Tag: Sign Offs

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

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Mirko Bibic will assume leadership of Bell and BCE Inc. in January when President and Chief Executive Officer George Cope retires. Cope, 58,...

The Weekly Briefing

RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: The CRTC will hold a hearing on Sept. 5 in Gatineau to review repeated instances of non-compliance by McBride Communications-owned stations CHMZ-FM Tofino, CFPV-FM...

The Weekly Briefing

REVOLVING DOOR: Bob McCown signed off for the last time on Friday as host of Prime Time Sports on Sportsnet 590 The FAN (CJCL-AM) Toronto...

The Weekly Briefing

  RADIO/AUDIO/PODCAST: Stingray has introduced a new, live, regional morning show in the B.C. Interior that will be co-hosted by Casey Clarke. Clarke, who is known...

Sign-Offs

Sean McCann, 83, on June 13. Born in Windsor, ON, McCann studied to become a priest at St. Peter’s Seminary in London before deciding...

Sign-Offs

Nonnie Griffin, 85, on June 7 in Toronto, of an aortic aneurysm. Griffin studied voice, speech and drama at the Royal Conservatory of Music, taking...

Sign-Offs

Louis Potvin, 95, on June 2 in Squamish. Potvin left school at age 15 to follow his passion, finding a job at a local radio...

Sign-Offs

Jocelyne Blouin, 68, on May 27, of cancer. Blouin started her career as a meteorologist with the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) in 1974...

Sign-Offs

Dave Bookman, 58, on May 21, in hospital following a brain aneurysm in early April. Bookman, who spent his early years in Ottawa listening to...

Sign-Offs

Walt Buehler, on May 11 of cancer. Buehler was instrumental in his role as the sound engineer on three decades of Edmonton Oilers radio broadcasts,...