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Russ LaCate - Click to enlarge Russ Lacate - BSc in Geophysics 1987 plus additional studies in meteorology University of British Columbia; weather observer/forecaster Environment Canada 1989-99; full-time on-air meteorologist CKWX Vancouver 1999-current


George Lacny - Click to enlarge George Lacny - Production supervisor Cooperative Programming Network Saskatchewan 1977-78; program supervisor/producer/network manager (select VO and on-air hosting) Rogers TV Vancouver 1979-2000; network manager then senior producer (select VO work) Urban Rush Shaw TV Vancouver 2000-11; director and community liaison manager Canadian Velo Event Management Society Vancouver 2011-current


Jocelyn Laidlaw - Click for recent enlargement Jocelyn Laidlaw - BA Communications Simon Fraser University & BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; Regina; reporter Global CKVU-TV Vancouver late 1990s-2002; news anchor CFCN-TV Calgary 2002-current


Farhan Lalji - Click to enlarge Farhan Lalji - Sports Information Director Simon Fraser University 1991-94; producer/reporter Sports Machine CKWX Vancouver 1994-95; sports/weekend news anchor CBC Vancouver 1995-97; sports reporter TSN Vancouver 1997-current; part time sports anchor CTV British Columbia current


Theresa Lalonde - Click to enlarge Theresa Lalonde - CBC Radio: announcer Western Arctic's Saturday Night Request Show 1986-87; announcer including producer/host Radio Noon, Arctic AM Western Arctic Inuvik NT 1991-93; reporter/announcer/fill-in host Northern Ontario, Sudbury 1993-98; reporter/fill-in host Windsor 1998-2000; opened temporary Bureau in Kingston ON for 6 weeks in aftermath of 1998 Ice Storm; fill-in reporter Halifax summer 2000; reporter Vancouver 2000-07; producer Sounds Like Canada Network Radio 2007-09; producer The Point Network Radio 2009-10; multi-platform reporter CBC Vancouver filing to TV, Radio and the Web 2010-current


May Lam - Click to enlarge May Lam - Columbia Academy Broadcast Arts graduate 1990; all night announcer/copywriter CHAB Moose Jaw SK 1990-91; middays/creative director/producer CISQ-FM/CISW-FM Squamish/Whistler 1992; promotions director CKEG/CHUB Nanaimo/CHPQ Parksville & swing middays CKEG 1992-94; Community Cruiser reporter/promotions coordinator CFOX-FM Vancouver 1995-96; promotions director CFOX-FM 1997-2001; swing/fill-in announcer CKLG Vancouver 1998; promotions and marketing director Rogers Radio Group Vancouver 2001-09; assistant PD CKLG-FM Vancouver 2006-09


Judy LaMarsh 1966 - Click for larger photo Julia Verlyn (Judy) LaMarsh - Lawyer/politician/broadcaster/novelist; Liberal MP for Niagara Falls ON 1960-68 including Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of Amateur Sport (only woman in cabinet of Lester Pearson government) 1963-65 and Secretary of State 1965-68; set up Royal Commission on Status of Women in Canada 1967 and brought in Broadcasting Act where CRTC replaced Bureau of Broadcast Governors 1968; author autobiography Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage 1969; talk show host CKWX Vancouver 1972-73; host This Country in the Morning CBC Radio national from Toronto 1974-76.  Died in Toronto October 27, 1980 at age 55


Darren B. Lamb - Click for recent enlargement Darren B. Lamb - As The Skywalker CKLG Vancouver 1989-90; afternoon drive CKZZ-FM Vancouver 1991-96; morning co-host CKZZ-FM 1996-2003; p.m. drive CHUM-FM Toronto November 2003-08 and morning contributor 2008-current


Glen Lamont - Click to enlarge Glen Lamont - Uncle Angus character Morning Zoo CKLG Vancouver circa 1988; morning co-host CHRX Vancouver 1990-92; comedian Laughing Horse Comedy Clubs UK 1990s-early 2000s


Lana - Click to enlarge Lana - Graduate Ryerson University Toronto; promotions/producer CFNY-FM Toronto 1999-2003; swing announcer CFNY-FM 2003-05; nights/weekends CFOX-FM Vancouver 2005-current


Jerry Landa CFUN 1961 - Click to enlarge with recent photo courtesy RedRobinson.com Jerry Landa - All night: CKDA Victoria 1956-57, CKCK Regina 1957-59, CHUB Nanaimo 1959, CFUN Vancouver early 1959-64, CKLG Vancouver 1964-67, CJOR Vancouver 1967-78; sports CKWX Vancouver 1979; afternoons CHUB 1980-84.  Died in Vancouver January 25, 2012 at age 78


