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Jan van Bruchem - Click for larger image Jan van Bruchem - Immigrated from the Netherlands to Canada in 1952; CKBR Barrie ON; host of weekly program Holland Calling aired in multi Canadian markets for 15 years late 1950s to early 1970s; representative Radio Nederland's transcription service; founder with Wim de Bruijn/on-air CJVB Vancouver which signed on June 18, 1972; served as vice-president Canadian Association of Ethnic Radio Broadcasters and director Canadian Association of Broadcasters; served as chairman of task force on the media for BC advisory committee on cultural heritage 1988-90; BC Association of Broadcasters Broadcaster of the Year 1989; sold CJVB 1992; retired as GM 1993.  Died at age 70 June 1, 2000.


Rochelle van Halm - Click for larger photo Rochelle van Halm - Audio assistant The Vancouver Show CKVU-TV Vancouver 1976; graduate BCIT Broadcast communications 1977; news reporter CKWX Vancouver 1977-82; freelance journalist Canadian Business, BC Business, Flare, UnixWorld, Today's Bride, Westworld and David Suzuki's Discovery 1982-85; president Vancouver Media Club 1980s; senior staff writer Expo 86 Corporation 1985-86; freelance communications McKim Advertising, Blackcomb Mountain, Empress Hotel, Woodward's Stores and Vertigo Computer Imagery 1986-89; communications specialist Placer Dome 1996-99; media relations manager Creo/Kodak 2000-current


Jim Van Horne - Click to enlarge Jim Van Horne - CKMP Midland ON 1971; various other Canadian radio stations; 3-6 p.m. CKLG Vancouver 1976; intern CITY-TV Toronto 1980; sports CFAC-TV Calgary 1980; sports commentator including SportsDesk anchor TSN Toronto 1984-2001; syndicated talk show host on Team stations including CKST Vancouver 2001-02; Sportsnet Toronto 2003-current


Fred Van Velsen CISL 1980 - Click to enlarge Fred Van Velsen - Radio/TV  Kenora & Thunder Bay ON; film production; evening duty editor CJOB Winnipeg 1970s; news reporter CISL Richmond 1980; operations manager International Image Toronto 1990s


Jody Vance - Click for larger photo Jody Vance - CHRX/CJJR-FM Vancouver 1989; Promotions Director/community cruiser reporter CKNW/CFMI-FM Vancouver 1991; fill-in sports anchor BCTV Vancouver 1996; launched sports department/sports anchor CIVT-TV Vancouver 1997; Rogers Sportsnet Toronto 1999-2009; p.m. drive co-host CHHR-FM Vancouver 2009-10 and middays 2010-11; fill-in sports anchor CBC-TV Vancouver 2010-11; co-host Breakfast Television Citytv Vancouver 2011-current


Bill Vander Zalm - Click for larger photo Bill Vander Zalm - Elected Surrey Alderman 1965; Surrey Mayor 1969-75; elected BC MLA 1975; purchased theme park Fantasy Garden World Richmond 1984; host garden show CKNW Vancouver 1985; host Premier Talk CKNW 1986-89; British Columbia Premier 1986-91; former B.C. Reform Party leader; appeared in TV spots for ICBC and Way to Grow garden supplements 


Wim Vander Zalm - Click to enlarge Wim Vander Zalm - Garden Talks weekly garden show host CKNW Vancouver 1986-2001


Samantha Vega - Click to enlarge Samantha Vega - CJUP Langley 1985-86; BCIT radio graduate 1986; all-nights CHRX Vancouver 1988-90; middays CKKQ-FM Victoria 1990-92; evenings CHRX 1992-94; Satellite Radio Network 1994-96; middays/evenings 76.1 InterFM Tokyo Japan 1996-2001; voice track HMV864 Hong Kong 1999-August 2003; Canadian production company FM America Tokyo current; voice track morning CHR show Osaka and Fukuoka Japan and AC show small market stations in Japan current; in-store DJ shows HMV Singapore current


Jeff Veniot - Click to enlarge Jeff Veniot - BCIT Radio program graduate 1979; news/current affairs CFRO-FM Vancouver 1975-76; news/operations/pm traffic CJVB Vancouver 1978-80; tourist industry local and long-distance guiding full and part time 1980-current; sports representative Broadcast News Vancouver including coverage of Scott Tournament of Hearts curling 1997; board member Canadian Tour Guide Association of BC 1992-current and President 1994-2001


John Vennavally-Rao - Click for recent photo John Vennavally-Rao - Applied Communication Program graduate Camosun College Victoria; reporter/video journalist CBC-TV Vancouver; general assignment reporter CTV British Columbia 1997-2002; Atlantic news bureau correspondent CTV Halifax 2002-09; reporter CTV Toronto news bureau 2009-current


Trace Ventura  - Click to enlarge Trace Ventura - Graduate SAIT Calgary; as Racy Dave Tracy ski reporter CJAY-FM Calgary early 1990s; as morning sidekick Kooter CKMX Calgary early 1990s; as Trace Ventura news then host Indie Night in Canada CFOX-FM Vancouver mid 1990s-2004; host Canadian Content The Roxy Nightclub Vancouver; as Trace St. John reporter then traffic anchor CFFR Calgary 2006-current


Wayne Vernon - Click for larger photo Wayne Vernon - Host Caribbean Express then Caribbean Groove CHKG-FM Vancouver


Gord Vizzutti - Click to enlarge Gord Vizzutti - Reporter/anchor CHBC-TV Kelowna 1977-80; reporter/anchor/producer CKCK-TV Regina 1980-88; reporter CKVU-TV Vancouver 1988; news director/anchor CHBC-TV Kelowna 1988-96; media relations/marketing Silver Star Resort Vernon 1996-2001; marketing manager Kicking Horse Resort Golden BC 2002-04; owner Habitat Media Group Kelowna 2004-current; morning news announcer CKFR Kelowna 2008-current


Wendy Vreeken - Click to enlarge Wendy Vreeken - Researcher/part-time reporter/weekend news producer BCTV Vancouver 1980-83; reporter/producer/assignment editor CKVU-TV Vancouver 1983-2002; part time news/story producer CTV British Columbia 2002-07; producer including Living Vancouver CBC-TV Vancouver 2007-current


Rino Vultaggio - Producer/show host Italian programming CJVB Vancouver 1970s-90; Publisher/Editor Italian newspapers Il Marco Polo and L’Eco D’Italia Vancouver current


