At the end of the show, a winner is picked from the bucket to win a prize package. Celebration of life will be announced soon. In the Fall, any sports programming that had been on CFRA moved to new sister station CFGO which had adopted an all-sports format. Andy Stephen died at age 84. CFRA and CFMO became a direct division of CHUM Ltd. Glen Lisle was in CFRA's news department. Ottawa Ron Slade was news director. Wright had been city hall reporter for CKPM. 2023 National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. He was the grandson of former Ottawa mayor Edouard Bourque. This was its highest cumulative audience figure to date. The licensee stated that the power increase would improve its service to listeners in the Ottawa and Seaway Valleys who were experiencing signal loss, particularly during the winter months when night-time parameters were employed for longer periods. The CBC authorized CFRA to increase power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts. CFRA program director Tom Foley hired Gord Atkinson away from CHUM in Toronto. [21], The following is a list of works authored by Lowell Green. In 1987, a sympathetic employer fired Elliot rather than let his position continue to enable his addictions. Steps in Editing Cfra on Windows It's to find a default application which is able to help conduct edits to a PDF document. My last show was last night. In April 2012, the show moved time slots from 10pm to 9pm. She and husband Phil Shirakawa welcomed the birth of son Colin last. Shortly after Lauren'sbirthin 1991, the station set up remote equipment in Erin Davis'shome so shecould continue her broadcast work. Terry Kielty died at age 86 in May. Frank Ryan announced he was ready to enter the television field as soon as permission was forthcoming from the CBC. The former Halifax alderman, award-winning broadcaster - including the Ted Rogers Sr/Velma Rogers award - and civil servant, had such stops in his on-air career as CFRA Ottawa, CHUM Toronto, CKGM Montreal and CJCH Halifax. The slicer, dicer, spiralizer and grater is well worth the $37 price tag, 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. The 79 year old began his broadcast career in 1960 as a news and farm reporter. Lauren began working at CFRA in . Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Fred Ennis, a former CFRA broadcaster, Ottawa journalist, and politician, has died. In lieu of flowers, the family says donations can be made to the Ottawa Humane Society, The Ottawa Mission, the Canadian Cancer Society or the Barrhaven Food Cupboard. [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. 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 [23], Green has been controversial at times. Richard Gray, VP Ottawa Radio (CFGO/CFRA/CJMJ/CKKL and CTV Two (CHRO-TV) Ottawa, would be responsible for Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Northern and Eastern Ontario. Gord Atkinson was chief announcer while General Ken Grant was morning man. He won Juno Awards in 1978 and 79 for country male vocalist of the year.Fred Ennis died at the age of 71 on October 21. CFRA was now streaming live on the internet. Modified date: Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 4:39 am. The show and website are no longer active as of 2019. Elliot grew up in Weston, then a suburb of Toronto. Long time CFRA/CFMO sales manager Jack Derouin passed away in March. Lauren Davis, Ottawa radio host and daughter of Erin Davis, dead at 24. Al Pascal was on-air. [8], With the Reverend Norman Johnston, he founded the Ottawa chapter of the Big Brothers and was founder of the Help Santa Toy Parade in Ottawa. He was to begin his newest venture in August. For many years he worked as Ernie Calcutt's side kick doing the color commentary for Rough Rider broadcasts. She was also the host of a popular show, The Broad Perspectives. He has been decorated with both the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal,[12] and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. With executive producer Warren Cosford, Elliot initiated People Helping People on Windsor's CKLW in 1995, later syndicating it to Toronto's Talk 640. A cloudy sky will hang overhead as Ottawa cleans out from a blast of winter weather. His listeners shipped many bottles and containers of polluted water. Frank Jones was an announcer at CFRA. CFRA and CHUM Toronto began a ten minute newscast aired simultaneously on both stations, with each providing input. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. In 1960, he was hired by G. Campbell McDonald[1] at CFRA as a news and farm reporter. The man who hired Lowell Green. He competed in NASCAR events between 2007 and 2011. Steve Madely was hosting the morning show and Lowell Green did the mid-day talk show. He developed pneumonia and was put in a medically induced coma before dying on January 11, 2019.