Cam Lane - Click to enlarge Cam Lane - CFPR Prince Rupert BC circa 1972; late night sports reporter CBUT Vancouver mid 1970s; generally credited as Campbell Lane in over 90 movie and TV productions 1979-2006 including two episodes of MacGyver 1988 & 1990, four episodes of X Files 1994-96, Da Vinci's Inquest 1998, three episodes of The Dead Zone 2002-03 and Scary Movie 4 2006; voice actor Mainframe Entertainment Vancouver current.  IMDb info


David Lang - CKOV Kelowna mid 1970s; CJOR Vancouver; news reporter then News Director CISL Richmond early 1980-81; CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1982; Broadcast News Vancouver


Howard Langdale - Click to enlarge Howard Langdale - CJOB Winnipeg early 1960s; CKNW New Westminster 1964-65; morning host CFCN Calgary 1966-82; travel industry; CKMX Calgary 1985-86.  Died in auto accident 1996


Laura Langston CISL 1980 - Click for recent photo Laura Langston - BCIT Broadcast program graduate; reporter CBC Vancouver; CJJC Langley; news reporter then News Director CISL Richmond 1980; author of children's books Victoria current.  Laura Langston website


DJ Lansdell 1966 DJ Lansdell - Mid mornings CFCP Courtenay 1965-66; CKDA Victoria 1966; as Douglas Jay CJME Regina 1966; CFCP Courtenay 1966-67; journalist US Navy 1967-69; afternoons CJJC Langley 1969; weekends CKVN Vancouver 1973; middays CJJC 1973; nights CJJC 1974-75; retired from radio


Gord Lansdell CKCQ Quesnel 1965 - Click for 2007 photo Gord Lansdell - Copy writer/weekend host then mornings CKCQ Quesnel 1964-65; news director CFCP Courtenay/CFWB Campbell River 1965-67; afternoon news CJJC Langley 1967; miscellaneous sales positions 1967-73; installer/technical support technician BC Telephone Co. 1973-99 (retired); webmaster NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS 1997-current; writer/researcher Canadian Communications Foundation 2001-08; webmaster VANCOUVER BROADCASTERS 2002-current.  send email


Laurier LaPierre circa 1979 - Click for later photo Laurier LaPierre - Author, journalist, commentator and educator; writer/host Inquiry (1961-64), This Hour Has Seven Days (1964-66) and Midnight (1975) CBC Television Toronto 1962-78; host The Vancouver Show CKVU-TV Vancouver 1976-78; appointed Officer of the Order of Canada 1994; Chairman of the Board Telefilm Canada 1998-2001; member of Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications 2001-current; appointed Canadian Senator 2001.  Senate Biography


Robin Larose - Click for larger photo Robin Larose - CJAY-FM Calgary; CKIK-FM Calgary early 1980s; weekend afternoons/foreground producer CFOX-FM Vancouver 1985-86; evenings CFOX-FM 1987; assistant program director/middays CFOX-FM 1988-92; p.m. drive CFMI-FM Vancouver 1992; p.m. drive/assistant program director CFMI-FM 1993-98; middays/APD/music director CFMI-FM 1999-2004 and host Electric Lunch @ Noon Sept. 2004-current


Tom Larscheid - Click for Utah State and recent photos Tom Larscheid - Running back and kick returner Utah State 1959-61 and All-American 1960; drafted by Philadelphia Eagles 1962; BC Lions running back 1962; stock promoter Vancouver 1960s; part time BC Lions announcer 1969 and full time 1975; colour commentator BC Lions and Vancouver Canucks broadcasts CKNW Vancouver 1977-2006; afternoon co-host CHMJ Vancouver 2005-06; Canucks colour commentator CKST Vancouver 2006-10; named to Utah State University Intercollegiate Athletics Hall Of Fame 2008


David Larsen - Click to enlarge David Larsen - CJOC Lethbridge; Calgary; Program Director/News Director/morning host CILK-FM Kelowna 2000-03; Program Director/morning host 2004-08 and PD/middays CKCL-FM Chilliwack/Vancouver 2008-09; two time winner BCAB Broadcast Performer of the year award; PD/morning host CKKO-FM Kelowna 2009-current


Karin Larsen - Click to enlarge Karin Larsen - Represented Canada in International Synchro Swim competitions 1983-88 including gold medal at World Championships in Madrid and gold medal duet in Korea 1986; weekend sports/researcher/sports reporter/fill in TV sports anchor CBC Vancouver 1988-current; Leo Award for Best Sportscaster in Vancouver 1999; British Columbia Swimming Hall of Fame inductee 2001


Kim Larsen - Click to enlarge Kim Larsson - On air announcer CKXR Salmon Arm 1985; CFJC/CFJC-TV/CIFM-FM Kamloops 1985-91; CKKS-FM Vancouver 1993-94; Satellite Radio Network Vancouver 1994-95; traffic reporter Rogers Radio Group Vancouver (CKWX/CKKS-FM/CKLG-FM/CFUN-FM) 1995-2010