Jim Waddell circa 1958 - Click to enlarge Jim Waddell - PM drive CKWX Vancouver 1958-59; CHEC Lethbridge AB 1959


Andrew Wadden - Click to enlarge Andrew Wadden - Media relations assistant Vancouver Canadians baseball team 2009; sports reporter/writer CKNW Vancouver 2009-10; editor/writer/blogger VancouverBasketball.ca; sports anchor/reporter CKWX Vancouver 2010-current


Jasdip Wahla - Click for larger photo Jasdip Wahla - Post-graduate journalism & mass communications program Punjabi University Patiala India; trainee sub-editor/reporter Indian Express newspaper 1990; reporter/sub-editor Nawan Zamana and news editor Prime Time; Punjabi news anchor Channel M/OMNI Vancouver current


Carl Waiz - Click to enlarge Carl Waiz - CJDC Dawson Creek circa 1960; news CJOR Vancouver early 1960s; news reporter CKNW Vancouver.  Died in White Rock BC January 9, 1982 at age 45


Hal Wake - Click for larger photo Hal Wake - Political journalist/producer and later host of Early Edition and book producer for Morningside CBC Radio Vancouver 1979-96; book reviewer Georgia Straight and Vancouver Sun; multiple host/moderator Victoria Literary Arts Festival; senior manager media relations Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to 2005; artistic director Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival 2005-current


Carly Walde - Click to enlarge Carly Walde - Graduate BCIT Broadcast program 2007; traffic anchor CHMJ Vancouver to 2011; p.m. drive traffic CKPK-FM Vancouver 2011-current 


Cal Walker - Click for larger photo Cal Walker - BCIT Broadcast and Media Communications graduate; Michael Stevenson CKWX Vancouver 1977-79; Mike Stevenson CKIQ Kelowna 1979; CKDA Victoria 1980; Calvin Jay Walker CKLG Vancouver 1980-83; CHFM-FM Calgary 1983-89; pilot/traffic reporter Cal Walker Traffic San Diego (KOGO, KGB-FM, KYMY-FM & XHCR-FM) 1990-current


wall_b3.jpg (3667 bytes) Barry Wall - DJ all-nights then evenings CFQC Saskatoon 1973-75; mid-days CHED Edmonton 1975-80; afternoon drive CKY Winnipeg 1980-84; morning drive CFRW Winnipeg 1984-85; afternoon drive CHIQ-FM Winnipeg 1987-88; host CKY-TV Winnipeg 1987-2000; afternoon drive CKY-AM Winnipeg 1990-94; co-host mornings (with Rob Christie and Val Cole) CKKS-FM Vancouver 2000-01; General Manager/Program Director CFNR-FM Terrace 2004-08; Barry Wall Consulting Ltd. 2008-current


Nancy Wall 1975 - Click to enlarge Nancy Wall - News/assistant to Jack Lee CJOR Vancouver 1970s


Anna Wallner - Click for larger photo Anna Wallner - Fraser Valley bureau chief then anchor/reporter Your Health CKVU-TV Vancouver 1994-99; co-host/executive producer The Shopping Bags W Network Toronto 1999-current and OWN 2011-current; named Broadcaster of Tomorrow by BC Association of Broadcasters 1999 and 2000


Andy Walsh - Click to enlarge Andy Walsh - Announcer/sales CKSF Cornwall ON 1951; CJIC Sault Ste. Marie ON 1952; CFRA Ottawa; morning news CJAD Montreal 1954-68; morning news then News Director CHQM/CHQM-FM Vancouver 1968-93; B.C. Place Stadium announcer for visit of Pope John Paul II 1984; news CKST Vancouver 1990s; weekend morning news CKWX Vancouver 1996-current; member Canadian Association of Broadcasters Half Century Club 2002; Radio-Television News Directors Association Lifetime Achievement Award 2004


Cecilia Walters - Click for 1983 photo Cecilia Walters - Central Ontario radio 1973; CBC Toronto 1970s; reporter CTV National News Edmonton; reporter CTV Vancouver; co-host Newscentre with Bill Good CBC-TV Vancouver 1982-88; host Almanac CBC radio Vancouver 1990-92; news reader Early Edition CBC radio Vancouver 1997-current


Stu Walters - Click to enlarge Stu Walters - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2004; sports/traffic CHMJ Vancouver 2004-09; sports contributor CKNW Vancouver 2004-09; sports Shaw TV Vancouver current; afternoon sportscaster CKNW 2009-current


Tom Walters - Click to enlarge Tom Walters - News and legislative reporter CJVI Victoria; anchor/reporter CKVU-TV Vancouver; Bureau Chief CTV Halifax; national correspondent CTV News; News Director CTV British Columbia 2001-06; Los Angeles Bureau Chief CTV National 2006-current; twice Gemini Award nominee and winner of numerous news reporting awards; winner of two Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Gold Ribbons and Jack Webster Award


Lee Walton - Click to enlarge Lee Walton - News reader then reporter CKWX Vancouver 1997-2000; community events reporter CKKS-FM Vancouver 2000-02 including helicopter traffic reporter CKWX/CKKS-FM 2001-02; weekend reporter Global/Citytv Vancouver 2001-03; bmi British Midland Airways UK 2003-11; steward VIA Rail 2011-current


Carol Wang - Click to enlarge Carol Wang - News reporter China Central Television; runner up TV Anchor Competition of China 2000; news reporter/anchor Talentvision Vancouver 2001; Mandarin news anchor Channel M/OMNI Vancouver to 2009


Bill Ward - Click to enlarge Bill Ward - (William Enoch Ward) host Bill Ward's Doghouse 11-midnight CKWX Vancouver 1940s-50s; CFUN Vancouver mid 1960s.  Died in Vancouver March 2, 1974 at age 74


Brook Ward - Click to enlarge Brook Ward - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; morning sports/announcer CJJR-FM/CJOR Vancouver late 1988; weekend sports talk CKNW Vancouver 1999-2002; sports talk host CHMJ Vancouver 2002; play-by-play Vancouver Canadians baseball CKST Vancouver 2003-06; fill-in Sportstalk CKNW Vancouver 2007-current; pre and post game show host Vancouver Giants broadcasts CISL Vancouver 2008-current


Johanna Ward - Click to enlarge Johanna Ward - Co-host entertainment show GO! Magazine CHEK-TV Victoria 2003-05; host & producer The Express Shaw TV Vancouver 2005-current; host Shaw TV national series Powered to Win 2008-current; weekly “gal about town” promo CFUN Vancouver 2008-09


