Tag: Sign Offs

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

Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Leon Hildebrandt has announced his retirement as Executive Vice President of Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS) after 40 years with the company. Hildebrandt started...

Sign Offs

Joyce Davidson Susskind, 89, on May 7, at Meighen Manor in Toronto, as a result of complications from COVID-19. Originally from Saskatoon, Davidson grew...

Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Bob Weiers, the Executive Producer of Elections and Live Events for CBC News, is retiring. Following writing and lineup editor stints at Global...

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Russ Peake, 80, on Apr. 27 after a lengthy battle with cancer. Peake was in broadcasting for nearly five decades, starting in radio in...

Sign-Offs

Brian Langston, Apr. 17 of ALS. Langston started his career as an announcer, working at stations in Red Deer, Vancouver and Quesnel, before landing...

Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Amanda Kline has been named the new weekend anchor for CTV Montreal, following the departure of Annie DeMelt in January to join the...

Sign-Offs

Barry Allen Rasmussen, 74, on Apr. 4. Born and raised in Edmonton, Barry Allen (as he was known professionally) started his music career when...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Isabelle Picard, a Huron-Wendat ethnologist and First Nations expert, has been appointed Senior Specialist in Indigenous Affairs on Radio-Canada’s Community Inclusion team. ‌Picard‌...

Sign-Offs

Shirley Douglas, 86, on Apr. 5, due to complications from pneumonia. Born in Weyburn, SK in 1934, to Irma May and Tommy, who would...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Reshmi Nair, Heather Butts, Lindsay Hamilton and Kayla Grey have been named as the new hosts behind Bell Media’s ‘Daily Essentials’ content for...