He has also received the Canada Book Award which recognizes and promotes Canadian authors. Beyond politics and broadcasting, Bourque was also a racecar driver. On 31 December 2019, in an emotional farewell, Green ended his radio career on CFRA with the following final words: I believe, that we all have a responsibility, more than that, we have a duty, to do whatever we can, in whatever fashion we can, to make a better world for our children. Advertisement 2. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Les Lye, later to become a nationally known television personality, joined the station from the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts, as an announcer and writer. The slicer, dicer, spiralizer and grater is well worth the $37 price tag, 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. The facility was home to CFGO-AM, CHRO-TV (purchased by CHUM in 1997), CKKL-FM, CJMJ-FM, and CFRA-AM. I always enjoyed listening to her, said another Facebook poster, Trina Constantini-Powell. [20] On 24 October 2020, Green publicly endorsed Matthew Fisher, a former journalist who was a foreign correspondent for The Globe and Mail, Sun Media and Postmedia Network for 34 years, to become the Conservative MP for KanataCarleton. BCE was a public corporation and controlled by its board of directors. Effective January, he would no longer anchor sportscasts on TEAM 1200 and CFRA. CFRA became a member of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. He arranged his estate in such a way that his own preferred stock would be made available to station staff. Ryan owned a 150 acre farm and told the Board of Broadcast Governors that the TV station would be unique in that it would have the whole farm for use in outdoor agricultural telecasting. Gordon returned to Canada's capital and began as CFRA morning news anchor August 3. Snow, 48, took over after longtime CFRA host Lowell Green retired his morning show in 2016. With CFRA since 1961, he was the voice of the Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) and a past president of the football reporters. Lauren Davis, Ottawa radio host and daughter of Erin Davis, dead at 24 The 24-year-old CFRA radio anchor died in her sleep on May 10, after spending her first Mother . In the Fall, any sports programming that had been on CFRA moved to new sister station CFGO which had adopted an all-sports format. Fred Ennis, a former CFRA broadcaster, Ottawa journalist, and politician, has died. CFRA played pop music until the mid 1980s as Ottawa's leading Top 40 music station, known in the late '70s and early '80s for its hugely popular and controversial evening host Mark . Renfrew native, Queens University graduate and Ottawa entrepreneur Frank Ryan received a licence to operate a new radio station in the nations capital. He would go on to cover Parliament Hill as the Ottawa bureau chief . The show was terminated by CFRA in February 2016. In an effort to widen its appeal, CFRA programming evolved from a blend of up tempo recent-based easy listening to a hotter, current-based Adult Contemporary format. CFRA's Greg Hbert passed away in December after a long battle with cancer. Lowell Green did news and hosted the open line show. The address remained 150 Isabella Street. Richard Gray, regional vice-president for CFRA's parent company, Bell Media, saidin a statement totheOttawa Citizen thatthe death of the young mother was "a shock" to all staff members. CFUN Vancouver general manager Paul Ski added responsibilities for program development at CFRA / CFMO-FM. "Pierre was a great friend and colleague who loved politics and media. Ennis passed away in his sleep Sunday. CFRA moved up the dial a bit from 560 kHz to 580 kHz, and increased power from 5,000 watts day and night to 50,000 watts during the day and 10,000 watts at night. 150 Fascinating Stories About Canada, was in 2017 nominated for the Governor General's Pierre Burton Award,[22] presented annually by Canada's National History Society for works celebrating Canadian history. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. On October 19, the corporate name changed to Radio Station CFRA Ltd. Gord Atkinson moved over to CFMO-FM where he was named station manager. In renewing CFRA's licence, the CRTC advised further discussion to resolve the issue of a power increase for CFCF 600 in Montreal, which must give technical protection to CFRA 580. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, to Canadian parents, and immigrated to Canada. A funeral will be held at Pinecrest Remembrance Chapel on Saturday at 11 a.m. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Slogan: Community concious in a concious community. The station made the announcement on air Monday. He later became bureau chief for News Radio, and ended his career as the Ottawa Suns first Page Six columnist, and as a commentator on CFRA. Petes sudden and unexpected departure is an immense loss to our family and all his friends.". [10] Lowell Green has also received the Community Builders Award displayed at Ottawa City Hall, and has an Ottawa hospital wing and an Ottawa day named in his honour. Government approval was given in May for CFRA Broadcasting Ltd. to transfer CFRA/CFMO to a company to be incorporated, represented by Kathleen Ryan. "He. My last show was last night. College Ward councillor Rick Chiarelli tweeted that a celebration of life for Ennis will be held in the coming days. On November 13, CFRA was granted a licence to operate transitional digital radio undertakings (DRU) to serve Ottawa. