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Michele B - Click to enlarge Michele B - Graduate Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication Ottawa and National Institute of Broadcasting Toronto; midday host CFBT-FM Vancouver 2002-05


Dale Babcook - Assignment Editor CKWX Vancouver 1970s-early 80s; news CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1984


Randy Bachman - Click for larger photo Randy Bachman - Canadian rock legend; guitarist/songwriter/performer/producer The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive; 120 gold and platinum album and singles awards worldwide; host Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap national network from CBC radio Vancouver summer 2005; weekly appearances Sounds Like Canada national from CBC radio Vancouver summer 2005.  Website


Kevin Bader - Click to enlarge Kevin Bader - Announcer/producer CKGF Grand Forks BC 1986-90; announcer/producer CJJR-FM Vancouver 1990-93; nominated BCCMA Broadcaster of the Year 1992 & 1993; morning show announcer/production manager CKQR Castlegar 1993-95; elementary school teacher Vernon BC/freelance voice and production current.  Kevin's website


Ferdy Baglo CKNW mid 1940s - Click for alternate enlargement Ferdy Baglo - CKMO Vancouver early 1940s; first music director/host Musical Roundup CKNW New Westminster 1944-50; CKDA Victoria 1951; CKNW 1952; CKOM Saskatoon 1953-58; entered ministry and received degree in religious studies; news CJJC Langely 1970; writer for church magazines/retired in Chilliwack


Ravi Baichwal - Click for larger photo Ravi Baichwal - Researcher CBC Calgary; associate business program producer/reporter/anchor CBC Newsworld Toronto; guest host CKNW Vancouver; reporter/anchor Vancouver Television CIVT 1999-2002; anchor/correspondent CTV National News, Canada AM and CTV Newsnet and Report on Business Television Toronto 2002-06; host The Ravi Baichwal Show CFRB Toronto to 2001; reporter/weekend news anchor WLS-TV Chicago 2006-current; married to former CTV news anchor/reporter Sonja Nordahl                           


Jaeny Baik - Click to enlarge Jaeny Baik - Ryerson Journalism program Toronto 1997; associate producer As It Happens CBC Toronto 1998; arts reporter/host Shaken Not Stirred then host Living Winnipeg CBC Winnipeg circa 2000-08; host Living Vancouver CBC TV Vancouver 2008-current


Barrie Bailie - Afternoon drive CJOR Vancouver early 1960s; promotion director CFUN Vancouver late 1960s; CFGM, CHUM and CKFH Toronto; GM RightRadio Inc. 2003-11


Ed Bain - Click for larger photo Ed Bain - Fill-in weatherman CKCK-TV Regina early 1980s; morning host CJUP Langley 1985-87; morning host CKKQ-FM Victoria 1987-current; fill-in weather host CH TV Victoria current


Meera Bains - Click to enlarge Meera Bains - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate; CHNL Kamloops; researcher then news reporter Channel M Vancouver; Fraser Valley reporter CBC Vancouver 2006-current


Poonam Bains - Click to enlarge Poonam Bains - Bachelors degree in journalism and public relations Thompson Rivers University Kamloops 2006; arts and entertainment reporter Langley Advance newspaper 2007-08; host/reporter South Asian magazine program Zindagi Shaw Multicultural Channel Vancouver 2006-08; community liaison and host Omnicity and Newsbreak OMNI BC (CHNM-TV) Vancouver current


Dorwin Baird - Click for larger photo Dorwin Baird - Pioneer member/founder UBC Radio Society circa 1937 and Varsity Time CJOR Vancouver 1940s; announcer CJOR Vancouver 1940s-50s; commentator CKWX Vancouver; producer of book review feature Silent Friends.  Died in North Vancouver December 8, 1972 at age 56


Andrea Bak - Click to enlarge Andrea Bak - News CISQ-FM/CISW-FM Squamish/Whistler 2000-02; Delta Cable 2002-04; weekend traffic reporter/morning tape editor CKWX Vancouver 2003-06; owner/operator The Bachelor Plan current


Dan Baker - Click to enlarge Dan Baker - Edmonton; evenings CJJR-FM Vancouver to 2007; as Scott McLeod weekend overnights CKBD Vancouver to 2007


Renu Bakshi - Click to enlarge Renu Bakshi - Stringer YTV Vancouver 1989-94; The Shirley Show CTV Toronto 1994-95; magazine/newspaper writer 1995-96; producer BCTV Vancouver 1996-97; reporter VTV/CTV British Columbia 1997-2010; writer The Roots of Gang Warfare MacLeans Magazine 2002


Myron Balagno - Click for alternate photo Myron Balagno - Announcer CJVI Victoria 1949-50; CJOR Vancouver 1950-54; host The Man Under the Clock from Birks corner CKMO Vancouver 1954-56 & aired program changing call letters to CFUN 6 p.m. February 14, 1955; McConnell Eastman advertising 1956-60; director of advertising and PR Park and Tilford Distillers 1960-68; Vancouver manager Foster Advertising Toronto 1968-70; founder advertising/marketing company Myron Balagno & Associates 1970; retired 1996.   Died in North Vancouver Sept. 2, 2003 at age 74


Cathy Baldazzi - Click for photo with Fred Latremouille Cathy Baldazzi - CFUN Vancouver traffic 1990-92; CFUN morning co-host 1992-93 and CKKS-FM Vancouver morning co-host with Fred Latremouille 1993-99; morning co-host Fred & Cathy CKCL-FM Vancouver 2006-07


Keith Baldrey - Click for larger photo Keith Baldrey - Reporter Vancouver Sun 1985-94; legislative bureau chief based in Victoria BCTV Vancouver and CHEK-TV Victoria 1994-current; commentator Daybreak CBC Radio Victoria current; weekly commentator CKNW Vancouver current; contributor BC Business Magazine current


Phil Baldwin 1954 - Click to enlarge Phil Baldwin - Host Musical Grab Bag afternoons CKMO Vancouver 1940s; various mid-day programs circa 1947 and children's show recorded at hall in 1000 block West Pender Vancouver CKNW New Westminster early 1950s; Promotion Manager CKDA Victoria mid 1950s


Denelle Balfour - Click to enlarge Denelle Balfour - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; part-time instructor British Columbia Institute of Technology; producer/writer/back-up anchor BCTV Vancouver; winner Canpro Gold for three news mini series 1989-91; senior reporter/part-time news anchor VTV Vancouver; Mexico City correspondent CTV Television News 2001-04; winner Television Under Five Minutes Canadian Association of Journalists 2001; news reporter CTV Toronto 2004 on; CTV Halifax Atlantic Bureau Chief to 2009


Damian Balinowski - Click to enlarge Damian Balinowski - News anchor CISQ-FM Squamish 1990-93; wire/audio editor Standard Broadcast News Vancouver 1993-94; software support technician Resort Systems Vancouver 1994-99; news editor/business reporter CKWX Vancouver 1996-2001; News Director KSSK AM/FM Honolulu 2002-08; Program Director KHVH/KHBZ Honolulu 2007-08; Internal Communications Manager Hawaiian Airlines 2008-current


Rick Ball - Click for larger photo Rick Ball - BCIT Broadcast program graduate; host syndicated sports program On the Ball current; morning sports/talk co-host CKST Vancouver 2003-current including BC Lions play-by-play 2004-current


Brett Ballah - Click to enlarge Brett Ballah - TVOntario 1996-2000; CBC Radio Toronto 2000-02; CBC Radio Quebec City 2002-04; CBC Radio Vancouver 2004-08; news reporter Global BC 2008-current