Sonia Laschuk - News/reception/remotes CKNW Vancouver 2009-10


Mike Latek from CJVB poster 1979 Mike Latek - Producer/host Polish program CJVB Vancouver 1970-80s


Fred Latremouille 1960 - Click for 1983 & recent photo with Cathy Baldazzi Fred Latremouille - Aka Fred Latrimo; news/morning host CKYL Peace River AB 1961-62; p.m. drive CJOR Vancouver 1962-64; CFUN Vancouver 1964-65; host Let's Go CBC-TV Vancouver 1964-66; mornings CFAX Victoria 1965; CKLG Vancouver 1965-67; host New Sounds CBC Vancouver 1968-70; CKVN/CFUN Vancouver 1970s then morning co-host; host suppertime news package Hourglass CBC-TV Vancouver; host Fred and Friends CBC-TV 1977; morning co-host CKKS-FM Vancouver 1993-99; retired from radio; commercial production; morning co-host Fred & Cathy CKCL-FM Vancouver 2006-07; inducted into Canadian Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Hall of Fame 2007


Kelly Latremouille - Click to enlarge Kelly Latremouille - BCIT Broadcast program trainee 1980; CKKC Nelson BC 1980-82; CHEC Lethbridge AB 1982-85; CHAB Moose Jaw SK 1985-86; CKDA Victoria 1986-89; CISS Calgary 1989-91; CFUN Vancouver 1991-92; Breakfast Club host CIOO-FM Halifax 1992-2007; p.m. drive CKLG-FM Vancouver 2007-09; afternoons CKCL-FM Vancouver 2009-10; a.m. drive host CFUN-FM Vancouver 2010-11


Ted Laturnus - Click for larger photo Ted Laturnus - Arts reviewer Georgia Straight Vancouver 1970s; past president Automotive Journalists Association of Canada; columnist numerous publications including Vancouver Province, Globe & Mail, Report on Business Magazine and Carguide Magazine; Canadian Automotive Journalist of the Year 1988 and 1989; co-host with Tony Whitney Driver's Seat CBC-TV Vancouver and widely syndicated mid 1980s-90s; commentator CBC Radio Vancouver; co-host Inside Track VTV Vancouver, Speedvision and PBS late 1990s; co-host widely syndicated Driver's Seat current.  Ted Laturnus website


Hanson Lau CJVB - Click to enlarge Hanson Lau - Producer/host Overseas Chinese Voice CJVB Vancouver 1970s-80s; CJUP Langley circa 1985; talk show host CHMB Vancouver 1990s and one of principals involved in purchase of station from CHUM; operator Hanson Travel Richmond current


Kris Laudien - Click to enlarge Kris Laudien - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate 1997; copywriter/news reporter CKCQ Quesnel; CKWX Vancouver circa 2000; CJNW Vancouver 2001-02; morning co-host CHMJ Vancouver; news CHMC-FM Edmonton 2005; sports anchor/reporter CityTV Edmonton 2005-06; host/production manager CurlTV.com circa 2006-09; reporter Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games; morning news anchor CTV Winnipeg 2011-current


Andy Laughland circa 1960 - Click to enlarge Andy Laughland - CKWX Vancouver ca 1960; Comedy Night host CFUN Vancouver circa 1961; CHOW Welland ON


Barrett Lawrie - Trumpeter Royal Canadian Air Force Central Band; CBC Vancouver late 1960s; news CKVN Vancouver 1969-70; CJAT Trail 1971-76; public relations Cominco; fill-in CKOO Osoyoos 1988-89.  Died in Osoyoos December 22, 1993 at age 55


Don Lawson - Host Royalite Windfall CHAN-TV Vancouver 1960s; news CJOR Vancouver 1966; part-time DJ CFUN Vancouver late 1960s.  (There is another unrelated Don Lawson who was news director at CFAX/CHBE-FM Victoria in 2003 and is currently at CHQT Edmonton.)


Tom Leach - Farm and fish commentator CBC Radio Vancouver 1950s-early 60s


Jeff Leake - Click to enlarge Jeff Leake - As Leake CKVX-FM Vancouver to November 2003; CJKR-FM Winnipeg 2004-05; Music Director/host The Verge XM 52 2006-07 and Director Music Programming The Verge, Air Musique, Sur la Route and responsible for programming of XM radio on Air Canada 2007-current


Joe Leary - Click to enlarge Joe Leary - Columbia Academy Broadcast graduate; operator CJVB Vancouver; CFCP Courtenay 1977; as Scott Jensen: CKDA Victoria 1977-78; CKLG Vancouver 1978-80; weekends CJOR Vancouver 1980; as Joe Leary: CKMW Brampton ON 1980-81; CILQ-FM Toronto 1981-85; CFUN 1985-88; music director/p.m. drive then mornings CHRX Vancouver 1988-94; p.m. drive CISL Vancouver; weekend weather CKVU-TV Vancouver 1994-2006; Air Traffic columnist Vancouver Province late 1998-2005; radio columnist 24 Hours newspaper Vancouver 2006-current; p.m. drive talk show co-host CFUN Vancouver 2006-08, morning co-host/sports reporter CFTE Vancouver 2008-10; morning sports anchor CKST 2010-current