Toby Ward - Click to enlarge Toby Ward - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 1992; operator CKNW Vancouver 1990-91; News Director Sunshine Radio Network CKQR Castlegar/CKGF Grand Forks BC 1991-92; news anchor/reporter CKEG Nanaimo 1992-93; on-air/sports talk show producer/sports reporter CKLG Vancouver 1993-94; Founder/President/CEO Prescient Digital Media Toronto/Vancouver 2001-current


Peter Warren - Click for CJOB photo Peter Warren - St. John Telegraph Journal 1958; Calgary Herald 1962; Boston Record 1964; Hong Kong Star 1965; Winnipeg Tribune 1966 and City Editor 1968; talk show host Action Line CJOB Winnipeg 1971-98; columnist Winnipeg Sun 1980; named Western Association of Broadcasters Broadcaster of the Year 1997; CKNW Vancouver/Corus Radio Network talk show host weekends and fill-in 1999-2006; investigatibe journalist current; guest speaker/writer/TV-radio contributor; Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame inductee 1999.  CCF Biography  Website


Mark Washington - Click to enlarge Mark Washington - Industrial engineer graduate Rutgers University New Jersey; Barcelona Dragons of NFL Europa 1997; defensive back Montreal Alouettes 1997-2002; B.C. Lions defensive back 2003-06 and defensive backs coach 2008-current; co-host The Daily CHNU-TV Vancouver 2008-09


Jack Wasserman - Click for larger photo Jack Wasserman - Highly respected Vancouver Sun night life and celebrity columnist 1949 on; CJOR Vancouver 1969; Wasserman's World CKNW circa 1970.  Died in Vancouver April 6, 1977 at age 50


Vic Waters - Click to enlarge with 1995 photo Vic Waters - Wireless operator, engaged to copy Trans Radio news for CJOR Vancouver and Chicago Daily News Foreign Service for Daily Province 1939; studio operator/announcer CJOR 1941-42; Canadian Army 1942-46; studio operator/newscaster/announcer including host The Concert Hour then evening pop music DJ and later Program Director CJOR 1946-69; retired from CJOR 1969; Program Director Premier Cablevision 1969-1970s; member B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame Starwalk at the Orpheum 1998; member Canadian Association of Broadcasters Half Century Club 2002.  Died in Langley BC August 19, 2008 at age 89.


Laddie Watkis - Click to enlarge Laddie Watkis - Aka The Girl Baritone secretary/bill collector/piano player/singer CJOR Vancouver circa 1927-1950


Ed Watson - Click for recent photo Ed Watson - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; CBC Calgary; reporter/political correspondent/anchor Nightfinal CBC Vancouver; video-journalist CHEK-TV Victoria 1992-97; recipient Jack Webster Foundation Broadcast Journalism Fellowship award 2003; Victoria bureau chief CTV British Columbia 1997-2004; evening news anchor CHEK-TV Victoria 2004-07; Watson Media 2007-current; assignment editor CTV British Columbia 2009-10; Vancouver Island bureau chief CTV British Columbia 2012-current


Amanda Wawryk Amanda Wawryk - Columbia Academy graduate 2006; ground traffic CHQM-FM Vancouver 2005-06; news reporter/anchor CHSU-FM Kelowna 2006-07; traffic reporter then anchor/writer CKWX Vancouver 2007-current


Hal Weaver 1970 - Click for 1964 CJCA photo Hal Weaver - DJ CKRD Red Deer; evenings CJCA Edmonton 1964-65; CHLO St. Thomas (London) ON; CKOC Hamilton 1967; CHUM Toronto 1968-70; CJOR Vancouver 1970; a.m. drive CKVN Vancouver 1970-71.  Died December 31, 1971 at age 28 in Surrey B.C.  Edmonton Broadcasters photos


Jack Webster - Click for alternate photo courtesy CKNW Jack Webster - Vancouver Sun reporter 1947; CJOR Vancouver 1953; Sunday Dispatch and TV Glasgow 1957; city mike and capsule comments CKNW New Westminster 1957; CKLG Vancouver 1960; talk show host CKNW 1963; CBC Vancouver correspondent; CJOR 1972; BCTV Vancouver 1978; Order of Canada 1988; News Hall of Fame and CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame 1989; panelist CBC-TV Front Page Challenge 1990-95.  Died March 2, 1999.  Jack Webster Foundation  CCF Biography


Shawn Webster - Click for larger photo Shawn Webster - BCIT broadcast graduate 1984; traffic reporter CKNW/CFMI-FM Vancouver to 2004; traffic CJJR-FM/CKBD Vancouver 2004-08 and morning co-host CKBD to 2008; realtor HomeLife Benchmark Realty Walnut Grove 2008-current.  Website


Tim Weekes - Click to enlarge Tim Weekes - Reporter/lineup editor CBC Television Vancouver current


Maria Weisgarber - Click to enlarge Maria Weisgarber - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2002; on-air news CKWX Vancouver 2001-04; host/producer newsbreaks and reporter The Express Shaw Cable 4 Vancouver 2004-06; investigative reporter CKWX Vancouver 2006-07; CTV British Columbia evening writer 2007-08 and reporter 2008-current


Peter Weissbach photo courtesy KIRO Seattle - Click for larger photo Peter Weissbach - Talk show host CJOR Vancouver 1980s; on air/PD CJCA Edmonton late 1980s-93; talk host: KBNP Portland 1995; KOGO San Diego 1997; KVI Seattle (nationally syndicated from KOMO Seattle) 1998-2001; weekends/fill-in KIRO Seattle 2004; US syndicated talk show fill-in 2004-current; talk show host KVI Seattle 2009-current


Paul Weisser - Click to enlarge Paul Weisser - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 2001; evening sports anchor CKWX Vancouver 2000-09


Dave Welch aka Bryan Davis - Click to enlarge Dave Welch - Graduate Radio-Television Arts Program Ryerson Toronto 1979; CKRA-FM Edmonton 1980-87; CFUN Vancouver 1987-92; CISL Vancouver 1992-93; weekends/swing CHQM-FM/CFUN Vancouver; as Bryan Davis: p.m. drive CHYM-FM Kitchener ON 2001-08; p.m. drive CIKZ-FM Kitchener 2008-current