Laura Ballance - Click to enlarge Laura Ballance - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 1989; intern/news BCTV Vancouver 1987-99; reporter/writer CKNW Vancouver 1988-95; media relations manager Pacific National Exhibition 1991-current; partner/co-founder Curve Communications Group Vancouver 2001-08; founder/president Laura Ballance Media Group Vancouver 2008-current


Gary Bannerman - Click for larger photo Gary Bannerman - Reporter then legislature reporter/columnist Telegraph Journal, Saint John NB 1967-70; reporter then urban affairs reporter/columnist The Vancouver Province 1970-72; talk show host CKNW New Westminster 1972-88 and relief host CKNW 1990s; daily news/information program CFSR-FM Abbotsford 1986-93; author of several books; president Bannerline Enterprises Ltd.  Died July 11, 2011 at age 64


Katherine Banwell - News CKO-FM-4 Vancouver mid 1980s; CBC Radio Vancouver; CJOR Vancouver 1988


James Barber - Click to enlarge James Barber - Author/columnist/radio personality and one of best known television cooks in the world; cooking show CKO-FM-4 Vancouver mid 1980s; host internationally broadcast Urban Peasant CBC Television Vancouver 1991-2001; writer Vancouver Magazine, Vancouver Sun.  Died November 29, 2007 at age 84 at his home near Duncan.  James Barber website


Harry Barisoff - CJAT Trail BC circa 1960-62; news CKWX Vancouver; news CFAX Victoria 1970s; CHEK-TV Victoria


Kevin Barker 1970s - Click to enlarge with recent photo Kevin Barker - As Kevin Stewart news announcer/reporter CHQB Powell River BC 1974-76; CKWX Vancouver 1979-81; news announcer CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1978; Media Services for 1983 BC General Election; editorial coordinator BC Pavilion Corp. (Expo 86) 1985-86; Associate Editor/Associate Publisher MacLean Hunter Ltd. Business Publications Division Vancouver 1986-89; crime reporter/contributing editor Equity Magazine Vancouver 1989-97; Editor The Prospector newspaper Vancouver 1990s; moved to Costa Rica 2000; freelance investment commentator The Daily BarkerLetter current


Warren Barker photo courtesy RedRobinson.com - Click for older photo Warren Barker - CJCA Edmonton 1947; CKRD Red Deer 1949; CKDA Victoria; CKNW New Westminster 1952, News 1953, News Director 1959-91; retired CKNW 1991; 1993 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to journalism in British Columbia.  CCF Biography


Greg Barnes - Staff announcer CBC Vancouver 1960s


Squire Barnes - Click for larger colour photo Squire Barnes - Sports CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1984-89; sports show producer CKWX and CHRX Vancouver; weekend sports CBC-TV Vancouver; sports anchor/host Satellite Debris Global TV Vancouver current; co-host TV Match Up TVTropolis 2007-current


Ron Barnet - Click to enlarge Ron Barnet - CJOC Lethbridge AB 1957; CKCK Regina 1965-83; CKNW New Westminster 1983; CKXL Calgary 1986-87; sports including BC Lions post-game shows and Vancouver Canadians play-by-play CKNW 1987


Scott Barratt - Click for larger photo Scott Barratt - CJAT Trail 1979; CKWX Vancouver 1980-85; graduate Columbia School of Broadcasting 1984; CJAZ-FM Vancouver 1985; TV host/interviewer various productions 1985-2001; a.m. drive CIOF/CKXY Vancouver 1986-87; CFMI-FM Vancouver 1987-91; morning host fill-in CKNW Vancouver 1991-93; host nationally syndicated Discumentary 1992-94; a.m. drive CJJR-FM Vancouver 1993-96; CFOX-FM Vancouver 1996-2000; World Beat Wake-up CHKG-FM Vancouver 2000-01; host Radio Martial Arts Los Angeles and U.S. syndicated 2001.  Scott Barratt website


Dave Barrett - Click to enlarge Dave Barrett - British Columbia Premier 1972-75; morning talk show host CJOR Vancouver 1984-87; named to Order of Canada 2005


Keith Barry - Radio program director, then staff announcer CBC Vancouver late 1950s-1980.  Retired about 1980.


Hilarie Barsky - Click for larger photo Hilarie Barsky - B.A. in English/Communications La Salle University Philadelphia and graduate Gotham City Improv New York; radio/TV producer; character voices/impressions/writer; talk show producer then morning show sidekick WCAU Philadelphia; co-host Jay and Hilarie Show syndicated from KLIF Dallas TX; p.m. drive talk show co-host CFUN Vancouver to 2005; co-host Talk for Women Sirius Satellite Radio 2005; co-host Good Morning America Radio Show XM channel 155 2006-current


John Barson - Click to enlarge John Barson - Club DJ and MC Vancouver early 1980s; announcer CHWK Chilliwack 1984-90; talk show host/producer including The Changing Family and The Computer Program CKST Vancouver 1990-91; operator music and health show Internet station Total Health Radio New Westminster current


Phil Barter 1950s - Click to enlarge Phil Barter - CJAV Port Alberni 1948-53; CKDA Victoria 1953; first person on air at the sign on/weatherman CHEK-TV Victoria December 1, 1956; general announcer/interviewer/weatherman and later News Director CHAN-TV (BCTV) Vancouver 1961-65; covered legislature for CKDA Victoria, CKNW and CBC Vancouver before leaving business for PR career; retired 1997.  Died Sept. 23, 2002


Hugh Bartlett 1950 - Click for Happy Gang photo Hugh Bartlett - Advertisement writer Spencer's department store Vancouver mid 1930s; writer/announcer CJOR Vancouver 1936; announcer CKWX Vancouver 1937; news announcer CBC Radio Vancouver 1937-38; announcer The Happy Gang variety show CBC Radio National Toronto 1938-53.  Died in Vancouver December 6, 1953 at age 39.


Sarah Bartok - Click for recent photo Sarah Bartok - CHFK-FM London ON 2001-02; middays CKIS-FM & middays voicetrack CFFR Calgary 2003-04; weekends CKZZ-FM Vancouver and middays CISL Vancouver 2004-09; morning traffic CFQR-FM Montreal 2009-11; morning co-host CKBE-FM Montreal 2011-current


John Barton CHED early 1960s - Click for early and recent larger photos John Barton - Evenings/weekends while in high school CKRD Red Deer AB 1949-51; morning host CFRN Edmonton 1951-53; Program Manager CKRD 1953-55; The Morning Mayor CHED Edmonton 1955-59; National Sales Manager CHED 1959-64; morning host CKWX Vancouver and CHAN-TV Vancouver game show voice-overs 1964-67; morning host CHFI-FM Toronto 1967-71; Program Manager CJOR Vancouver 1971-73; daily one-hour talk show host and CTV Game Show host What's The Good Word? and Hot Hands early to late 1970s; morning host/weekends CJVI Victoria 1973-76; host daily one-hour talk show Barton & Company CHEK-TV Victoria 1976-82; Creative Director Copeland Communications Victoria 1982-92; retired from broadcasting in Qualicum Beach 1992; book illustrator and drawing teacher Malaspina College Parksville and The Old School House Qualicum current


Fred Bass - Click to enlarge Fred Bass - Announcer/staff pianist/writer/music director/program manager CKWX Vancouver 1928-61