Brian "Buzz" LeBoe circa 1962 - Click to enlarge Brian "Buzz" LeBoe - CFUN Vancouver circa 1962; first morning show host CKIQ Kelowna 1971; CKLG-FM Vancouver and CKWX Vancouver early seventies; CHOM-FM Montreal; CJAY-FM Calgary late 1970s; CFUN 1982-83; writer Environment News Service; co-founder RTL Prague Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) 1991-93; environmental projects South America current


Russ Ledger - Started in radio at age 7 as kid's voice on cake mix commercial CHML Hamilton; host weekly radio high school news show High Time for Teen Time CHML; CFTJ Galt (Cambridge) ON; all-night host CKCY Sault Ste. Marie ON; CKOT Tillsonburg ON; one of original Country Gentlemen CFGM Toronto 1962-65; news anchor CKCO-TV Kitchener/Waterloo 1965; two 2-year terms Alderman City of Waterloo; Wardair Ontario then Vancouver; weekends/fill-in/Sunday night country gospel show CKWX Vancouver 1974-87; tourism/hospitality industry Calgary 1988-current


Alex Lee - click to enlarge Alex Lee (Behan) - Traffic reporter CJVI Victoria 1996-99; Sexy Lexy character Bro Jake Morning Show CFMI-FM Vancouver 1999-2001; anchor/reporter/host/editor Citytv Vancouver and The New VI Victoria 2001-04; contender Making It Big Reality Show, Life Network/Oxygen USA 2005; ACTRA/UBCP member 2000-current; Hospitality Marketing and PR Specialist 2007-09; Manager Media & Public Relations Great Canadian Gaming Corp. 2005-07; Communications Officer - Casino, BC Lottery Corp. 2008-current; morning co-host CHHR-FM Vancouver 2009.  Alex's website


Amber Lee - Click for larger photo Amber Lee - CISL/CKZZ-FM Vancouver -2004; midday host CIBK-FM Calgary 2004-current


Andrea Lee - Intern Vancouver Canadians press box; weekend overnight news CKNW Vancouver 2006-current


JJ Lee - Click for larger photo JJ Lee - Writer/performer with comedy troupe Hot Sauce Posse 2002-2003; segment co-host with Alexis Mazurin Out There on Sounds Like Canada CBC Radio Vancouver; reporter On The Coast CBC Radio Vancouver; associate producer Sounds Like Canada 2006; design columnist On The Coast current


Jack Lee - Click to enlarge Jack Lee - General news/senior sportswriter Vancouver Sun 1955-66 covering Canucks hockey/Mounties baseball 1961-66 plus curling/racquet sports; Marketing Manager PNE 1969-78; Sports Director then Promotions Manager CJOR Vancouver 1978-79; conceived/staged tribute parade for Whitecaps NASL Soccer Championship 1979; Broadcast Promotion Assn. Medium Market Stations Award North America 1980 with branded, full size hot air balloon for station visibility promotions on location and at Empire Stadium; BCAB Community Service Award 1980 as host Street Talk CJOR 1980 for 10-day probe into drug abuse by teens, pre-teens; B'nai Brith National Human Rights Award for Focus on Racism as CKWX Vancouver News Director 1981; Marketing Manager United Way Lower Mainland 1982-85; Chair/Producer Miss Grey Cup Pageants 1983/86/87/90; general PR 1986-2001; co-manager campus-wide UBC Open House 1995; PR Director Quest University Canada, Squamish BC 2001-06; recipient Queen's Jubilee Medal for service to non-profit charities 2002; marketing/show productions and civilian lead drummer Vancouver Naval Veterans Band and honorary (non-performing) member VPD Pipe Band current


Jason Lee - Click to enlarge Jason Lee - Honours graduate Columbia Academy for Radio, Television and Recording Arts Vancouver; board operator CFOX-FM Vancouver; Sports Director/hockey play-by-play announcer/sports talk show host CJDC Dawson Creek BC; sports anchor/reporter CKWX Vancouver; sports anchor/reporter VTV CIVT-TV Vancouver; Vancouver Canucks and Grizzlies reporter Sportsnet Pacific; K-League play-by-play announcer/Ssireum play-by-play announcer/Peninsula Scope host Arirang TV Seoul Korea current