[3][4][5]. As a result, CFRA was now News-Talk full-time. 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 . Local GMs at radio and TV stations would now report to Gray. He would be responsible for all promotional and community relations activity for Majic 100, 93.9 BOB FM, CFRA, Team 1200, CTV Ottawa and CTV Two Ottawa. Vaughn Bjerre left CFRA to become program director of London's CKSL. Vintage Pierre. Effective January, he would no longer anchor sportscasts on TEAM 1200 and CFRA. Newsman Bill Williamson was now at ZBM in Bermuda. Other changes included John Rodenburg adding Sports Director for the cluster and Program Coordinator for Team 1200 to his duties as that station's morning show co-host, Ian March as Assistant Program Director/Music Director at both Majic 100 and BOB FM and Steve Winogron, along with his News Director responsibilities, also focusing on day-to-day programming at CFRA. She and husbandPhil Shirakawawelcomed the birth of sonColinlast October. When search suggestions are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Campbell McDonald was news director. His new online show debuted Monday Night May 9, 2016 and can be heard at www.LateNightCounsell.com. Myles Gray died on August 13, 2015 after a clash with at least seven officers that sent him into cardiac arrest. [2] Earlier in his career, he was a popular disk jockey at Top 40 stations in various Canadian cities including Toronto, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Windsor, Ontario. He also managed the news aggregator website Bourque Newswatch. Besides her stints at CFRA, she also worked as a reporter for the Barrhaven Independent and the Manotick Messenger. No calls are taken on Thursdays. CFRA/CFMO-FM appointments: Don Holtby, vice-president and general manager, replacing Terry Kielty who became vice-president of broadcast services of the stations; Larry Kelly to general sales manager, and Jack Derouin to retail sales manager. It used to air on the radio station CFRA in Ottawa, Ontario. With CFRA since 1961, he was the voice of the Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) and a past president of the football reporters. Bob Derro joined CFRA from Sudbury's CJMX-FM. The by-election was called after NDP Michael Cassidy resigned his seat. Studios and offices would be in the Auditorium Building. We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Edgley would direct the CTV Ottawa, /A Ottawa and CHUM Radio Ottawa engineering teams and the building/security team. Several complaints have been made against him to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC). It used to air on the radio station CFRA in Ottawa, Ontario. She was a kind woman who gave me a job on Sunday mornings on an old CFRA showThe Broad Perspectives.. The television licence was awarded to E.L. Bushnell Television Co. Ltd. (for what would be CJOH-TV). God is!!!.[2]. Longtime morning man Ken Grant retired and station manager Steve Madely took over the AM Drive program. Ennis became News Director of CFGO (now TSN 1200) in Ottawa in 1976. Les Lye joined CFRA. The station opening was held at the Ottawa Auditorium, 413 OConnor Street, at Catherine. Before this approval, BCE held 15% of the voting interest in the capital of CTVgm. Some of the names that were heard on the station over the years should be noted: Ken The General Grant, Les Lye, Lowell Green, Frank Ryan, Terry Kielty, Don Chevrier, Ernie Calcutt, Mike Anscombe, Max Keeping, Mike Duffy, Hal Anthony, Fred Davis, Bob Walters, Chuck Collins, Cliff Fletcher, Joel Thompson, and Al Pascal to name a few. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. As a result, he had to resign from his afternoon talk show on CFRA. The CBC would open the first FM station in Ottawa. Late Night Counsell discusses News, Politics, Religion and Opinion. He was notorious for an April Fools Day story he ran on bis news site announcing Paul Martins retirement as finance minister to raise chickens in the eastern townships. Ennis passed away in his sleep Sunday. Legendary Ottawa radio broadcaster Gord Atkinson has died at the age of 94. The purchase of CFGO and CJMJ was approved later in the year. Late Night Counsell or LNC is a late night conservative talk show hosted by Rev. It was affiliated with ABC in New York. Article content. Following his death, the company was taken over by his wife and business partner, Kathleen Ryan.John Larsen joined CFRA on March 15 as overnight announcer. Devastated to learn of the passing of @pierrebourque yesterday. He ended up at CFGO. CFRA's Greg Hbert passed away in December after a long battle with cancer. All of CHUM Limited's divisions, including Radio Station CFRA Ltd. amalgamated. Thank you all, goodbye.