Ivor Bassett - Announcer/classical music show host CFDC Vancouver circa 1926


Anita Bathe - Click to enlarge Anita Bathe - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 2009; youth host Gen Why segment The Express Shaw Cable Vancouver 2004-07; promotions/Vancouver Giants interviews OMNI TV Vancouver 2006-07; promotions/location cut-ins CFMI-FM/Corus Radio Vancouver 2007-08; reporter South Asian TV program Zindagi Shaw Multicultural channel Vancouver 2007-09; weekend morning news anchor Rogers Radio group CKQC-FM Abbotsford/CKSR-FM Chilliwack/CISQ-FM Squamish/CISW-FM Whistler 2008; host A World of Smiles Telethon Shaw Cable Vancouver 2008-09; reporter/anchor CFAX Victoria 2009-10; BCIT marketing and communications program 2010-current; marketing and communications storyteller DIG360 Consulting Ltd. 2011-current


Todd Battis - Click to enlarge Todd Battis - Bachelor of Journalism University of Saskatchewan; CBC News Charlottetown PEI 1992; reporter CBC-TV Edmonton 1994; reporter/host Breakfast Television and reporter/host/producer The Scene Atlantic Television News Halifax; CTV science correspondent/national oceans and climate reporter Halifax 2001; west coast correspondent/CTV Vancouver news bureau chief 2003-08; supper hour host CBC News New Brunswick 2008-09; CTV Halifax Atlantic Bureau Chief 2009-current


Larry Bauder circa 1970 - Click for recent photo Larry Bauder - BCIT broadcast program graduate 1968; CFBV/CFLD Smithers/Burns Lake; CJAT Trail; CKPG Prince George; overnight DJ CFUN/CKVN Vancouver 1969; CKLG-FM Vancouver mid-70’s; business computer programming current


Chuck Baxter CKLG - Click to enlarge Chuck Baxter - CKPG Prince George early 1950s; operator/announcer CKLG North Vancouver 1955


Jim Baxter - Click for recent photo Jim Baxter - Rink announcer New Westminster Bruins & community ice hockey play-by-play Shaw Cable TV 1988; special events MC & club DJ 1991-current; producer/operator/on air CKLG Vancouver 1991; broadcast intern KISM-FM Bellingham 1992; afternoon show CFNI Port Hardy 1994


Barbara Beam - Click for larger photo Barbara Beam - BCIT Broadcast graduate 1999; co-host Latino Soy/Assistant to International Promotions Director CHKG-FM Vancouver 1999; on-air radio and TV personality/Music Director CJFW-FM/CFTK/CFTK-TV Terrace BC 1999-2002; afternoon drive CFBT-FM Vancouver 2002-07; weekends CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2008-09; reporter/segment host VancouverBC.com 2008-current; events manager Utherverse 2008-current


Jim Beatty - Click to enlarge Jim Beatty - Legislative reporter Vancouver Sun 1995-2004; Victoria bureau then general reporter CTV British Columbia 2004-12; news anchor CHEK-TV Victoria 2012-current


Rene Beauchamps - Click to enlarge Rene Beauchamps - Overnights/weekends/host Psychedelic Psunday CFMI-FM Vancouver 2005


John Beaudin - Click for larger colour photo John Beaudin - TV host/producer/camera man Miramichi Cable NB 1979; swing announcer CKRA-FM Edmonton 1983-85; swing announcer CFRN Edmonton 1986; host/music director Nightlite (New Age/Smooth Jazz) CKXM-FM Edmonton 1986-89; swing announcer CFUN Vancouver 1989-95; host/music director Nightlite (Smooth Jazz) CHQM-FM Vancouver 1991-2001; Lovesongs host CHQM-FM Vancouver 2001-current (now voice-tracked from Calgary); PD and p.m. drive CIQX-FM Calgary 2002-current; has written music features for Common Ground and Shared Vision Vancouver; President Smooth Jazz Now current.  Edmonton Broadcasters photos                            


John Beaudoin - BCIT Broadcast Program trainee 1977; CKLG-FM/CFOX-FM Vancouver 1977-88 including all nights 1978-79, late evenings 1980-81, middays/host Electric Lunch 1981-83, host CFOX Rock Journal 1983-88, original member CFOX Electric Lunch Orchestra, and Program Director 1986-88; PD CJJR-FM Vancouver 1989-93 including re-forming CFOX Electric Lunch Orchestra into CHRX Classic Rockers; PD CHRX Vancouver 1991-93; Manager Customer Services and Marketing, TransLink (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority) Vancouver current


bech_soren.jpg (12931 bytes) Soren Bech - News CJJC Langley 1972-73; editor B.C. Federation of Labour; B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union current 


Amy Beeman - Click to enlarge Amy Beeman - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 1998; Dateline NBC 1998; CKKN-FM/CKPG-TV Prince George 1999-2004; swing 2004 then morning show producer/co-host CFBT-FM Vancouver 2004-current; The Express Shaw Cable 4 Vancouver 2005-current; freelance current


Tanya Beja - Click to enlarge Tanya Beja - Journalism study Carleton University Ottawa; reporter Canada Now CBC Vancouver; producer As it Happens and CBC News: Morning Toronto; video journalist CBC News New Brunswick; reporter CBC Television Vancouver 2009-10; reporter Global BC 2010-current


Amy Bell - Click to enlarge Amy Bell - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; traffic reporter CJNW Vancouver 2001; traffic reporter CKNW Vancouver to 2006; fill-in traffic reporter BCTV Morning News on Global 2004-06 and full time current


Barry Bell - Winnipeg radio; CFCP Courtenay mid 1960s; Production Manager CJJC Langley circa 1968; news CKVN Vancouver 1968-70; news CHQM Vancouver 1970s; regional legislative reporter CBC Vancouver 1970s-80s


Cameron Bell - Click to enlarge Cameron Bell - CFUN Vancouver 1962-66; CKWX Vancouver 1966-67; CKNW New Westminster 1967-68; CHAN-TV (BCTV) Vancouver reporter/editor then News Director 1968-89; producer of Travel Talk; recipient Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award 1999; Cameron Bell Consultancy Ltd. current; owner/operator City of Surrey low power visitor's radio station current; Sunday morning host The Cameron Bell Show CKNW Vancouver 2006-08.  Mike Cleaver interview


Terry Bell - Click to enlarge Terry Bell - Mid morning host/production manager/PD/TV Dance Party host/public affairs/evening TV news anchor CKPG/CKPG-TV Prince George 1963-70; production/news/morning host/PM drive host CHQM/CHQM-FM Vancouver 1970-93; part owner/PD/PM drive host CKST Vancouver Oct. 1993-Feb. 2001; City Jazz host My City Radio.com Vancouver Feb.-July 2001; CJNW Vancouver July 2001-May 2002; news editor/anchor local and Corus Radio Network CKNW Vancouver July 2002-current.  Mike Cleaver interview


Bill Bellman circa 1950 - Click to enlarge with early 60s photo Bill Bellman - Host Bellman's Choice and A Man and His Music CBU Vancouver early 1950s; host Almanac CBUT Vancouver 1950s; co-founder with Jack Stark CHQM/CHQM-FM Vancouver 1959/60; President CHQM Vancouver to 1973; host Some of Those Days CBC-TV Vancouver 1961-65; interviewer Lively Arts CBC-TV Vancouver


Amber Belzer - Click to enlarge Amber Belzer - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 2005; midday host CFFM-FM Williams Lake 2005; p.m. drive CJMG-FM & middays CKOR Penticton 2005-07; traffic reporter Canadian Traffic Network/CFUN & Global TV Vancouver 2008-09; fill-in traffic CTN/Global TV 2009-current; traffic reporter CHMJ Vancouver 2009-current