Linda Lee - Click to enlarge Linda Lee - Copy writer then Copy Chief CJOR Vancouver 1973-76; sales CJOR 1976-77; Promotion Manager CKNW New Westminster 1977-78; helicopter then fixed wing traffic reporter/weekend garden show host/talk show fill-in CJOR 1978-83; Copy Chief then Operations Manager CJOR 1983-88; Promotion Manager CJJR-FM Vancouver 1988-89; Director of Development BC Paraplegic Association 1989-91; special events/newsletter editor/administrative assistant/fundraiser/website manager BC Wheelchair Sports 1991-2008; retired/Wheelchair Sports volunteer/special projects 2008-current


Mi-Jung Lee - Click to enlarge Mi-Jung Lee - CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1989; reporter/part-time anchor CHEK-TV Victoria 1990; reporter/producer/anchor Weekend News Hour Final at 11:30 BCTV Vancouver 1992-98; co-anchor VTV Live at 5 and VTV Live at 6 VTV Vancouver 1998; anchor CTV News at 11:30 CTV British Columbia 2001-07; anchor Canada AM: West Coast CTV British Columbia 2008; anchor CTV News at 11:30 CTV British Columbia 2008-10; anchor/lead CTV News Investigation Team reporter CTV British Columbia 2010-current


Miyoung Lee - Click to enlarge Miyoung Lee - BCIT Broadcast program graduate; producer/director Early Edition CBC Radio Vancouver then reporter/producer/anchor CBC Television Vancouver 2001-current


Rick Lee - Click to enlarge Rick Lee - DJ swing shift CKIK-FM Calgary 2000; evenings CHMX-FM Regina 2000-01; swing CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2001-02; p.m. drive CHTT-FM Victoria 2002-04; p.m. drive CJZN-FM Victoria 2004-05; CHDI-FM Edmonton p.m. drive 2005-2006 & middays 2007-current


Robert Mason Lee - Click to enlarge Robert Mason Lee - Author/writer/columnist including Globe and Mail and Toronto Life; host/interviewer CTV national public affairs program Mason Lee: On the Edge CIVT-TV Vancouver 2000 and TalkTV 2002


Dave Lefebvre - Click for larger photo Dave Lefebvre - BA Honours Political Science & Journalism Carleton University Ottawa; reporter/editor CJOH-TV Ottawa; reporter Silicon Valley North, Vancouver; reporter/crime specialist CityNews Citytv Vancouver 2001-06; reporter CTV British Columbia 2006-07; communications manager Correctional Service of Canada 2007-08; spokesperson Canfor 2009-current


Don Lehn - Click to enlarge Don Lehn (Lane) - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; announcer CKGF Grand Forks, CJVI Victoria; CHNL Kamloops; announcer/public affairs host CIZL-FM Regina; DJ, morning sports backup and NHL Calgary Flames Broadcast (interviews and stats runner) CFFR Calgary; news CJMJ-FM/CFGO Ottawa; CKZZ-FM/CISL Vancouver 1996-97; CFSR-FM/CKMA/CHWK/CKGO Fraser Valley 1997-98; CKZZ-FM/CISL 1999-2000; TV acting/writing 1997-2005; Voiceprint volunteer to 2005; voicing talking books, Crane Productions UBC; Vice President and Board of Directors Voiceprint BC to 2005; voiceovers/fundraiser for Red Cross/Donor Direct 2005-current; a.m. news fill-in CKLG-FM Vancouver 2006-10; morning news CKCL-FM Vancouver 2006; anchor/technical director/desk reporter/writer CKWX Vancouver 2006-10; morning news anchor CHWK-FM Chilliwack 2010-current


Gene Lehto - CFHC Canmore AB - Click to enlarge Eugene Lehto - Lethbridge radio; CHQR Calgary late 60s-early 70s; anchor desk CKWX Vancouver 1973-79; PD CFAC Calgary; CFHC Canmore/Banff AB.  Died date unknown


Cindy Leong - Click to enlarge Cindy Leong - Master of Journalism Carleton University Ottawa; political reporter/assignment editor Cable TV Hong Kong; feature business reporter CNBC New York; associate producer/writer CNN Atlanta; fill-in host Week in Politics and Media Watch Hong Kong; freelance radio reporter CBC; health specialist Citytv Vancouver to 2006


Maria LeRose - Click to enlarge Maria LeRose - Host Vancouver Morning then co-host Vancouver Show CKVU-TV 1980-86; CBC Radio/TV Vancouver including co-host/co-producer In the Company of Women and family columnist Midday 1986-current; co-host/co-producer programs on Knowledge Network, PBS, CTV Network, CITY-TV Toronto and CBC Newsworld; co-producer/interviewer Life and Times CBC Television; Adjunct Professor faculty of medicine UBC 2002-current; special program manager Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education 2009-current; Secretary/Communications Parkgate Community Centre North Vancouver current; co-director/producer Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids CBC-TV national program Doc Zone 2010; television program producer specializing in educational videos that focus on programs and strategies that foster Social and Emotional Learning in children and youth current