Keith Wells - Click to enlarge Keith Wells - Radio/TV Arts graduate Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Edmonton 1985; videotape operator Television New Zealand Auckland 1985; production assistant ITV Edmonton 1986-87; sports anchor/reporter CFRN-TV Edmonton 1987-88; sports anchor/reporter CISA-TV Lethbridge 1989-92; sports anchor/reporter ITV Edmonton 1992; sports anchor/reporter CHEK-TV Victoria 1992-97; sports/news anchor/reporter BCTV Vancouver 1997-2001; sports anchor/reporter CHEK-TV 2001-08; founder/director of newsroom relations SendtoNews Victoria 2008-current


Art Welsh - News Editor Ubyssey Newspaper UBC Vancouver circa 1950; news/public affairs CJOR Vancouver 1952-53


Ted Wendland - Click for larger photo Ted Wendland - Music director CFMI-FM/CKNW New Westminster 1972-77; on air/music director CJJC Langley 1977-78; CFMI-FM/CKNW 1978-83; music director CHQR Calgary 1983-93; remote co-ordinator CFMI-FM/CKNW 1993-99; webmaster Puget Sound Radio 1999-2006; webmaster radiowest.ca 2006-current; remote producer CISL Vancouver 2009-current


Don West Don West - CKLW Windsor circa 1968; KIMN Denver late 1960s-early 70s; CHQT & CHED Edmonton; CHAB Moose Jaw SK; CHAM Hamilton; SRN Oldies Network then weekends CISL Vancouver 1992-2009; retired from radio 2009


John West - Click to enlarge

John West - As John Stott: announcer/newscaster CFCP Courtenay 1968-69; news CJJC Langley 1969-70 and as John West: evening DJ CJJC 1970; morning traffic/Pat Burns Show producer/DJ CJOR Vancouver 1970-72; evenings oldies show CKWX Vancouver 1972-74; North Shore Cable/Delta Cable show host; Insurance Corporation of British Columbia 1974 on; part time/remotes CKWX 1974-86; semi-retired running small business training consulting company current



Eric Westra - Click to enlarge Eric Westra - As Eric Westin announcer CHIQ-FM Winnipeg 1979-81; announcer CIRK-FM Edmonton 1981; midday/afternoon host CFOX-FM Vancouver 1981-88; announcer CFMI-FM Vancouver 1988-89; announcer CILQ-FM Toronto 1989-91; PD CJKR-FM Winnipeg 1991-92; morning host CILK-FM Kelowna 1992-94; as Eric Westra news anchor CKWX Vancouver 1997-2003; owner Creativetech Communications Vancouver current


Kim Whale - Click to enlarge Kim Whale - Graduate degree Behavioral Science Simon Fraser University 1969 while freelancing for CBC; counter culture assignment reporter CKLG-FM Vancouver 1969-71 including coverage of Amchitka nuclear test story and crew member on Greenpeace II; dubbed LG-FM’s Hippy Dippy newsman/commentator by the Vancouver Sun; producer Chuck Davis Show CBC Radio Vancouver 1972-73; radio producer then executive producer TV for CBR Calgary 1973-76; book shop owner/CBC freelance Victoria; established Radio U’Vic and Canadian Review as Director of Information Services, University of Victoria 1977-86; rare book business selling Western Canadiana and author of a guide to collecting rare books; retired/film narrator Vancouver Island Health Authority; occasional teaching at U’Vic Victoria current


Carrie Whetstone - Click to enlarge Carrie Whetstone - Now Carrie Spencer; BCIT Broadcast program trained 1976; news reporter/news secretary CJOR Vancouver 1976-78; reporter local newspapers various locations in Canada; Director Centre for Teaching and Educational Technologies Royal Roads University Victoria 2004-07; Regional Manager Educational Technologies Vancouver Coastal Health Authority 2007-current.  LinkedIn profile


Casey White - Click to enlarge Casey White - CKDA Victoria 1973-78; CKLG Vancouver 1978-81; CKNW 1981-82; CFUN Vancouver 1982-86, AM 1040 1987; morning show with Don Percy CISL Vancouver 1987-91; account executive NOWTV 2001; CISL current


Dave White - Click to enlarge Dave White - Political Science/French, University of Victoria 2004-06; news CHEK-TV Victoria 2008; CKNW Vancouver 2008; graduate BCIT Broadcast Journalism program 2009; reporter CKWX Vancouver 2009-current


Les White - Click to enlarge Les White - News CKNW New Westminster circa 1955


Myles White - Click to enlarge Myles White - DJ CJOR Vancouver; CBC TV producer/director/executive director; teacher Seneca College Toronto; drug & alcohol rehabilitation counselor; word processing company owner; computer consultant; author How to Buy a Computer 1999 and How to Avoid Buying a New Computer.  Website


Eric Whitehead - Click to enlarge Eric Whitehead - Script writer Duffy's Tavern Hollywood 1946; dramatic script writer/as Jack White host Saturday night show series CBR Vancouver 1946-50; sports columnist Vancouver Province 1947-late 1970s; founded/chaired BC Athletic Round Table promoting amateur sport 1953; organized first Canadian East-West College Football Championship between UBC and Queen's 1953-54; involved with promotion of 1954 British Empire Games Vancouver and partly responsibe for decision to build Empire Stadium; curator BC Sports Hall of Fame 1966 and named Honourary Curator 1975; inducted into BC Sports Hall of Fame 1977; appointed Sports Consultant to Ministry of Provincial Secretary and Government Services 1980


Barb Whiting CJAZ-FM early 1980s - Click for recent photo Barbara Whiting - News: CFRB Toronto, CKNW New Westminster, CKWX Vancouver; co-host CJAZ-FM Vancouver 1980-85; script writer/graphic design project manager/director of computer-animated videos Pixelmedia Vancouver; co-written TV pilots Catch This and Galosh; wrote plays Desperate Fishwives and The Lie Factory, produced in two Vancouver theatres; co-producer Prizeweek Puzzle United Media New York (featured in 33 papers); teaching journalism, script-writing and business writing to international university students in Vancouver and co-producing a newspaper feature (for United Media of New York) which appears in 30 newspapers in U.S. Canada and Bahamas current


Tony Whitney - Click for larger image Tony Whitney - Automotive journalist numerous publications including Vancouver Sun, Western Driver, North Shore News and others; co-host with Ted Laturnus Driver's Seat CBC-TV Vancouver and widely syndicated mid 1980s-90s; commentator CBC Radio Vancouver; co-host Inside Track VTV Vancouver/Speedvision/PBS late 1990s; co-host widely syndicated Driver's Seat current


Jessica Whitworth - Click to enlarge Jessica Whitworth - Receptionist then promotions CKBD/CJJR-FM Vancouver and Funfinder Cruiser reporter 2006-current