[5], On 14 September 2020, Green returned online with The Island of Sanity, a one-hour podcast available on various internet platforms, which was pared down to thirty minutes on 13 October 2020 and featured live on internet radio and the social networking platform Facebook. He was 37. George Gordon, who had been morning anchor at News1130 Vancouver, moved to the first radio station he'd ever heard in his life: CFRA. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, to Canadian parents, and immigrated to Canada. On August 18, 1986, . Among those dismissed were CFRA talk show Host Michael Harris and reporter Gord McDougall; Team 1200's Jim Jerome, Phil Melanson and Mike Sutherland; Majic 100's Steve Boynton; BOB FM's Tina Sapp; marketing director for Bell Media Radio Ottawa and CTV Two Ottawa Al Macartney; and CTV Ottawa's promotion manager, Brent Corbeil. He also ran - and lost - in a federal election for the Liberals in Quebec. "Pierre was a great friend and colleague who loved politics and media. The former federal agriculture minister hosted CFRA's Agriculture Hour after he left politics. Lowell Green (born 7 July 1936) is a Canadian radio personality, journalist, and author, best known as the host of The Lowell Green Show, a conservative morning talk show that aired on the Ottawa Ontario radio station CFRA.He has written newspaper articles and autobiographical, historical and fictional books. Beyond politics and broadcasting, Bourque was also a racecar driver. He graduated from Macdonald Agricultural College of McGill University in Montreal Quebec in 1956. BCE was a public corporation and controlled by its board of directors. "He really was a legend," Sharkey said. Girls dropping out of sports at 'alarming rates' due to gendered uniforms: study, Tucker Carlson documentary asks, 'Should the U.S. liberate Canada from Trudeau? Alden Diehl, 68, died October 27. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. (Photo courtesy of Peter Atkinson) Gord Atkinson began his radio career in Toronto in 1948 before move to Ottawa's CFRA . She had been lead reporter for 1310 News. 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. On August 31, the two companies announced that BGM had been successful in its offer to acquire approximately 6.7 million common shares and approximately 19.2 million non-voting Class B shares of CHUM. Deepest sympathies to Christine and family. At one time she worked in Toronto at CFTR where she was known as Bev Bowman.On November 8, CFRA became available in HD at 100.3 on the FM dial CJMJ-FM-HD channel 2. At a staff meeting, general manager Richard Gray announced that Al Smith (PD for Majic 100 and 939 BOB FM) would move to operations manager for all four stations, with "JR" John Rodenburg (TEAM 1200 morning co-host) assuming sports director duties, and CFRA news director Steve Winogron looking after CFRA's on air sound. Located in Ottawas south end, the new complex had 23,000 square feet of space. [2][3] He was replaced by Brian Lilley. [8] In 2006, he was awarded the LIfetime Achievement Award from the Radio and Television News Director Association. At 6:50 a.m., Mayor Bob Chiarelli joined Steve Madely and proclaimed the day as CFRA Day in Ottawa. He was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, to Canadian parents, and . news@cfra.com. "My brother Pierre was a supremely loving and devoted father, husband, son, brother, uncle and a true devoted friend to many," said Phil. All three transmitters operated in a single frequency network, using 1487.696 MHz (DRB channel 21) with an effective isotropic radiated power of 5,928 watts, 2,850 watts and 2,965 watts, respectively. After Ryan's death in 1965, ownership of the station passed to his wife Kathleen, who subsequently sold CFRA and sister station CFMO-FM to CHUM Limited in 1968. . Elliot also worked as a counsellor with the Salvation Army Harbour Light Treatment Centre, and was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. On Saturday, just before 5 p.m., officers were called to the area of Clearview Heights and Trethewey Drive, west of . "Our dearest, sweetest, kindest daughter Lauren went to sleep on Sunday night her first Mother's Day and did not wake up to her baby's cries and husband's nudges on Monday.". He retired briefly from radio in the 1980s, but returned in 1990. Announcer Fred Davis became program director, replacing Brian Hodgkinson who left to study television in the U.S. Ches Beachell was in the news department. On-air people included Ken Grant (mornings), Mark Elliot (evenings), Gerrard Campbell (news, joined this year). She was one of the finest writers I ever knew, a consummate professional, Barrhaven Coun. The Commission noted that these frequencies were previously used by CJFX Antigonish, CKPR Thunder Bay and CHLC Baie-Comeau, all of which had converted to the FM band and ceased operating at 580 kHz. It was last year that CFGO bought away CFRA's rights to Ottawa Senators broadcasts and launched Ottawa Sports Radio OSR 1200. "You will likely have heard by now our tragic news," Erin Davis wrote in her online journal Monday. 