Sean Leslie - Click to enlarge Sean Leslie - News Director CJCI/CIRX-FM Prince George 1990s-2001; reporter then legislative bureau chief CKNW Vancouver 2001-current and talk show host weekend evenings CKNW 2006-current


Stan Lettner CHBC-TV - Click to enlarge Stan Lettner - Host classical music program Open House & character Zed Bindertwine CKMO Vancouver; CKWX announcer late 1940s-50s; host Stan Lettner's Open House CFUN Vancouver 1955; CKOV Kelowna circa 1959; CHBC-TV Kelowna


Colleen Leung - International News Section, China Central Television, Beijing; first Chinese on air news reporter BCTV Vancouver early 1987; documentary writer/producer CBC Radio, CBC Newsworld and Knowledge Network Vancouver; director National Film Board of Canada personal documentary Letters From Home 2001; associate producer NFB documentary Kosovo: Fragile Peace; guest host The Roundup CBC Radio One Vancouver 2004  


Eliana Lev - Click to enlarge Eliana Lev - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate; on-air news CKNW Vancouver 2005; reporter Broadcast News Vancouver current


Michael Levy - Click for larger photo Michael Levy - Financial talk show host Levi Line CJOR 1986-88; co-host and contributor with Michael Campbell on MoneyTalks CKNW Vancouver


Sunny Lewis - Click for larger and recent photos S.P. "Sunny" Lewis - CFUN Vancouver 1970s-80s; program producer CBC and CKNW Vancouver; writer Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail and McLean's Magazine; entertainment columnist TV Week magazine circa 1980; founder/managing editor Environmental News Service 1990-current; reporter Hawaii Public Radio Honolulu current


Jeff Leyland - Click for larger photo Jeff Leyland - BCIT Broadcast journalism program 1998-2000; assistant to Sports Director CJJR-FM/CKBD Vancouver 1995-99; sports video library assistant Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment 1999-2000; Grizzlies basketball reporter CKNW Vancouver 1999-2000; Director of Media Relations Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club 2000; reporter/broadcaster mycityradio.com 2000-01; reporter ESPN sports ticker 2000-02; sports reporter/host CKST Vancouver 2001-08; radio reporter Broadcast News/Associated Press 2002-06; freelance reporter The Sports Network (TSN) 2003-04; weekend sports anchor citytv Vancouver 2004-06; scripting/voicing highlight packages for NHL Network Toronto 2009-current; weekend sports anchor CHCH-TV Hamilton ON 2010-current.   Jeff's website


Ryan Lidemark - Click for larger photo Ryan Lidemark - Columbia Academy graduate 2004; board operator/traffic reporter CISQ-FM/CISW-FM Squamish/Whistler 2004; remote coordinator CJJR-FM/CKBD/CKPK-FM Vancouver 2005-current; reporter/producer Canadian Traffic Network Vancouver 2007-09; Director of Operations Canadian Traffic Network Vancouver 2009-current


Kevin Lim - Click to enlarge Kevin Lim - Canadian Association of Broadcasters National Scholarship 2003; BCIT Broadcast Radio Program graduate 2004; BCAB Graduating Award - Top Graduating Broadcast Student 2004; evenings/weekends/producer CKYX-FM Fort McMurray AB 2004-05; p.m. drive CHSU-FM Kelowna 2005-09; BCAB Broadcast Performer of Tomorrow 2009; early afternoons/Assistant Music Director CKZZ Vancouver 2009-11; a.m. drive CHSU-FM 2011-current


Larissa Lindberg - Click to enlarge Larissa Lindberg - Focus on the Family Funfinder then traffic reporter/overnight voicetracking CKBD Vancouver and traffic CJJR-FM Vancouver 1997-2001; now Larissa Wiebe living in Chilliwack


Robert Linden photo courtesy Vancouver Radio Museum - Click for recent photo Robert Linden - DJ CJIB Vernon 1973-76; reporter/newscaster CFCW Camrose AB 1976-79; editor/assignment editor CKWX Vancouver 1979-87; News Director Satellite Radio Network 1987-89; Western Canada Manager Standard Broadcast News 1989-91; National Board of Directors Radio-Television News Directors Association 1989-91; News Director Fraser Valley Broadcasters 1992-2001; morning editor CKWX 2001-05; Assistant News Director CKWX 2005-09; took early retirement from CKWX July 2009


John Lindenlaub - Co-host with Bob Switzer cooking show Cuisine CBC-TV Vancouver circa 1964-1966; heading of chef/cooking training courses BCIT Hospitality Program 1960s-70s.  Died in the Chilliwack area October 19, 2005 at age 85