Norma Wick - Click for recent photo Norma Wick - Host/reporter sports then news CKVU-TV Vancouver 1989-96; host/reporter/producer Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment Vancouver 1996-2001; host/reporter/producer Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Toronto 2001-07


Cara Weist 2003 - Click to enlarge Cara Wiest - Reporter CBC Vancouver 1990s-2003; reporter CBC Toronto 2003-current


Erin Wilde - Click for larger b&w photo Erin Wilde - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; swing/copy CJAT Trail BC 1991-93; mornings CKRV-FM Kamloops 1993-98; swing/middays CKZZ-FM Vancouver 1999-2003; weekends CFBT-FM Vancouver 2003-05; voice talent GFORCE Media Productions current; middays CKCE-FM Calgary 2007-current


Tara Jean Wilkin - Click to enlarge Tara Jean Wilkin - Graduate Columbia Academy Vancouver; Actor/singer/writer/poet/spoken word performer; CISQ-FM/CISW-FM Squamish/Whistler 1999-2000; morning traffic reporter CISL/CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2000-05; traffic/weather reporter CKWX/CKLG-FM/CKCL-FM Vancouver 2005-07; producer/writer/performer CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2007-current and p.m. drive co-host 2009-current


Tom Wilkinson - Click to enlarge Tom Wilkinson - BBC UK; radio station startup Barbados late 1940s-early 1950s; news CKWX Vancouver 1953-54; Australian Broadcasting Corporation mid 1950s


Ray Willes 1960s - Click for later photo courtesy LARadio.com Ray Willes - CKWX Vancouver 1960-61; KOIL Omaha NB; p.m. drive KDEO San Diego 1965-66; KGIL Los Angeles 1966; KBIG/KBRT Catalina CA 1968-77; KFI Los Angeles 1980-86; voiceovers Los Angeles


Bob Willett - Click to enlarge Bob Willett - CFCT Victoria 1940; CJVI Victoria; CBR Vancouver; CFPR Prince Rupert; production manager CKMO Vancouver circa 1945; announced RCAF Tour For Talent Show from Toronto during WWII; moved to Hollywood 1947 and became production manager for Broadcasters Network Studios and panel member on ABC network program Hollywood Byline; weekend column Hollywood Byline Vancouver Sun early 1950s


Bill Williams - Click to enlarge Bill Williams (William E. Williams) - CFVR Abbotsford; news CKLG Vancouver; news CKWX Vancouver circa 1960; daytime talk show host Talk Back CHEK-TV Victoria 1973-75; talk show host CJOR 1980s; news CKO-FM-4 Vancouver; CKST Vancouver.  Died October 4, 2009 in North Vancouver at age 84


Brad Williams - Click to enlarge Brad Williams - Weather/news/sports/commercials CHOV-TV Pembroke ON; Program Director CFVR Abbotsford 1970s-early 80s; CFUN Vancouver; CFRA Ottawa; weekends CISL Vancouver current


Bruce Williams - Click for larger photo Bruce Williams - CKSA Loydminster AB; CHAB Moose Jaw late 1970s; CKLG Vancouver; weekends CFMI-FM Vancouver 1985; CHRX/CJJR-FM Vancouver; Satellite Radio Network; traffic reporter CKWX Vancouver 1996-current.  Bruce's website


Denalda Williams on set of Knockers 2004 - Click to enlarge Denalda Williams - BCIT Broadcast program trainee; afternoon eye-in-the-sky traffic reporter CKNW New Westminster circa 1980; actor TheatreSports Vancouver 1981; actor (sometimes credited as Denny Williams) numerous TV and screen movies 1987-current including MacGyver 1989, The X Files 1995-96, Malcom in the Middle 2000 and Six Feet Under 2001; writer and solo performer stage production Knockers Vancouver 2004


Kirk Williams - click to enlarge Kirk Williams - Agriculture reporter CBC Saskatoon 1988-89; reporter/legislative reporter/senior news producer/dep. bureau chief CBC Winnipeg 1989-2002; general reporter specializing in real estate/development stories and the Olympics CBC Vancouver 2002-current


Wayne Williams - Click to enlarge Wayne Williams - CHWK Chilliwack 1978-81; CKLG Vancouver 1982; CFUN Vancouver 1982-2001; CHQM-FM Vancouver 1999-2001; Deputy Fire Chief to 2005 and Fire Chief Penticton Fire Department 2005-current


Wayne Williams - Click to enlarge Wayne Williams - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; political reporter/newsroom manager CBC Vancouver; senior producer Canada Now CBC Vancouver current; three-time winner Jack Webster award for best television reporting  


Dan Williamson - Click for 1970s CKLG photo Dan Williamson - CKLG Vancouver 1974-77; CFTR Toronto 1978-83; CKEY Toronto 1984-87; CKFM-FM Toronto 1987-95; CISS-FM Toronto; national voice Global Television; voice imaging current


Michael Willmore - Host Rock Talk CFRO-FM Vancouver 1977-current; briefly CISL Vancouver 1986; Rock Talk host CITR-FM Vancouver 1987


Dan Willmott - Click to enlarge Dan Willmott - CJME Regina; CKGM Montreal circa 1979; Calgary; actor in numerous TV movies and series including Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye 2003, Starhunter 2003-04, and Smallville 2010; commercial voice for Home Hardware; weekend/morning show fill-in CHHR-FM Vancouver 2011.  Dan Willmott website


Dylan Willows - Click for recent photo Dylan "Big D" Willows - Columbia Academy graduate; CJCD-FM Yellowknife 1998-99; co-founder Mungbeen Multimedia Victoria 1999; morning co-host CFBT-FM Vancouver to 2004; host p.m. drive CKKQ-FM Victoria 2005-06; morning drive co-host CJZN-FM Victoria 2006-current


Gerry Wilmot - Click for larger 1966 photo courtesy LM Radio Gerry Wilmot - Born in Victoria BC 1914; announcer CJOR Vancouver 1930s; hockey commentator CBC 1940s; CBC UK war correspondent London UK 1940s (awarded MBE for his work); presenter Blitz Scrapbook BBC UK 1941; appeared in movies Flying Fortress 1942 and Dreaming 1944; Expeditionary Forces variety and music programmes 1944-45; Hit Parade host English service Radio Luxembourg 208 mid 1950s; TV station manager Bermuda 1950s; Independent Television Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe broadcasting Corporation) Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) late 1950s; DJ LM Radio Lorenco Marques (now Moputo) Mozambique 1962; music program compiler Springbok Radio Johannesburg South Africa 1060s-78; described in Guinness Book of Records as world's fastest speaking broadcaster.  Died in Johannesburg, South Africa 1978 at age 64