Ron Bencze CKWX - Click to enlarge with recent photo Ron Bencze - Graduate Broadcast Communications program BCIT; CJUP/CKST Langley 1986-89; CFJC-TV Kamloops 1989; Satellite Radio Network 1989-91; Standard Broadcast News 1991-94; Communications Degree Simon Fraser University 1996; news CKWX Vancouver 1996-2004; morning news BCTV Vancouver 2004-11; RTNDA Ron Laidlaw award 2003 and Edward R. Murrow award 2005


Ben Bendrodt - News reader CKWX Vancouver 1947


Jason Benner - Click to enlarge Jason Benner - BCIT Broadcast graduate 2003; CHNL Kamloops/CJNL Merritt 2003-04; weekend sports anchor CKWX Vancouver 2004-10


Jack Bennest CJOR 1972 - Click for 1976 CKNW and recent photos Jack Bennest - Trained BCIT 1969; CKOK Penticton 1969-70; CHWK Chilliwack 1970-71; news CJOR Vancouver 1971-74; news CKNW New Westminster 1974-83; taught two semesters VCC Langara Vancouver; briefly CBC Vancouver/Edmonton; community living program assistant 1984-current; retired from radio; Councillor Oliver BC 2005-current; webmaster BC Radio HistorySend email


Jill Bennett - Click to enlarge Jill Bennett - BCIT Broadcast graduate; news reporter CKWX Vancouver 1997-99; news reporter CBC Radio Vancouver 1990-2002; news reporter CKNW Vancouver 2003-04; news reporter Citytv Vancouver 2004-06; news 2006-current and weekend morning host CKNW 2009-current


Jim Bennie 1994 - Click for mid 1980s CKO press card and 1994 enlargement Jim Bennie - CJAV Port Alberni 1975; CHWK/CFVR Chilliwack/Abbotsford 1975-76; CJIB Vernon 1976-77; CJJC Langley 1977; CHWK 1978; CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1978-82; CKOV Kelowna 1982-83; CKWX Vancouver 1983; CKO-FM-4 1983-88; CJOR/CHRX/CKBD/CJJR-FM Vancouver 1988-97; news anchor CKWX 1997-current


Ken Benson 1975 - Click to enlarge Ken Benson - CFCP/CFWB Courtenay/Campbell River early 1970s; assistant production manager and on-air weekends CJJC Langley mid 1970s


Peter Benson KNKT-FM Albuquerque - Click for larger photo Peter Benson - KLOS and KQEO Albuquerque NM; KOIL Omaha NE; KELP El Paso TX, KMEN San Bernardino CA, Brother Benson CFUN Vancouver 1973-74; KQEO Albuquerque 1976; KZRR, KOB-FM, and KLYT Albuquerque; daytime talk show host ABQ Connect and afternoon announcer KNKT-FM Albuquerque 2000-current


Nadine Berger - Click for 1983 CBC photo Nadine Berger - Psychologist of the air host Solutions weekday afternoons CJOR Vancouver 1981; co-host CBC-TV Take 30 1982-84; west coast news reporter CBS Television circa 1985-86


Renee Bernard - BCIT Broadcast Journalism trainee; CJAT/CKKC Trail/Nelson 1995-96; CKIQ Kelowna 1996; CHNL Kamloops 1997-99; CKWX Vancouver 1999-2000; CKNW/CJNW Vancouver 2000-01; CHKG-FM/CJVB Vancouver 2002; editor CKWX 2006-current


Marcella Bernardo - Click to enlarge Marcella Bernardo - BCIT broadcast program graduate; news CFJC Kamloops; Broadcast News Vancouver; news reporter CKWX Vancouver 2001-04; news reporter CKNW Vancouver 2004-current


David Berner - Click for larger photo David Berner - Talk show host including A Little Berner in the Night CJOR Vancouver 1981-83; CTV, CBC, PBS and Access Alberta public affairs and news shows; Ottawa; acting credits include feature films, television series, television movies, and theatre productions; CKNW weeknight fill-in host and weekends 1993-2006; community liaison Langara College Vancouver 2007-current.  David Berner website


Rob Berridge - Click to enlarge

Rob Berridge - Weekend Magazine host/producer/news & sports anchor CITR-FM UBC/Vancouver 1984-85; afternoon drive announcer CISQ-FM Squamish 1985-88; news/sports anchor CKXY Vancouver 1988-90; morning show character voice CHRX Vancouver 1991-92; weekend morning announcer CISL Vancouver 1992-93; commercial voice CKZZ-FM Vancouver 1992-93; creative writer/commercial voice Rogers Radio CKWX/CKLG-FM/CKCL-FM Vancouver 2005-current



Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra - Click for larger photo Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra - Staff correspondent Hindustan Times; staff reporter Indian Express; Punjabi Sewak Award at World Punjabi Conference Lahore, Pakistan 2001 and 2002; Punjabi news anchor Channel M Vancouver 2003-06; producer daily news programming Shaw Multicultural Channel; producer television health commercials for Fraser Health Authority; reporter Vancouver Sun 2007 and Globe and Mail 2008; Master of Journalism candidate Graduate School of Journalism UBC Vancouver current.  Anupreet's website


Ayesha Bhatty - Click to enlarge Ayesha Bhatty - Master of Journalism University of B.C. 2005; journalist Al Arabiya News Channel 2006-08; online broadcast journalist BBC 2008-11; reporter/editor CBC Television Vancouver 2011-current; UBC/International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Award for International Development Journalism 2005


Vic Bianchin - Click to enlarge Vic Bianchin - CKAY Duncan 1974-76; CHUB Nanaimo 1976-77; news: CKDA Victoria 1977-78; CKY Winnipeg 1978-79; CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1979-80; general announcer CJVB Vancouver 1980; sports CKWX/CJAZ-FM Vancouver 1980-82; Columbia School of Broadcasting 1982-85; insurance/real estate 1985-99; sports stringer Broadcast News 1999; columnist l'eco d' Italia, The Afro News and The World Football Pages 2003.  Died March 24, 2003 in Delta BC at age 46  


Trevor Biggs - Click to enlarge Trevor Biggs - Sunday night news co-anchor & co-host/writer/producer TnT Comedy Hour CITR-FM Vancouver 1987-89; morning announcer/Sales Manager CKCR Revelstoke 1989-91; overnight announcer CKNW/WIN Radio Network Vancouver 1991-92; afternoon drive CHED Edmonton 1993; swing announcer/morning show producer CKFM-FM Toronto 1993-96; as Trapper Biggs evenings/middays CKQB-FM Ottawa 1996-98; middays CKFM-FM 1998-2000; weekends/holiday fill in CJEZ-FM Toronto 2000-02; Business Development VerticalScope Inc. Toronto current


Shane Bigham - Click to enlarge Shane Bigham - Columbia Academy Broadcast Performing Arts graduate; news/DJ CFNI Port Hardy 1997-98; news CFWB Campbell River/fill-in CFCP Courtenay 1998-2000; reporter/afternoon tape editor/anchor CKWX Vancouver current


Satinder Bindra - Click for larger photo Satinder Bindra - Business reporter India Abroad News Service London UK 1988-89; correspondent Canadian Press and India Today 1989; international correspondent CBC Toronto early 1990s-97; senior reporter Vancouver Television CIVT Vancouver 1997-99; New Delhi bureau chief CNN Atlanta 1999-current


Jack Bingham - Staff announcer CBC radio Vancouver 1940s; announcer/producer CBC Winnipeg mid 1950s.  Died 1980s