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. Legend has all four letters in the call sign standing for Cant Find Ryan Anywhere. CFRA and CFMO-FM moved to new studios and offices on the second floor of a two storey, 20,000 square foot structure, located immediately behind the existing facility. Elliot moved to Windsor, Ontario, where he received treatment at Brentwood Recovery Home. Snow counts the day he was told about . I have worked for ten years in news radio in a wide variety of positions and have written on a freelance basis as well. Sorry to learn of the passing of Bev McRae, MPP Lisa MacLeod posted on McRaes Facebook page. The name change took place on March 22. https://t.co/QFWXAC5b03, So sad to hear this tragic news. 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. Wed like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. On-Air: 12:00 - After Midnight with Gary Michaels. Pierre was a member of our series from 2007 - 2011 with 30 starts Tributes and condolences poured in Monday for Lauren Davis, a young mother and news anchor at 580 CFRA whose death was announced by the station Monday afternoon. Vaughn Bjerre was at CFRA. [11] He has received the Friendship Award from the Royal Canadian Legion,[7] the Chief of Defence staff medallion,[7] and the Senate 150th Anniversary Medal. Toronto police say a 38-year-old man has died following a shooting on Saturday. Bell Media, the managing partner holding 99.99% of the voting interest in the general partnership, is wholly owned by Bell Canada and controlled by BCE. He was a dear friend and colleague in various radio adventures, including stints with @CFRAOttawa as host. The CRTC approved a change to the ownership of Bell Media Inc., from BCE Inc. to Bell Canada. He succeeded the late Ernie Calcutt. 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 . CFRA broadcast on a frequency of 560 kHz with a full-time power of 1,000 watts. 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. It had a run of over thirty years. Late Night Counsell started broadcasting . 613-521-1000, Reception (9am-6pm) This page is not available in other languages. "He had such a diverse CV - broadcaster (CFRA), NASCAR driver, artist, etc. The host then moved to Ottawa in 1999 and LNC started broadcasting in its 10 pm to 12 am timeslot. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. pic.twitter.com/HP1fiJrL5C. Elliot was a recovering alcoholic, drug abuser, and compulsive gambler.[1]. And CFRA Nation, you have done your duty, and I hope and pray that you'll continue to do so. He was followed in mid-days by talk show host Lowell Green. I hadnt spoken to Pierre in a while. Very sorry to hear this news. A chance meeting with impressionist Rich Little was to be the springboard for many aspects of Les's highly successful future career. 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. Max Keeping was a CFRA reporter. He was 67. CHUM Group Radio President Jim Waters said the Rawlco stations were a natural fit, complimenting CHUM's existing stations, CFRA and CKKL (KOOL-FM). Family say it was an apparent heart attack. CFRA is a news/talk formatted radio station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by Bell Media. Former and long-time CFRA news anchor Don Leger passed away August 29 at the age of 82. 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. Rick Gibbons, who left radio 24 years ago for print journalism, eventually becoming Publisher of the Ottawa Sun, returned to CFRA as a mid-day talk host. John Badham was hired as sports director and voice of the Rough Riders. "He pursued many passions and goals with ambitious drive, not the least of which was his love for car racing. OTTAWA -- Pierre Bourque, contributor to Newstalk 580 CFRA and a one-time Ottawa city councillor has died. 3:00 - Comedy/Drama Classics. The Carleton University graduate had also worked in Yellowknife and Calgary. This website has now been archived, as of August 1st 2022, and no further information is being added beyond the last dates show in each section. At his next home, in Ottawa, he became a legendary evening Top 40 host and local celebrity on CFRA and CFGO. 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