Greg Wilmot 1980s - Click for 1973 Jamaica and recent enlargements Greg Wilmot - Freelance writer/children's radio programming Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) pre 1963; studio technician JBC/TV anchor weekly TV magazine JIS-TV Kingston Jamaica 1963-68; commercial copy writer CJJC Langley 1968-71; morning host Radio Jamaica AM/afternoon drive RJR-FM Kingston Jamaica 1971-77; news desk CFVR Abbotsford 1978; studio technician CJVB Vancouver 1978; morning host CKAY Duncan 1979; p.m. drive CJAZ-FM/jazz music director CKKS-FM Vancouver 1979-86; freelance broadcaster/writer/voice talent 1986-96; freelance news desk CKBD 1996-2008/CJJR-FM Vancouver 1996-2011; freelance CHQM-FM/CFUN AM/CFTE/CKST Vancouver 2004-current


Aleta Wilson - Click to enlarge Aleta Wilson - Promotions department Corus Radio Vancouver/board operator CFOX-FM/CFMI-FM Vancouver; traffic reporter CHMJ Vancouver current


Ben Wilson - Click to enlarge Ben Wilson - All-night CKST Vancouver 1998; BCIT Broadcast Program trainee 2001; news anchor CKWX Vancouver 2001-current


Bob Wilson - CFUN Vancouver 1974-76


Chris Wilson - Click to enlarge Chris Wilson - On air CKQR Castlegar BC 1971; production assistant/operator/late night newscasts/live inserts CKNW Vancouver 1971-74 including Captain Chris on Flightacular CKNW 1973; Educational Media production BCIT 1974-83; corporate videos/communications consultant/instructor BC Telephone Co. 1985-94; instructor BCIT 1994-current; professor Kwantlen Polytech University 1995-current; communications consultant current


Don Wilson CKDA Victoria - Click to enlarge Don Wilson - Announcer CKNW New Westminster 1944; CKMO Vancouver 1947; CKDA Victoria 1952; talk show host CKLG Vancouver 1950s; CHUB Nanaimo 1968


Ed Wilson - News CJOR Vancouver circa 1969


George Wilson - Click to enlarge George Wilson - News CJOR Vancouver; news CBC Radio Vancouver 1960s; retired and living at Green Lake BC


John Wilson - Click to enlarge John Wilson - Voice of national TV commercials 1960s; news reader/fill-in talk show host CJOR Vancouver 1970s; production manager/p.m. drive news CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1988-89; retired from radio


Kasey Wilson - Click to enlarge Kasey Wilson - Award winning food and travel writer; food editor Wine Access magazine current; editor Best Places Vancouver current; co-host Best of Food and Wine CFUN Vancouver 1997-2009 and CISL Vancouver 2010-current


Kent Wilson - Click to enlarge Kent Wilson - BCIT Broadcast Graduate (Radio) 1995; CKGR/CKIR Golden BC 1995; CKZZ-FM/CISL Vancouver 1995; announcer/music director Central Island Broadcasting (CKWV-FM/CHWF-FM Nanaimo/CIBH-FM Parksville/CKLR-FM Courtenay) 1995-current


Mike Winlaw - Click to enlarge Mike Winlaw - Host Hourglass CBC-TV Vancouver 1970-76; co-host Vancouver Show CKVU-TV Vancouver 1976; Vancouver host Summer Magazine CBC-TV network 1982; actor First Blood 1982, The Accused 1988, The Fly II 1989, Jennifer Eight 1992 and TV series MacGyver


Jeff Winskell - Click to enlarge Jeff Winskell - Writer/producer CKWV-FM/CHWF-FM Nanaimo/CIBH-FM Parksville/CKLR-FM Courtenay 2003; show producer CISL/CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2005-08; Music Director/swing CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2008-current


Ross Winters - Click to enlarge Ross Winters - CKDA Victoria 1980s; assistant program director/music director CKLG/CFOX-FM Vancouver 1986-89; PD CITI-FM Winnipeg 1989-93; PD CKNG-FM/CHED Edmonton 1993; PD CFMI-FM Vancouver 1993-2003; PD CFOX-FM Vancouver 2001-03; National Director of Programming, Corus Radio based in Vancouver 2003-08; PD CFNY-FM Toronto 2008-current


David Wisdom - Click for larger photo David Wisdom - CBC Radio Vancouver 1977-2008 including host Nightlines 1987-97; co-host (with Leora Kornfeld) Radiosonic Saturday Night; host Pearls of Wisdom and Radio On CBC Radio Two to 2008


Dale Wolfe - Click to enlarge Dale Wolfe - Graduate Bob Layton School of Broadcasting Edmonton; CFGP Grande Prairie 1979-80; afternoon drive CKRA-FM Edmonton 1986-93; sports/weather anchor Global TV Edmonton 1987-94; program director CKBD Vancouver 1994-96; program director CJCA Edmonton 1996-97; mornings CKBD 1997-2000; weekend mornings then afternoon drive CHQM-FM Vancouver 2000-current; actor; filmmaker; award winning screenwriter; partner Stogies Entertainment 2009-current


Michael Woloshen - Click to enlarge Michael G. Woloshen - BCIT Broadcast graduate; associate producer Delta Cable TV 1977-80; writer/producer CHEK-TV Victoria 1980-current; host A La Carte cooking show mid 1980s; late movie host Reel Guy late 1980s; variety performer/producer Highband BCTV Vancouver/CHEK 1989; co-writer childrens show Foufouli Knowledge Network Vancouver/CHEK-TV/BCTV early 1990s; creator/producer Home Check with Shell Busey BCTV/CHEK-TV 1995- 2003; line producer Canadian Biker TV 1997; multiple CanPro/TVB/BCAB awards; CAB Quarter Century Club 2002


Tommy Wolski - Click for larger photo Tommy Wolski - Former jockey; host Horse Talk CJOR Vancouver 1970s; horse racing show CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1980s; host Sport of Kings cable TV and CKVU-TV/Citytv Vancouver 1992-current; Jockey Club of Canada Sovereign Award Outstanding Film/Video/Broadcast 1998 & 2001; Hoss Talk columnist The Province current


Canede Wong - Click to enlarge Canede Wong - Weekly home improvement program CJVB Vancouver; daily drop-in home improvement ideas program CJVB current; Chinese commercial voice of Home Depot CJVB current; Instructor Electronics Technical Program British Columbia Institute of Technology current