Dave Biro - Click to enlarge Dave Biro - Broadcast Performing Arts graduate Columbia Academy Vancouver 1973; news reader/beat reporter CFVR Abbotsford, CJIB Vernon, CKIQ Kelowna then CJIB News Director and senior news anchor CKIQ Kelowna 1970s; news reader CKNW New Westminster 1978-80; part time instructor BC Institute of Technology Broadcast Journalism 1979-89 and Langara Community College Broadcast Journalism 1979-81; Assignment Editor then News Director CKVU-TV Vancouver 1980-88; University of Georgia George Foster Peabody Award for Outstanding Documentary Production presented to CKVU for educational documentary AIDS and You 1987; Assignment Editor then News Director CKWX Vancouver 1988-90; News Assignment Editor 1990-95 then Senior News Producer CHEK-TV Victoria 1995-99; Victoria Associate Producer/host/reporter CBC Radio Victoria 2002-04; Senior News Assignment Editor A-Channel Television Victoria 2004-current


Buzz Bishop - Click for larger photo Buzz Bishop - BCIT Broadcast Program trainee; CJIB Vernon 1990-93; swing 1993-95, evenings 1995-97, p.m. drive 1997-99, a.m. drive 2000-02 & p.m. drive CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2002-09; tech specialist Cyberbuzz on Breakfast Television Citytv Vancouver 2004-05 and one-minute daily syndicated radio feature current; morning host CFUL-FM Calgary 2009-current.  Buzz's website


Eric Bishop 1952 - Click to enlarge Eric Bishop - Junior sportswriter Vancouver Sun circa 1944; RCAF 1944; catcher Purity 99 Big Four League baseball Calgary mid 1940s; sportswriter/assistant sports editor Calgary Herald 1946; PR/broadcaster WIHL Los Angeles Ramblers 1946-47; Sports Director CJAT Trail BC 1948; Home Oil Pro Hockey broadcasts CKNW New Westminster 1952; Sports Director CFAC Calgary 1954; called horse races Victoria Park Calgary 1959-64; Sports Editor Calgary Albertan early 1960s; CKXL Calgary late 1960s; part owner WHL Victoria Cougars 1970s; play-by-play WHA Cowboys CFAC Calgary 1980s; sports columnist Calgary Sun 1990s; Canadian Football Hall Of Fame broadcaster.  Died in Calgary April 1, 2000 at age 74


Vaughn Bjerre - Click to enlarge Vaughn Bjerre - Known for Yawn with Vaughn morning show; CKSO Sudbury ON 1940s; on-air CKWX & CKMO Vancouver 1940s; Program Director CFRA Ottawa & CKSL London 1950s; Vice President CHFI-FM/CFTR Toronto 1960s-70s; retired from radio 1970s.   Died September 25, 2006 in North Vancouver at age 81


Bjorn Anders Bjornson - Click to enlarge Bjorn Bjornson - CJOR Vancouver early circa 1950; morning news/roving reporter CKOK Penticton 1954-65; investment field 1965; advertising sales 1968.  Died in White Rock May 14, 1969 at age 45


Stu Blakely - Click to enlarge Stu Blakely - News/weather CHAN-TV Vancouver/CHEK-TV Victoria 1960s; CJIB Vernon; CHNL Kamloops mid 1970s-78; news/news anchor CFJC/CFJC-TV Kamloops 1978-96.   Died in Kamloops June 15, 2007 at age 69


Howard Blank - Click to enlarge Howard Blank - Technical advisor/casino scenes/production numerous movies/TV series 1985-current; host Howiewood Report CKLG Vancouver 1993; Point Blank with Howard Blank CFOX-FM Vancouver 1994-2001; Media Relations Vice President Great Canadian Gaming Corporation 2001-current


Al Blondal from CKLG promo poster 1958 Al Blondal - Host Rhythm Road p.m. drive CKLG Vancouver late 1950s


Ron Blouin - Click to enlarge Ron Blouin - CKSF Simon Fraser University 1969-72; mid-morning CKKC Nelson 1974-75; overnight weekends CJOR Vancouver 1975-77; announcer Vancouver Show CKVU-TV Vancouver 1978; advertising agency creative 1979-current; ACTRA voice-over/narration current; President/Creative Director, Hotshop Communications current


Kim Bolan - Click to enlarge Kim Bolan - Vancouver Sun reporter focusing on Indo-Canadian community 1984-current; briefly BCTV Vancouver 1980s; regular contributor to CBC Radio Vancouver; winner of national and international journalism awards including Courage in Journalism Award 1999


Derek Bolduc - Click to enlarge Derek Bolduc - Weekday evenings CJSD-FM Thunder Bay ON 1991-96; overnights/weekends CKIK-FM Calgary 1996-98; overnights/weekends CKRY-FM Calgary 1998-99; weekday evenings CJSD-FM Thunder Bay 2000-01; overnights/weekends CFOX-FM Vancouver 2001-02; overnights/weekends CFMI-FM Vancouver 2002-06 and Music Director CFMI-FM 2004-06; morning host CFQK-FM Kaministiquia (Thunder Bay) ON 2006; morning co-host CJUK-FM Thunder Bay 2006-current


Bud Bolton circa 1970 - Click for larger 1975 photo Bud Bolton - CKOV Kelowna mid 1950s; news CKLG AM/FM Vancouver 1960s; news CJOR Vancouver 1970s


Roy Bonisteel - Click for larger photo Roy Bonisteel - Journalist and social commentator; CJBQ Belleville ON 1951; CKTB St. Catherines ON 1964; Director of Broadcasting United Church of Canada 1965-67; host God Talk CKWX Vancouver 1965-67;  Canadian head of radio operations for Anglican, Roman Catholic and United Churches; host Man Alive CBC-TV Toronto 1967-89; Order of Canada recipient 1995; Canadian Citizenship Judge Toronto 1998; director School of Journalism University of Regina 2000-01


Harry Boon - Click to enlarge Harry Boon - Musician then music director 1948-60 and Program Director 1960-74 CJCA Edmonton; organist on musical variety program Keynotes CBC Edmonton 1964; PD CJVI Victoria 1974-79; PD CJAZ-FM Vancouver circa 1979; had been featured pianist with Dal Richards, Mart Kenny, Lance Harrison and Bobby Hales. Died in Kelowna December 10, 2006 at age 87


Johnny Boston - Sports reporter CKO-FM-4 Vancouver mid 1980s; TV weather anchor CJDC-TV Dawson Creek BC


Mike Bothwell - Click to enlarge Mike Bothwell - BCIT Broadcast Program trainee; national reporter then Victoria bureau then education reporter Citytv Vancouver to 2006; writer CTV Morning Live CTV British Columbia 2011-current


Ray Bourque - Host Radio Rhythm CJOR Vancouver 1950


Bob Boving circa 1970 - Click for recent photo Bob Boving - All night CKWX Vancouver 1965-69; CJVI Victoria evenings/overnight 1969; CKLG Vancouver 1970; CKVN Vancouver 1970-72; CKDA Victoria 1974; weekends CHQM Vancouver 1975-76; p.m. drive CFMI-FM Vancouver 1976-84; Saturday Night Oldies CFMI-FM 1980-84; host of CBC Radio's The Mystery Project; voiceovers Skyevox Audio Services Toronto


Mike Bow - Click for larger photo Mike Bow - BCIT Broadcast journalism graduate; sports production assistant/writer then sports reporter CKVU-TV/CityPulse News Citytv Vancouver 1999-current


Bob Bowman 1954 Bob Bowman - Sports Editor McGill University newspaper Montreal early 1930s; editor BBC Empire news service 1934-37; helped establish CBC then Director of Special Events 1937-43; Southam Press correspondent Washington DC 1943-46; daily evening news analysis Report on Today CKMO Vancouver late 1940s; Manager CKLG North Vancouver 1954; CFAX Victoria circa 1960