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. He was an on-air personality and, as GM, mentored some of the biggest names in Ottawa radio; Ken ''The General'' Grant, Lowell Green, Ernie Calcutt, Hal Anthony and Steve Madely. Lowell Green was a talk show host. Frank Ryan was president of CFRA Broadcasting Ltd. The former federal agriculture minister hosted CFRA's Agriculture Hour after he left politics. A cloudy sky will hang overhead as Ottawa cleans out from a blast of winter weather. Leah Walker, most recently the business editor at 680News Toronto, became afternoon business editor on CFRA. KOOL-FM (CKKL) program director Chris Gordon was promoted to operations manager for CHUM's Ottawa radio stations - The Team (CFGO), CFRA, KOOL-FM and Majic 100 (CIMJ-FM). Last edited on 29 December 2020, at 00:40, "CFRA broadcaster Steve Madely signs off after 51 years", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Madely&oldid=996871877, This page was last edited on 29 December 2020, at 00:40. The Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser (CFRA) is employed by the Home Office and provides strategic advice and guidance to ministers, civil servants, fire and rescue authorities in England and other partners (including the devolved administrations, the police and Health and Safety Executive), on the structure, organisation and performance of fire and rescue authorities. Pierre was one of the most decent people Ive ever known. Former Ottawa radio host Sandy Sharkey remembers lining up at her junior high school sock hops to have Elliot sign her CFRA Top 40 countdown lists. Devastated to learn of the passing of @pierrebourque yesterday. Elliot was a recovering alcoholic, drug abuser, and compulsive gambler.[1]. He suffered from heart trouble in his last years and was hospitalized at the end of 2018 after suffering two heart attacks. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. As a result, CFRA was now News-Talk full-time. CFRA received approval to operate an FM service. On June 3, CFRA was given approval to relocate its transmitter site approximately 1 kilometer southeast of the present site. He would be the station's very popular morning man for many years to come. Dahlia Kurtz, host of 580 CFRA Ottawa weekend morning show "The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz", has confirmed she's among the casualties of this week's layoffs at Bell Media. OTTAWA -- Pierre Bourque, contributor to Newstalk 580 CFRA and a one-time Ottawa city councillor has died. Mark Elliot joined in November for evenings. Kielty helped launch CFRA in 1947 and was an on-air personality. As a result, he had to resign from his afternoon talk show on CFRA. Elliot was the only openly gay host on CFRB, where he came out on air. 3:00 - Rick Gibbons. Holtby had been with CFRA (and CFMO-FM) for many years, starting in the sales department and eventually becoming vice-president. / By Actual Survey The Ottawa valley's "Most Listened To" Station. Article content. Guests included: Percy Faith, Dorothy Ault, Dave Davies, Gord Sinclair, King Clancy, "Tommy" Gorman, and Dr. Fred Howes of McGill University, who was also the station's technical advisor. McRaedied unexpectedly but peacefully last Wednesday, her family said. In 1959, Ryan turned over all the issued shares in CFRA to long-term staff and set up a program for other employees to purchase stock. Frank Ryan received permission to change the company name from "Frank Ryan" to CFRA Limited. He not only applied for an AM licence but also one for FM, and was granted both. He also managed the news aggregator website Bourque Newswatch. No further details were immediately available. I currently host CFRA Live on News Talk 580 CFRA on Saturdays and Sundays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. | Learn more about Andrew Pinsent's work experience, education, connections & more by visiting their profile on LinkedIn Radio and Television News Director Association, "A part of CFRA's history. He has written newspaper articles and autobiographical, historical and fictional books. The show featured Madely's top five stories of the day which are reiterated over the show, a 10-minute-long listener call-in session at 6:40, health headlines at 6:55, and weird and wacky stories at 7:55. Condolences and fond reminiscences marked thenews that former CFRA host Bev McRae had died. The host then moved to Ottawa in 1999 and LNC started broadcasting in its 10 pm to 12 am timeslot. The transmitters employed the EUREKA-147 digital audio broadcasting system. Rogers/CHFI launched the Rogers Radio News Network in April. 87 George Street Wright had been city hall reporter for CKPM. Two of his historic broadcasts are being preserved at Library and Archives Canada. Both stations dropped his program before he was picked up by CFRB, Canada's most listened-to commercial talk radio station, first to do PHP on weekends, and eventually, in 2003, to take on The Nightside after its longtime host Jim Richards moved to an earlier timeslot.[1]. Deepest sympathies to Christine and family. Several complaints have been made against him to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC). Ottawa Public Health is reporting 136 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and four more people are in the hospital. They would report to Chris Gordon, president, radio & local TV, Bell Media. Doug McGowan was program and production manager. Three transmitters were used: one was located at the CBC's site at Camp Fortune, Quebec. CFRA program director Tom Foley hired Gord Atkinson away from CHUM in Toronto. Originally airing weeknights from 10:00 pm to midnight, then later moved to 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm, it discussed various newsmaking stories of the day. Retrospectively, Elliot later praised her action for saving his life.