Denise Wong - Click to enlarge Denise Wong - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2008; reporter/anchor CKFR Kelowna 2007-10; web editor/reporter CKWX Vancouver 2010-current


Eileen Wong - Columbia School of Broadcasting graduate; traffic reporter CKO-FM-4 Vancouver circa 1984; traffic reporter CIOF Vancouver mid 1980s; communications liaison British Columbia School Superintendents Association Vancouver current


Jennie Wong - Click for enlargement at age 17 Jennie Wong - Won Vancouver Sun contest for a radio show, judged by a panel including New York DJ Freddie Robbins, Frank Sinatra and orchestra leader Claude Thornhill, Jennie's Juke Joint half-hour Saturday afternoons CKMO Vancouver 1948; considered to be first Chinese-Canadian and first female DJ in Canada; morning weather CBC Edmonton; theatrical and TV make-up CBC Edmonton for 25 years. Died in Edmonton June 2, 2011 at age 79


Wesla Wong - Click to enlarge Wesla Wong - Communications/criminology graduate Simon Fraser University; CHMJ Vancouver; Shaw TV Vancouver; CHBC-TV Kelowna; weather/traffic anchor Global TV Vancouver 2008-current


Treen Wood - Click to enlarge Treena Wood - BCIT broadcast graduate; CHBC-TV Kelowna 1995; news CJJR-FM Vancouver 1995-96; news reader/editor CKWX Vancouver 1996-current and news director 2010-current


John Woodbridge - CHOW Welland ON; on-air and PD CJJC Langley mid 1960s; CKPR Thunder Bay; p.m. drive/mornings CFTR Toronto 1971-73; CKEY Toronto 1979; PD CHQT Edmonton 1980-81


Shane Woodford - Click to enlarge Shane Woodford - Reporter CHNL Kamloops to 2011; reporter CKNW Vancouver 2011-current


"The Woodman" John Woodlock - Click to enlarge John Woodlock - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; operator CKNW Vancouver 1989-91; part time/swing CKIQ Kelowna summer 1990; CKCQ Quesnel Apr-Oct 1991; part time then swing CKIQ Kelowna Oct 1991-Oct 1995, p.m. drive CFFM-FM Williams Lake Oct 1995-Oct 1996; as The Woodman overnight/swing/morning fill-in CKZZ-FM Vancouver and as John Woodlock CISL Vancouver 1997-99; as The Woodman: middays CKIK-FM Calgary 1999-2000; evenings/swing CKFM-FM Toronto 2000-03; as John Woodlock swing CIDC-FM Toronto 2003-07; freelance voice acting PN Agency Toronto current; part time swing CHUM-FM Toronto 2007-current


Rita Woodman - Click to enlarge Rita Woodman - CKLG Vancouver 1984; CKNW New Westminster; CFOX-FM Vancouver; host Vancouver Show CKVU-TV Vancouver; CHUM Toronto; CKXL Calgary; CFMI-FM Vancouver; actor/singer/voiceovers Vancouver current.  Voice 123 biography


Steve Woodman - Click for CKUA and WNBC Woodman & Rich photos Steve Woodman - Announcer CKUA Edmonton late 1940s-early 1950s; CJCA Edmonton 1955; CFRN Edmonton; CFCF Montreal; announcer/narrator CBC Montreal 1956-58 including voice of Miss Juggs, narrator In The Story Book 1957 and host Stevie-O 1958; host The J. Fred Muggs Show WNTA-TV Newark NJ 1959; with co-host Keith Rich: Woodman & Rich mornings CKWX Vancouver 1960-61, p.m. drive CKEY Toronto 1961-62 and WNBC New York 1962-63; guest host/performer The Popeye Show WPIX-TV New York 1960; late night WINS New York 1965; KFWB Los Angeles 1965; TV show host and first Ronald McDonald Los Angeles; KDAY Santa Monica CA 1968; p.m. drive CKWX 1969-73; original cast member Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show CBC Radio Vancouver 1972-74; severely injured in motor vehicle accident in Delta BC in 1974.  Died in Vancouver March 13, 1990 at age 62


Jeff Woods - Click to enlarge Jeff Woods - Graduate two-year radio course Fanshawe College London ON 1985; CFRQ-FM Halifax 1985-87; owner Disc Works Toronto 1988-91; helped launch CFBR-FM Edmonton 1992-95; Sony Music Canada 1995-97; middays then Music Director/Assistant PD CILQ-FM Toronto 1997-2003; PD/Music Director CFMI-FM/CFOX-FM Vancouver 2003-05; host syndicated Legends of Classic Rock CFMI-FM 2004-current; Programming and Content Director Corus Radio Interactive Toronto 2005-current; VT from Toronto host Electric Brunch weekends CFMI-FM Vancouver current


Susan (Fisher) Woods  - Click to enlarge Susan (Fisher) Woods - Editor BCTV Vancouver 1974-76; reporter CKWX Vancouver 1976-79; anchor CFUN Vancouver 1980-83; reporter
CKVU-TV Vancouver 1983-88; moved to Victoria 1989; publisher Moss Rock Review 1999-current; producer/host local history program Remember When CFAX Victoria 2003-current; finalist Victoria Women of Distinction Award 2004; recipient BC Heritage Preservation Communications Award 2006; candidate for Victoria City Council 2008.  Website   email


Cory Woron - Click to enlarge Cory Woron - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; sports reporter CKNW Vancouver late 1990s; sports anchor Global Television Winnipeg 1998; public address announcer Manitoba Moose 1999-2000; Vancouver stringer Sports Radio ESPN and WFAN New York; host weekend edition Sportscentre TSN Toronto 2000-current      


Lisa Wu - Click to enlarge photo courtesy Vancouver Courier Lisa Wu - Fairchild Media Vancouver 2004; reporter Channel M/OMNI Vancouver 2006-current


Steve Wyatt 1999 - Click for recent photo Steve Wyatt - Reporter then producer Weekend News Hour BCTV Vancouver 1978-89; news producer CKVU-TV Vancouver 1989-94; senior news producer BCTV 1994-98; News Director BCTV 1998-2001; Editor in Chief Global National and Manager BC Operations BCTV Global Vancouver 2001-03; Senior VP News and Information Global TV 2003-current