Denny Boyd - Click for 2005 OBC photo Denny Boyd - Reporter/columnist Vancouver Sun 1957-99 except CJOR Vancouver 1972-77 including sports commentator 1973, Blazers PR 1976 and sex talk show 1977; co-author with Brian Scrivener Legends of Autumn: The Glory Years of Canadian Football 1997; author Denny Boyd: in my own words & The Vancouver Canucks story; recipient Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award 1997; columnist North Shore Outlook 2002; recipient Order of British Columbia 2005.  Died in North Vancouver October 27, 2006 at age 76


Ken Boyd - Click to enlarge Ken Boyd - Evenings CFCP Courtenay 1978; overnight/swing CJVI Victoria 1978-79; swing CFVR Abbotsford 1979; p.m. drive CJJC Langley 1980-82; overnight/swing CKWX Vancouver early-mid 1982-91; weekend drive part-time CKST Vancouver 1992; middays/p.m. drive/a.m. drive host/co-host CJJR-FM Vancouver 1992-2000; theatre/stage/film/TV actor including Wrongfully Accused 1998 & Dead in a Heartbeat 2002; radio arts instructor Columbia Academy Vancouver current; Langley Placement Coordinator, Fraser Valley Wage Subsidy Program, Bowman Employment Services current; p.m. drive CKWK Chilliwack 2009 and fill-in CHWK 2009-current


B.R. Bradbury - Click for 1966 KOL photo B.R. Bradbury (William Ruel Bradbury) - As Bill Munson: News Director KHOK Hoquiam, WA 1963; news KOL Seattle 1965-70; as B.R. Bradbury: news KFRC San Francisco 1970-72; newsman for Robert W. Morgan KHJ Los Angeles 1972-73; Billboard Magazine Radio News Broadcaster of the Year 1973; news KIQQ-FM Los Angeles 1973-78; news KJR Seattle 1978; news CFUN Vancouver 1983-95; retired from radio 1995.  Died in Mount Vernon WA January 18, 2001 at age 58


Keith Bradbury - Click to enlarge Keith Bradbury - Copy runner then reporter/editor Vancouver Sun 1959; Editor Ubyssey newspaper circa 1964; Bachelor's Degree University of BC 1966; UBC School of Law degree 1969; freelance CBC Radio Vancouver 1972; features reporter 1972-75, Assignment Editor 1975, News Director 1989 and Vice President of News 1996-98 BCTV Vancouver; news consultant 1998; Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award; Radio-Television News Directors Association Lifetime Achievement Award 2004.  Died in Roberts Creek BC April 27, 2007 at age 66


Kelcey Brade - Click to enlarge Kelcey Brade - Executive producer Spartans TV Trinity Western University Langley BC 2004-10; BA broadcast communications Trinity Western University 2005; BC Junior Football sideline reporter Shaw TV 2006; reporter/anchor intern CHMJ Vancouver 2006; freelance reporter The Canadian Press 2007; graduate BCIT Broadcast Journalism program 2008; reporter/anchor CFXW-FM Whitecourt AB 2008; Vancouver field producer TSN 2008-11; weekend sports anchor CTV British Columbia 2008-current


Earle Bradford photo courtesy Top Dog! History of CKNW - Click to enlarge Earle Bradford - aka The Pearl; Victoria; Saskatoon; Regina; Ottawa; Toronto; CHAM Hamilton early 1970s; CKNW news and Earle's Court 1972-86; writer TV Week Magazine.  Died November 5, 1987 at age 62.


Daryl Braithwaite - Click to enlarge Daryl Braithwaite - CJAV Port Alberni 1976-78; BCIT Broadcast Program graduate 1985; CFOX-FM/CKLG Vancouver 1984-85; CKOV Kelowna 1985; CJIB Vernon 1985-87; CISL Richmond 1987-89; CJJR-FM Vancouver 1989-91; CHRX Vancouver 1991-92; Real Estate agent/voiceover freelance 1992-current


Brian Brenn - Click to enlarge with 1965 photo Brian Brenn - CKWX Vancouver 1963-69; CJAD Montreal 1969-70; Ottawa; news CHQM Vancouver 1970-93; morning host/General Manager CKST Vancouver 1993-96; Travel Journal host then news anchor CKWX 1996-2008; part time news anchor CKWX 2008-current; non-practising lawyer and holder of three university degrees


Tom Bricker - Click to enlarge Tom Bricker - Announcer CJVI Victoria 1969; sports director CKDA Victoria 1970; sports director CFUN Vancouver 1980; sports CFFR Calgary 1983; covered Rick Hanson tour for WIN network 1985; Calgary Olympics coverage 1988; announcer/sales CJVI 1989; news CKWX Vancouver 1999-2011; retired.  Mike Cleaver interview


Doug Bridges - BCIT Communications Program graduate; CJAZ-FM Vancouver early 1980s 


Norm Bright - CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1977-78


Dave Brindle - Click to enlarge Dave Brindle - Calgary-based network anchor/host CBC TV and Newsworld mid-late 1990s; producer/host Insider/Dave Brindle Show CFUN Vancouver 2008-09


Peter Britton 1984 - Click to enlarge Peter Britton - BCIT 1975-76; CJOR Vancouver 1975-78; CFOK Westlock AB 1978-79; CBC-TV News Vancouver 1979; CKWX Vancouver 1979-80; CHQM/CHQM-FM Vancouver 1981-82; CKO-FM Vancouver 1982-86; owner The Write Answers copywriting services 1985-current


Dave (David Hamilton) Brock - Regularly published in Punch, Saturday Night and Atlantic Monthly late 1930s and 1940s; Host Chips of the Old Brock CBC-TV Vancouver; writer/humorist Some Of Those Days CBC-TV Vancouver 1961-65; producer Discovery series CBC-TV Vancouver 1962-63; columnist Victoria Times 1960s; University of British Columbia Brock Hall named after his father Dr. R.W. Brock, Dean of Applied Science.  Died in West Vancouver September 8, 1978 at age 68


Brad Brooks - Click to enlarge Brad Brooks - Director of Strategic Solutions Vivonet Vancouver 2005-current; weekend talk show host CKNW Vancouver 2008-current.  Brad's website


Colleen Brow - Click to enlarge Colleen Brow - Bachelor's Degree UBC 1986; BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 1988; associate producer Rafe Mair show CKNW Vancouver 1988-90; host Conversation & Contact Rogers Cable Vancouver 1988-95; business writer/political speechwriter 1995-2009; stand-up comedian 2005-current; morning show co-host/news anchor CHHR-FM Vancouver 2009-10.  Colleen's website


Bob Brown 1980 - Click to enlarge Bob Brown - Part-time operator/news/host weekly Jazz show CHFM-FM Calgary 1965-67; full-time evenings and later p.m. drive CHFM-FM 1967-69; mid-day host/feature writer CHFM-FM 1971-74; Music Director/fill-in host CKDA Victoria 1974-75; Music Director/fill-in host CFAX Victoria 1975-80; original afternoon host/Music Director/writer-producer Old Gold program and two weekend shows CISL Richmond 1980-83; p.m. drive/writer/producer/weekend host Swingin' On The Star and That's Entertainment CFSR-FM/CKSR-FM Abbotsford/Chilliwack 1986-97; traffic reporter CFSR-FM/CKSR-FM and CKMA/CHWK Abbotsford/Chilliwack 1997-99; freelance 1999-current


Hilda Brown - Host Around Town with Hilda Brown CKWX Vancouver 1940s; later married Ross Mortimer


