen, Publisher Emeritus, Broadcast Dialogue Michael McCabe, a powerful voice for the industry during his tenure as president and CEO of Canadian...

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Ray Orchard, 89, on June 19. Orchard’s radio career began at CJVI Victoria in the 1940s, while he was still a teenager. Orchard moved...

Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Harvard Broadcasting has eliminated its General Manager positions across the chain as it looks to minimize the revenue impacts of COVID-19. The layoffs...