Max Wyman - Click for larger photo Max Wyman - Began career in journalism Northamptonshire (UK) Evening Telegraph at age 14; editor/arts critic/feature writer London newspapers/magazines 1960-67; music/dance critic Vancouver Sun 1968-79; writer British Columbia columns for Opera Canada 1968-76 and Canada Music Book 1970-75; contributing editor Performing Arts in Canada 1973; reviewer/commentator national CBC radio/TV Vancouver starting 1975; columnist/dance/theatre critic/books editor Vancouver Province starting 1980; award of merit Community Arts Council Vancouver 1987; author The Royal Winnipeg Ballet: The First 40 Years 1978, Dance in Canada 1989, and Evelyn Hart: An Intimate Biography 1991; inducted into Order of Canada 2001; elected Mayor of Lions Bay BC 2005


Angele Yanor - Click for larger photo Angele Yanor - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; CBC Radio; writer/director Discovery Channel 1997; Vancouver Sun singles columnist 2001-04; CFUN Vancouver talk show host; CHMJ Vancouver talk show host 2003-04


Hal Yerxa CKDA early 1950s - Click for more recent photo courtesy Canadian Communications Foundation Hal Yerxa - Announcer CJRM Regina 1937; CBC Radio Toronto circa 1940; CKCK Regina; host Uncle Hal and Jo-Jo the Parrot children's program/News Director CJCA Edmonton circa 1947; Program Director CKRD Red Deer AB circa 1949; talk show host Telopinion CKDA Victoria early 1950s; morning host CKNW New Westminster early 1950s; founder CFCW Camrose 1953; founder CKRA-FM Edmonton 1979; founder CHRK-FM Kamloops 1984; Canadian Association of Broadcasters Half-Century Club 1987; retired 1989; CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame inductee 1992.  Died April 12, 1997.  CCF biography 


Elaine Yong - Click to enlarge Elaine Yong - Journalism raduate Ryerson Polytechnic University Toronto 1985; intern CHUM-TV Toronto; reporter/editorial assistant CHUM/WIC Parliament Hill bureau; reporter/fill-in anchor CBC Regina; reporter CKVU-TV Vancouver 1996; CBC Regina; A-Channel Calgary; consumer specialist CityPulse News Citytv Vancouver 2001-06; consumer affairs reporter Global BC 2006-current


Milton York - CJOR Vancouver; news CKWX Vancouver circa 1970; as Jason Canaan disco show host CKDA Victoria; production CJJC Langley 1977; production manager CKO-FM-4 Vancouver 1983; promo voice/technical CHEK-TV Victoria current


Jina You - Click for larger photo Jina You - Communications degree Simon Fraser University Burnaby; reporter Maple Ridge News; producer/reporter all-news radio Hong Kong; current affairs Singapore; reporter/weekend news anchor CTV News at Six and CTV News at 11:30 weekend edition CTV British Columbia 2010-current


Alan Young (CBC photo) - Click for 2006 photo Alan Young - Originally Angus Young, radio/TV/stage/movie comedian; scripted and starred in weekly show Signal Carnival/news broadcaster/assistant to program director Dick Diespecker CJOR Vancouver 1937-40; producer Stag Party CBC Vancouver 1940-42; CBC Toronto 1942-44; comedy shows New York and Hollywood 1944-47; The Alan Young Show CBS-TV 1949-54; actor Clarence, Magic 1946, Androcles and The Lion 1953, The Time Machine 1960, TV series Mr. Ed 1960-65, The Ren and Stimpy Show 1991 and Time Machine: The Journey Back 1993


Jim Young - Click to enlarge Jim Young - Running back and wide receiver Minnesota Vikings 1965-66 and BC Lions 1967-79; nicknamed Dirty Thirty for aggressive playing style and jersey number; CFL's most outstanding Canadian 1970 & 72; sports contributor CKNW New Westminster 1970s; subject of book Dirty 30 written by sports writer Jim Taylor 1974; member Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Queen's University Football Hall of Fame; voted member of BC Lions All-Time Dream Team 2003; voted to Honour Roll of CFL's top 50 players of league's modern era by TSN 2006      


Jim Yount CJIB Vernon - Click for larger photos Jim Yount - Started career at age 13 filing records then on air CJIB Vernon 1964; CKOV Kelowna 1967; CFAC Calgary 1968-69; CKVN Vancouver 69-70; CJIB 1970; read first newscast CKIQ Kelowna 1971-73; CKXR/CKCR Salmon Arm/Revelstoke 1973-74; CKIQ 1974-76; Broadcast Journalism program head BCIT 1983-88; news/legislative reporter CKNW New Westminster 1984-88; Radio Netherlands Worldwide (English) 1989-91; freelance commercial voice MultiVoice International spots for Coca Cola, Mercedes, GE, Warner Brothers etc. 1989-97; operator of The Sidewalk Superintendent blog Kaslo BC current


Liza Yuzda - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 2008; news CHQT Edmonton 2008-10;


Leanne Yuzwa - Click to enlarge Leanne Yuzwa - Operator then news desk/reporter CKNW Vancouver 1990s-2006; bantam weight boxer current


Viviana Zanocco - News CKNW Vancouver 1990s; Senior Media Relations Officer Vancouver Coastal Health early 2000s-current


Kareen Zebroff - Click for lager photo Kareen Zebroff - Yoga teacher/certified nutritionist/holistic lecturer/TV & film actor; started teaching Yoga at night-school in Vancouver 1968; author of numerous books on yoga 1974-2004; 16-year host Kareen’s Yoga And Nutrition show BCTV Vancouver and CTV network 1970s-80s; yoga columnist Common Ground Magazine 2002-03.  Kareen's website


"Oly the Joke Guy" Zeuch - Click for larger photo Oly Zeuch - Oly the Joke Guy CFOX-FM Vancouver to 1996; weekends then afternoons then mornings CFMI-FM Vancouver 1996-2007


Bowen Zhang - Click for larger photo Bowen Zhang - Graduate Beijing Broadcasting Institute and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; news anchor ZhuiHai TV Guangdong and Beijing Radio China; news anchor Macau satellite TV; Mandarin news anchor Channel M/OMNI Vancouver current


Robert Zimmerman - Click to enlarge Robert Zimmerman - BCIT Broadcast program graduate; Global TV Vancouver; reporter CBC Radio/TV Vancouver current


Patrick Zulinov - Click to enlarge Patrick Zulinov - Promotions Manager Sony Music Canada 1993-2008; assistant program director/music director/on air CHHR-FM Vancouver 2009-current


John Zwolak - As Johnny Zee production/on-air fill-in/Seawatch/remotes CKNW New Westminster late 1960s-70; production/commercials CFAX Victoria 1970-current


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