Janet Brown Janet Brown - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate 1985; news anchor CKEG Nanaimo 1985-86; CJNL Merritt 1986-87; CHNL Kamloops 1987-89; reporter CKNW Vancouver 1989-current


Julie Brown Julie Brown - Morning show news/interviewer CHOM-FM Montreal 1974-78; morning show news/interviewer CFMI-FM Vancouver 1978-82; host/interviewer/co-producer Today in Vancouver/Vancouver At Noon CJAZ-FM/CKKS-FM Vancouver 1982-93; has interviewed Bob Hope, Don Ameche, Gina Lollobrigida, Leonard Cohen, Sara McLachlan, Neil Diamond, Anne Murray, Pete Seeger, Johnny Depp, Dick Clark, Robert Wagner and others; portrayed Mrs. Garrett in NBC made for tv movie Growing Up Different November 2005


Lance Brown - Click to enlarge Lance Brown - Honours TV graduate Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Edmonton 1979; sports anchor CITV Edmonton 1979-83; sports anchor CKCK-TV Regina 1983-84; sports anchor BCTV Vancouver 1984-85; sports anchor then sports director/anchor CTV Toronto (CFTO) 1985 to current; Canpro Award winner for Inside Blue Jays Baseball 1995


Rich Brown - Click to enlarge Rich Brown - BCIT Broadcast graduate; weekend traffic then sports anchor/reporter CKWX Vancouver 2010-current


Rob Brown- Click for larger photo Rob Brown - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; photojournalist Yorkton SK 1997; A-Channel Edmonton 1997-99; Alberta legislative reporter/host Nightwatch ITV Edmonton 1999-2002; reporter CTV British Columbia 2002-08; recipient Jack Webster Award for Best Reporting of the Year - Television 2005; recipient Jack Webster Foundation Poynter Institute Fellowship 2006; CTV National News Vancouver Bureau Chief 2008-11; reporter CTV British Columbia 2011-current


Billy Browne CJOR 1940s - Click for more recent photo Billy Browne - As Billy Fortune on air and sales/promotions CJOR Vancouver 1948-59; founder/morning host Coast Radio CFCP Courtenay 1959/CFWB Campbell River 1963/CFNI Port Hardy 1979.  Son of William J. Browne.  Died April 10, 1990


Dave Browne 1970s - Click to enlarge Dave Browne - Marystown NF and other small eastern radio markets; BC interior radio; evenings CKWX Vancouver 1970s


William J. "Billy" Browne - Click for more photos William J. "Billy" Browne - Radio pioneer; CJCG Winnipeg 1922; How Do You Do Club CKCK Regina 1923; manager CKMO Vancouver 1929-1934; Billy Browne's Brevities 1934-1944; Remember When series CJOR Vancouver 1944-51; Breakfast with Browne CJOR/CKWX Vancouver 1935-51; known as Grand Old Man of Canadian Radio.  Died in Vancouver October 15, 1951 at age 54  undated audio clip


Rob Brownridge - Click to enlarge Rob Brownridge - Host/producer Mestiza Shaw Cable TV 1996-97; host Jiffy Marker CJSF Simon Fraser University 1997; guest host Radio Escapade CBC Radio Vancouver 1999-2000; host ICBC Roadsense Team KVOS-TV Bellingham 2000; host/reporter/producer Generation Why? Rogers/Shaw Cable TV 1995-2002; Reporter Party Army website 2001-07; freelance reporter various shows CBC Radio 1999-2005; host Please Rock the Door CITR-FM Vancouver 2003-05; host City Lights Novus TV 2005; segment producer/reporter 969 Razer TV 2005; retired 2007


Doug Bruce - Click to enlarge Doug Bruce - Announcer CKNW New Westminster 1940s


Mona Brun - Click to enlarge Mona Brun - Food consultant Woodward’s department stores for 28 years; promoted B.C. food products and appeared on Food Facts CBC Radio Vancouver 1960; demonstrated cooking Cuisine 30 CBC-TV Vancouver; hosted cooking shows Culinary Capers and Creative Cooking BCTV Vancouver; served as vice-chair BC Marketing Board, consumer representative BC Liquor Distribution Branch and BC Egg Producers Committee; hosted cooking shows at Pacific National Exhibition Vancouver and Agrifair Abbotsford 1970s-90s; author Cooking With Mona cookbook 1977 and 2003


Vito Bruno - Click for recent photo Vito Bruno - Producer/host Italian program CJVB Vancouver 1978-98; served on Italian Cultural Centre Board of Directors 1994-2000; President Pugliese Association of BC 2001-current; director Telitalia; host soccer program Sport Italia then Spazio Libero Shaw Multicultural Channel Vancouver current; host Imagine Italia CJRJ Vancouver current


Michele Brunoro - Click to enlarge Michele Brunoro - Communications degree Trinity Western University Langley BC; graduate journalism program Langara College Vancouver; writer/reporter Lower Mainland community newspapers; reporter CFVR Abbotsford circa 1995; reporter CKNW Vancouver circa 1997; reporter CKWX Vancouver circa 1998; reporter then Fraser Valley Bureau CIVT-TV/CTV British Columbia 1998-current


Steve Buchan - Click to enlarge Steve Buchan - Co-host Wednesday night tech segment Vancouver Show CKVU-TV Vancouver 1976-77; Oracle Corporation, Bay Area CA  1988-current; co-host The MadTech Podcast Discovery Networks (US) launch 20 May, 2006


Stan Buchanan 1950s - Click for recent photo with Top Dog logo courtesy "Top Dog" William Stanley "Stan" Buchanan - Commercial artist; mostly behind the scenes in promotions CFUN, CKLG. CJOR and CKWX Vancouver 1950s and 60s; most noted for drawing the Top Dog mascot as Promotions Director CKNW New Westminster; on air personality CJOR early 1960s; Program Director AM/FM stations Salinas/Monterey CA 1960s-70s; returned to Vancouver in record company promotions 1970.   Died in Surrey June 3, 2008 at age 77


Dave Budge - Click to enlarge Dave Budge - DJ CKDR Dryden ON 1976; reporter/anchor CKO-FM-3 London ON 1976-77; reporter/anchor CKO-FM-2 Toronto 1977-79; news anchor/personality CILQ-FM Toronto 1979-81; writer/reporter/producer/Supervising Producer then Senior Producer CKVU-TV Vancouver 1981-2000; News Director Global CICT-TV Calgary 2000-07; News Director CBC Radio & Television Calgary 2007-current


Loyd Bulmer - Sports columnist Vancouver Province circa 1947; sports announcer CKMO Vancouver 1947


Dale Bundrandt - Click to enlarge Dale Bundrandt - CJAZ-FM Vancouver 1980-86 (announced original sign-on March 1, 1980); KPLU-FM Tacoma


Wolfgang Burandt - CKOO Osoyoos 1975; CHQB Powell River; CKEK Cranbrook; CJJC Langley; sales ARS Records (CBS Records) 1977-80; marketing & promotions/A&R Warner Elektra Atlantic 1979-90; marketing and promotions Zoo Entertainment (BMG Music) 1991-92; started major independent record label, distribution & international licensing Spinner Records Canada 1992-current; started Millennium Compact Disc Industries (MCDI) first CD/DVD manufacturing plant west of Toronto 1998-current


Alec Burden Alec Burden - Tour host/food and travel personality; copy writer CFUN Vancouver 1950s; travel program CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1980s; host travel program Alec's Best Bets BCTV/Global TV Vancouver to 2004