Terra Lindsay - Click to enlarge Terra Lindsay - CJJR-FM Vancouver current


Bob Livingston - News CFUN Vancouver 1974; news CKLG Vancouver; news CKXR Salmon Arm BC; news CJAT Trail.  Died in Kelowna May 2001


Mike Lloyd - Click to enlarge Mike Lloyd - Operator CKKS-FM Vancouver 1996-97; technical producer syndicated Rhona at Night 1997-98; audio/traffic/anchor CKWX Vancouver 1997-2000; afternoon news CISQ/CISW Squamish/Whistler 2000-01; reporter/news anchor CKWX 2001-current; recipient BC Region RTNDA Dave Rogers Award for Short Feature (Large Market) for regular humour feature On the Offbeat 2007


Kathleen Logan - Click to enlarge Kathleen Logan - Aka Kathleen Stinson; B.A. Political Science UBC 1980; graduate BCIT Broadcast Journalism program 1982; as Kathleen Logan newscaster CKNW/CFMI-FM New Westminster 1984-90; stay-at-home mom 1990s; Vancouver Community College graduate with Diploma for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 2007; substitute teacher Immigration Services Society (ISS) Vancouver 2007-current   


Susan Long - Click to enlarge Susan Long (now Susan McFee Anderson) - BCIT Broadcast Journalism; SFU BA Communications; SFU MA Liberal Studies; reporter/news anchor CFOX-FM, CKVU-TV, BCTV Vancouver, CHEK-TV Victoria 1978-85;  field producer/host BC Winter and Summer Games 1982-92; producer Children’s Miracle Network Telethon 1993; freelance writer/producer 1990-2003; web, non-fiction and fiction writer 2005-current.  Susan's Website


Dave Longmore - CHRX Vancouver early 1990s; out of radio


Brian Lord 1961 - Click to enlarge with recent photo Brian Lord - PR/promotion Hatzic Lake BC Hydro Regatta with reports to CFUN Vancouver 1959; hourly traffic/events reporter then all nights CFUN 1959-60; CFCR-TV Kamloops BC 1960; middays Good Guy CFUN 1960-62; KMEN San Bernardino CA 1962-66, KLIV San Jose CA 1965-67, KMEN 1967, CJJC Langley 1968-76; owner audio-visual business 1975-79; assistant to Minister of Health Bob McClelland 1979-81; News Director CKDA Victoria 1981-85; news CKWX/CKKS-FM Vancouver 1985-90; news CHRX/CJJR-FM Vancouver 1990-95; English radio news Metro Broadcasting Hong Kong 1995-2001; retired 2001 and moved to the Philippines.  Died in the Philippines January 19, 2012 at age 77.


Ron Lorenz - Click to enlarge Ron Lorenz - CHQR Calgary 1990s; news anchor CKWX Vancouver early 2000's; bus tour guide 2002-03; English teacher Xiaolan and Changsha China 2003; host Easy Afternoon Easy FM China Radio International 2004-current


Ann Loss - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; news/program specials CKWX Vancouver May 1976-; Variety Club of BC


Peter Louwe - Click to enlarge Peter Louwe - Newspaper/magazine reporter; writer/producer BCTV Vancouver; news reporter CKVU-TV Vancouver 1989-2006


Dr. Rhonda Low - Click to enlarge Dr. Rhonda Low - Family medicine practitioner 1984-current; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine University of British Columbia current; co-hosted 13 part television series on Alternative Medicine, Life and Knowledge TV Networks 1996; guest host Housecalls CKNW Vancouver; host daily news feature Your Health VTV/CTV British Columbia 1997-current


Harvey Lowe - Click for larger photos Harvey Lowe - At age 13 winner of first World Yo-Yo Championship Competition London UK 1932; Chinese Canadian Community Radio Pioneer hosted first Chinese Canadian radio program Call of China CJOR Vancouver 1951-65; actor/entertainer; member B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame Starwalk at the Orpheum; honoured at Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Vancouver November 1, 2003.  Died in Vancouver March 11, 2009 at age 90.


Bruce Lowther 1989 - Click to enlarge Bruce Lowther - News CKWX Vancouver circa 1947-50; news director CJVI Victoria 1950-54; reporter/columnist Victoria Daily Colonist 1954-76; local cable TV Victoria 1976.   Died in Victoria April 1999 at age 72


Hal Lowther CJAZ-FM early 1980s - Click to enlarge Hal Lowther - CJVI Victoria mid 1970s; CJAZ-FM Vancouver 1980-84; Port Hardy


Ken Lowther - Click to enlarge Ken Lowther - Swing announcer/Red Robinson morning show producer CISL Vancouver 1993-94; freelance announcer/actor current


Otto Lowy - Click for larger photo Otto Lowy - Arrived in Vancouver from Czechoslovakia in 1948; began CBC career as a foreign-accented bit player in a series called Adventures in Europe; 22-year host of The Transcontinental CBC Radio Vancouver; involved in startup of The Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver 1964; member B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame Starwalk at the Orpheum 1988; awarded Austrian Gold Cross of Merit for Science and the Arts 1994.  Died May 28, 2002 at age 81