[1]. Bill Williamson was named chief announcer. In 1953, he moved to CKDA Victoria. A haircare collection from the brand Krastase that targets dandruff and scalp flakes. Fred Ennis, a former CFRA broadcaster, Ottawa journalist, and politician, has died. RIP, my friend.". Andy Stephen died at age 84. Elliot grew up in Weston, then a suburb of Toronto. It was last year that CFGO bought away CFRA's rights to Ottawa Senators broadcasts and launched Ottawa Sports Radio OSR 1200. Examine the Manual below to know possible methods to edit PDF on your Windows system. CFRA anchor George Gordon accepted a position in Toronto. Celebrations continued throughout the day as former CFRA announcers and local personalities like Ken Grant, Les Lye, Terry Kielty and Max Keeping joined Lowell Green and Mark Sutcliffe. This show is often a mix of current news, politics and opinion but from a Biblical Perspective as well as taking general questions and personal stories. Toronto He said he had an application pending since sometime in 1946. He tells Vassy the Iordaches, a young family of four, were set to be deported from Canada. CFRAs sports director since day one Tom Foley was killed in a car accident. He was the host of the station's weekday morning show Madely in the Morning, weekdays from 6am to 9am.The show featured Madely's top five stories of the day which are reiterated over the show, a 10-minute-long listener call-in session at 6:40 . His son Peter confirmed the host on Ottawa's CFRA-AM died early Monday after recently suffering. CFRA-TV Ltd., a company controlled by Frank Ryan with other shareholders, including Ottawa businessmen and CFRA Radio staff members, was one of several applicants for Ottawa's second television station. John Badham was hired as sports director and voice of the Rough Riders. [7], In 1975, after the school shooting that occurred at the St. Pius X High School in Ottawa, Green and thousands of his supporters joined his Fire Arms Safety Association. Lauren Davis, Ottawa radio host and daughter of Erin Davis, dead at 24 | CBC News Loaded. Bell Media indicated that it was currently required to reduce CFRA's night-time power from 50,000 to 10,000 watts in order to comply with Industry Canada's rules that prevented interference with the potential night-time service areas of stations proposing to use allotments at 580 kHz, namely Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Thunder Bay, Ontario and Baie-Comeau, Quebec. On November 16, 2015, Madely officially retired from CFRA and his radio broadcast career.[1]. Bev was a lovely soul, so bright and a trailblazer, too, posted Wendy Daniels. [6] Recent guests of the brand new online show include former CFRA hosts Nick Vandergragt of Nick At Night and John Robson of Thinking Allowed. 12:30 - Lunch Bunch with Steve Madely, Lowell Green, Michael Harris and Rick Gibbons. On December 5, CFRA-AM and FM began broadcasting from new studios and offices located across the Canada Atlantic Railway/Canadian National line at 150 Isabella Street. Slogans: Ottawa's Own Station - Maintaining Its Top Spot By Discrimination, Unfailing Good Taste and Service. Emails are also occasionally read on Air. He then became the first Page Six columnist for the Ottawa Sun and later hosted a talk show on CFRA. Gerrard Campbell (news) left for CKWS Kingston. From 2001 until December 2016, he hosted People Helping People, Saturday nights from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST on CFRB Toronto and CJAD Montreal, a phone-in show dedicated to addictions and addiction recovery. The existing site was located on land which was intended to be used for the proposed Highway 416 extension. Snow's show, News & Views, aired on CFRA from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Frank Jones was an announcer at CFRA. The former CFRA host was the widow of legendary Ottawa journalist Earl McRae. The project installed 12 new wells, to the already existing 28 wells at the site, over a fourth-month period. Newsman Hal Anthony retired. His listeners shipped many bottles and containers of polluted water. "It's a great honour to be recognized by your peers and it's . The 24-year-old CFRA radio anchor died in her sleep on May 10, after spending her first Mother's Day with her infant son . This was its highest cumulative audience figure to date. John Counsell. This page is not available in other languages. Alison Sandor joined CFRA in early September. By the end of the year it was announced that CFRA was expected to go on the air on May 1. Rebecca Black and Steve Doucette left for CKKL-FM. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. The syndicated Dr. Laura program (from the U.S.) was also now on the schedule. Al Smith left CHUM Radio Ottawa (CFGO, CFRA, CIMJ, CKKL) as operation manager to take up the same position at Astral Media Radio in London. God is!!!.[2]. 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Ennis ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Nepean in 1997 and for Ottawa City Council in 2010. Ennis started his career at CKLW Windsor, and then moved to CHUM Toronto, CHNS Halifax and CFGO Ottawa. ", "Lowell Green's book celebrates Canada's history", "CBSC Decision | CFRA-AM re an episode of the Lowell Green Show (Islam)", "CBSC Decision | CFRA-AM re an episode of the Lowell Green Show (The Qur'an)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lowell_Green&oldid=1147276248, McGill University Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences alumni, Ontario Liberal Party candidates in Ontario provincial elections, All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 March 2023, at 22:04. Every Wednesday is "Ask the Pastor" on Late Night Counsell. On June 23, Ken "General" Grant joined CFRA from Montreal. The daughter of a Toronto radio personality well known in York Region, has died at age 24. 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