Tim Burge 1968 - Click for 1971 photo Tim Burge - Aka Timothy M Burge CKDA Victoria 1964; CJOC Lethbridge 1965; CFCN Calgary 1965-66; CKLG Vancouver 1966; CJOR Vancouver 1967; CKLG AM/FM Vancouver circa 1968; CKVN Vancouver; program director CFMI-FM Vancouver 1980s; middays CKOV Kelowna late 1980s; now Pamela Burge


Steve Burgess - Click for 2000 photo courtesy North Shore News Steve Burgess - CKRA-FM Edmonton 1980s; evenings then weekends CFUN Vancouver 1989-93; CBC-TV Vancouver; host @ the end CBC Newsworld Vancouver 2000-02; regular contributor with Terry O'Neill The Standard OMNI-TV Vancouver 2005-current; freelance writer/broadcaster Vancouver current


"Daryl B" Burlingham CFUN 1965 - Click for 1971 CKLG photo "Daryl B" Burlingham - CFQC Saskatoon; CKRC Winnipeg; music director CKY Winnipeg; CFUN Vancouver 1965-67; CKLG Vancouver 1967-69 reelradio aircheck; CKLW Windsor 1969-70; CKLG 1970-73; CKVN/CFUN Vancouver 1973-77; CHUM Toronto 1977-79; CFUN 1979-84; CHUM 1984-92.  Died in Winnipeg February 27, 2001 at age 58


Shari Burnett - Click to enlarge Shari Burnett - CISQ-FM/CISW-FM Squamish/Whistler; writer The Pique Whistler 2001; news anchor CKWX Vancouver 2001-04; Public Relations and Media Relations Coordinator, Pace Group Vancouver 2004-current


Alistair Burns - Click to enlarge Alistair Burns - B.A. in Communications & Concentration in History Trinity Western University Langley; BCIT Broadcast Program graduate 2009; recipient Ken Garrett Memorial Award; Vancouver Giants hockey reporter CKNW Vancouver; CBC Victoria internship 2009; audio assistant Olympic Broadcasting Service 2010 Winter Games (Hockey); traffic reporter Canadian Traffic Network: CHMJ Vancouver/CHWK Chilliwack 2009-current & CKNW 2010-current


Donny Burns - CKGM Montreal 1974-76; CKLG Vancouver 1976-77


Pat Burns - Click for larger photo Pat Burns - Play by play hockey, basketball and water polo BBC U.K. circa 1950; news/sports Vancouver Province 1953; News/Sports Director CKLG Vancouver 1955-63; Burns Hot Line CJOR Vancouver 1963-65; CKGM Montreal including Burns Hot Line 1965-69; Hot Line CJOR 1970-88; national CKO-FM from Vancouver late 1980s; CIMA and CKVU-TV Vancouver 1991-92; CITR-FM Vancouver early 1990s.  Died in Vancouver June 8, 1996 at age 75.  CCF Biography


Andrew Burnstein - Click to enlarge Andrew Burnstein - Graduate BCIT Broadcast program 1986; stringer CKNW Vancouver; writer/reporter Noon News and Newshour BCTV Vancouver 1986-89; finalist Jack Webster Award 1989; reporter CKIQ Kelowna 1986; writer/producer Midday/Journal CBC-TV national 1989-92; Director for five years on Discovery Channel Canada's in-house production company EPI (Exploration Production Inc.); as Director of EPI was Executive Producer on factual TV shows produced in Canada; President/Executive Producer Castlewood Productions Inc. Toronto current


Dan Burritt - Click to enlarge Dan Burritt - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2007; CITR-FM Vancouver 2003-04; news reporter CKNW Vancouver 2006-10; news reporter CKWX Vancouver 2010-current; Jack Webster Foundation B.C. Hydro Student Journalism Award 2005; BCAB Broadcast Performer of Tomorrow Award 2011


Lauren Burrows - Click to enlarge Lauren Burrows - Co-host Rhymes and Reasons CITR-FM Vancouver; weekend traffic reporter CKNW Vancouver to 2005; Vancouver-based hip-hop host CBC Radio 3/Sirius Canada 2005-current


Lisa Burt-Paxton - Reporter CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1988; spokesperson Save Delta Hospital campaign current; Parent Advisory Council President Delta Schools current


Shell Busey - Click for larger photo Shell Busey - CJOR Vancouver Mr. Build 1983-88; CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1988-90; two terms Alderman Delta Municipality 1984-90; BC Hydro Home Ideas show CKNW and Western Information Network 1990-2000, home improvement segments BCTV & CBC-TV Vancouver; Home Check home renovation series CHEK-TV Victoria 1995; Home Discovery show CKNW and Corus Radio Network 2000-11; Shell Busey's HouseSmart CISL Vancouver 2011-12.  Shell Busey's House Smart


Mannie Buzunis - Click to enlarge Mannie Buzunis - News Director CKY Winnipeg; host/producer People's Radio Court CHQM-FM Vancouver and weekend fill-in CFUN/CHQM-FM 1990s; News Director CFUN/CHQM-FM early 2000's-current; host Mannie Buzunis Show CFUN to 2009; news CHQM-FM 2009-current


Norm Byatt - Click to enlarge Norm Byatt - News CFUN Vancouver; news CKO-FM-4 Vancouver; news CKNW/Corus Network Vancouver; news/legislative reporter CJCD-FM Yellowknife NT 2003-07; northern executive producer responsible for Whitehorse/Yellowknife/Iqaluit staff and bureaus Aboriginal Peoples Television Network 2007-current


Bob Bye CKWX 1970s - Click to enlarge Bob Bye - CKRM Regina; CKRC Winnipeg; CKCK Regina; CKWX Vancouver 1966-89; retired from radio after more than 50 years as an on-air personality and programmer, over 22 years of them at CKWX.  Died July 13, 2001 in Penticton BC at age 74


Rob Bye - Click to enlarge Rob Bye - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 1977; part time operator CKNW Vancouver; overnights CKCQ Quesnel 1977; on air CKIQ Kelowna 1977-82; on air CKLG Vancouver 1982-84; mornings/afternoons/music director CJAY-FM Calgary 1984-88; program director CHIM-FM/CKLZ-FM then CKOV Kelowna 1988-2002; General Manager CHLB-FM/CJBZ-FM Lethbridge 2002-07; General Manager/General Sales Manager six station Island Radio Group Nanaimo 2007-current


Jim Byrnes - Click to enlarge Jim Byrnes - Actor/musician/singer; studied acting at Boston University and St. Louis University; formed blues group The Jim Byrnes Band Vancouver 1981; actor/singer NBC miniseries Hands of a Stranger and Vancouver production Wiseguy 1987; voiced/appeared in several series 1988-96; Leo Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama for Highlander 1996; musician in feature film Harmony Cats 1994 and police lieutenant in Under the Gun 1995; Juno award for Best Blues/Gospel Album for That River 1996; acting credits in film and TV early 2000s; Maple Blues Award winner Toronto Blues Society 2006; host Slippin into Darkness weekends CHHR-FM Vancouver 2009-current.  Jim Byrnes website


Russ Byth - Click to enlarge Russ Byth - Operator CKNW New Westminster 1979; announcer: CFKC Creston 1980; CKWL Williams Lake 1981-82; CKAY Duncan 1983; CISL Vancouver 1984; CFTK/CKTK Terrace/Kitimat 1985-88; Satellite Radio Network/Standard Broadcast News 1988-94; morning business editor CKWX Vancouver 1996-2010; morning news CKCL-FM Vancouver 2007-08; news writer Global Television Vancouver 2011; news writer/editor Global National based in Vancouver 2011-current


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