Erin Loxam - Click to enlarge Erin Loxam - Economics degree University of Alberta Edmonton; BCIT journalism program 2007; CKWX Vancouver reporter 2007-10/morning web reporter 2009-10/midday anchor & managing editor of new media 2010-current


Tom Lucas 1973 - Click for recent photo Tom Lucas - CKAY Duncan; CJJC Langley; CJKL Kirkland ON; CKGF Grand Forks; CKOK Penticton; CKOC Hamilton; CFGO Ottawa 1973; CKVU-TV Vancouver Show & TGIF; CFUN Vancouver 1974-88; first DJ CHRX Vancouver 1988-90; Satellite Radio Network Goldline heard locally on CISL Vancouver 1990-96; CKWX Vancouver; CISL morning host 2000-2002; Satellite Radio Network Vancouver; weekends CISL 2003-05; host Retro-Rock Party Line 6-8 p.m. Saturdays CFUN 2006; host Radio Real Estate CKBD Vancouver 2006-08 and CFUN 2008-current


Ron Luckman - Click to enlarge Ron Luckman - Writer/producer CHAM Hamilton and CKSL London ON 1973-76; Creative Director then on-air evenings CKLG-FM/CFOX-FM Vancouver 1976-80; Manager of Community Relations, Shaw Cable Woodstock ON 1980-97; General Manager YMCA Woodstock current    


Sophie Lui - Click for larger photo Sophie Lui - BCIT broadcast graduate; CKOV Kelowna 1996; CKIQ Kelowna 1996-97; CFAX Victoria 1997-99; news anchor/producer CHEK-TV Victoria 1999-2002; reporter/news anchor BCTV Vancouver 2002-04; news anchor CH Victoria 2004-07; fill-in anchor Global National; anchor/reporter Global Vancouver 2007-current


Oliver Lum - Click for larger photo Oliver Lum - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; beat reporter CKNW Vancouver to 1998; reporter/assignment editor BCTV/Global Vancouver 1998-current


Shane Lunny - Click for recent photo Shane Lunny - Investigative reporter/Vancouver Show producer CKVU-TV Vancouver late 1970s; producer Cable 4 video program Nite Dreems 1979-81; producer Much Music shows 1980s; film and video producer, then founder/chief creative director multimedia company Shane Lunny Productions and the Lunny Group circa 1990-current


Steve Lus - Click to enlarge Steve Lus - Reporter CBC Vancouver current; RTNDA Ron Laidlaw award 2009; Webster award for Best Reporting of the Year - Radio 2009


Ann Luu - Click to enlarge Ann Luu - Columbia Academy graduate; traffic reporter CHMJ Vancouver 2006-07; fill-in news anchor Shaw Cable Vancouver 2007; weather presenter News at Noon CBC-TV Vancouver 2007-09; traffic reporter CKBD/CKPK-FM/CJJR-FM Vancouver 2008-10; CBC News Vancouver weekends and weather fill-in 2009-11; host CBC's What's Happening 2009-11; weather & traffic reporter The Early Edition CBC Radio One Vancouver 2010-11; traffic specialist CTV Morning Live CTV British Columbia 2011-current


Mick Luvzit - Click for larger 1966 photo Mick Luvzit - CKY Winnipeg; CHWO Oakville ON; CHIC Brampton ON; Radio Caroline UK 1966-67; CKST Vancouver; CKLG Vancouver; mornings KWPZ-FM Lynden WA early 2000s.  Radio London bio


Laura Lynch - Click for recent enlargement Laura Lynch - CISL Richmond 1983; reporter CBC Radio Prince Rupert 1983-84; part time and fill in reporter CBC Radio Vancouver 1984-89; parliamentary reporter CBC Radio Ottawa 1989-96; national reporter CBC Radio Vancouver 1996-99; awarded Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University 1999-2000; CBC US correspondent based in Washington DC 2000-03; CBC European correspondent based in London UK 2003-current; winner of awards from the Radio and Television News Directors' Association, Canadian Association of Journalists and Law Society of BC


Kathy Lynn - Click for larger photo Kathy Lynn - Parenting educator, professional speaker and author; host Parenting Today CKNW Vancouver 2004.  Parenting Today website


Alex Lyons - Click to enlarge Alex Lyons - BCIT Broadcast program graduate; news ancho/reporter at CKRX-FM in Fort Nelson BC 1997-98; technical production/on air CKST Vancouver 1998-2000; traffic reporter CKNW Vancouver 2001-current; traffic reporter CJNW Vancouver 2001-02; traffic reporter CHMJ Vancouver 2006-07; traffic reporter CKWX Vancouver 2007-current


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