Elliot moved to Windsor, Ontario, where he received treatment at Brentwood Recovery Home. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his friends and family. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The transmitters employed the EUREKA-147 digital audio broadcasting system. At 6:50 a.m., Mayor Bob Chiarelli joined Steve Madely and proclaimed the day as CFRA Day in Ottawa. Associated with Ryan in the application were CFRA employees or directors Kenneth Binks, George Gowling, Edward Houston, Terry Keilty, Campbell McDonald, John Sproat and Spence Skelton. Elliot grew up in Weston, then a suburb of Toronto. God is!!!.[2]. This Canadian biographical article related to radio is a stub. Retrospectively, Elliot later praised her action for saving his life.[1]. Prophet made his debut on the CFRA country music program The Happy Wanderers. This was its highest cumulative audience figure to date. 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ON (Photo courtesy of Peter Atkinson) Gord Atkinson began his radio career in Toronto in 1948 before move to Ottawa's CFRA . Reach out to your friends, stay in touch. The Thunderwater Lake riding area near Invermere, B.C., where Avalanche Canada says one snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Bourque briefly represented By-Rideau Ward on Ottawa city council in 1991, having been appointed when Marc Laviolette became mayor following the depature of Jim Durrell. Frank Ryan was president of CFRA Broadcasting Ltd. A later message posted to her website thanked fans for their outpouring of support in light of Lauren Davis's death. Sixteen Bell Media Ottawa staffers, on-air and a manager, were let go in February in what was described as a corporate restructuring at CTV Ottawa, CFRA, Majic 100, Bob FM and Team 1200. Trevor Kidd (76) passed away in May. He was a dear friend and colleague in various radio adventures, including stints with @CFRAOttawa as host. CFRA mourns passing of host. Canada Post objected, and stopped accepting them. The station used four top-loaded 300 foot towers at a site located on part of Lots 1 and 2, Concession 1, Gower Township near Manotick. Comments on this story are moderated according to our Submission Guidelines. 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. 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. 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The news department included Mike Cleaver, John Brenner, Steve Winogron, Michael O'Brien. Randy Dewell died at 62. To help us improve GOV.UK, wed like to know more about your visit today. Steve Madely was an Ottawa, Ontario radio host on CFRA.He got his start in 1964 at CHWO in Oakville, Ontario before eventually joining CFRA in 1981. Eugene Whalen died at age 88. At the end of the show, a winner is picked from the bucket to win a prize package. 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. The by-election was called after NDP Michael Cassidy resigned his seat. For many years he worked as Ernie Calcutt's side kick doing the color commentary for Rough Rider broadcasts. In 1966, he began hosting Greenline, and eventually became the longest-running open-line talk show host in North America. 9:00 - Lowell Green. Myles Gray died on August 13, 2015 after a clash with at least seven officers that sent him into cardiac arrest. Advertisement 2. Steve Madely was hosting the morning show and Lowell Green did the mid-day talk show. [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. 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]. On Saturday, just before 5 p.m., officers were called to the area of Clearview Heights and Trethewey Drive, west of . Fred Ennis (2010 photo). He also served as President of the Ottawa Rough Riders in the 1980s. Former and long-time CFRA news anchor Don Leger passed away August 29 at the age of 82. Dont worry we wont send you spam or share your email address with anyone. Previously ranked in 5 th position on Newsmax's 50 most influential radio talks hosts, Bill Carroll began his media career immediately after completing his high school in 1980. Modified date: Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 4:39 am. John Counsell. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Bev McRae died at age 70 in January. [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. Mark Elliot joined in November for evenings. He was 71. 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. (CFRA Photo). Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. OTTAWA -- Pierre Bourque, contributor to Newstalk 580 CFRA and a one-time Ottawa city councillor has died. Nothing has made me feel more like a mother than witnessing our daughter grow into the role. [24][25] In June 2017, there was controversy as to whether Indigo Books and Music had pulled Green's latest book, Amazing But True!, from its bookshelves in stores in Canada.[26]. 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. CFRA and KOOL-FM were among the first radio stations in Canada to be on the internetCFRA was the first to broadcast in real time. Jack Derouin (reporter) and Gil Wright (city hall reporter) joined the staff of CFRA on July 1. He ended up at CFGO. The former CFRA host was the widow of legendary Ottawa journalist Earl McRae. He has been decorated with both the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal,[12] and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. 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. Frank Ryan announced he was ready to enter the television field as soon as permission was forthcoming from the CBC. [2], In 1993, he returned to CFRA and hosted The Lowell Green Show until his official retirement on 4 January 2016. Les Lye was emcee for CFRA's "Breakfast Jamboree". At the new facility, CFMO has a master control room, two production control rooms, one production studio and one booth. Examine the Manual below to know possible methods to edit PDF on your Windows system. This meant that CFRA-FM would operate with a program service separate from CFRA-AM. Five other employees had their hours reduced. 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. 2023 National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. He moved on to work as a radio disk jockey at CFOM, the last English-language commercial radio station in Quebec City, Quebec, and then in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [8] In 2006, he was awarded the LIfetime Achievement Award from the Radio and Television News Director Association. She was a kind woman who gave me a job on Sunday mornings on an old CFRA showThe Broad Perspectives.. John Counsell. Other announcers: Tom Jeffries and Barry Sarazin. BCE Inc. announced on April 1 that it had completed its acquisition of CTV and that it had launched Bell Media (replacing CTVglobemedia), a new business unit that would make CTV programs and other Bell content available on smartphones and computers as well as traditional television. Elliot was a recovering alcoholic, drug abuser, and compulsive gambler.[1]. Mayor Jim Durrel declared a Ken 'The General' Grant Day to salute Grant's 25 years as CFRA's morning man. 87 George Street Sad news: Longtime Ottawa radio personality, former mayoral candidate and significant contributor to the community, Fred Ennis, passed away this evening in his sleep. She was also the host of a popular show, The Broad Perspectives. 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. 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. . Shelly Emond was the mid-day host. Prophet went on to host Canadian TV shows The Ronnie Prophet Show, Grand Ole Country, Rocky Mountain Inn and Ronnie N The Browns. Elliot was a recovering alcoholic, drug abuser, and compulsive gambler. Brad Ronald was appointed general sales manager, Bell Media Radio Ottawa. CFRA installed a new transmitter and began broadcasting in AM Stereo. CFRA's Greg Hbert passed away in December after a long battle with cancer. CFRA switched to an All Oldies music format. He was 71. The CBC Board recommended CFRA be permitted to operate an experimental synchronous booster station at Almonte. / The Voice of the valley. He worked on-air in the 1970s and 80s at 580 CFRA and CFMO-FM. Ownership of CFRA Limited: Frank Ryan 99.8%, Kathleen Ryan 0.1% and D. L. Martin 0.1%. The show now airs LIVE Mon - Fri every night at 9pm Eastern. 3:00 - Rick Gibbons. He would continue to be based in Ottawa. The show and website are no longer active as of 2019. Frank Ryan was also one-time manager of CKLW in Windsor. [21], The following is a list of works authored by Lowell Green. He retired briefly from radio in the 1980s, but returned in 1990. 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. Callers are still invited to participate in the show and can have their name and number put into a bucket. In 2006 and 2008, the council censured Green for his treatment of a Muslim man who challenged Green on the way the radio show host portrays Islam. Brian O'Connell headed the news department. It was affiliated with ABC in New York. Gerrard Campbell (news) left for CKWS Kingston. BCE was a public corporation and controlled by its board of directors. This page is not available in other languages. Phil Bourque paid tribute to his brother in a statement to CTV News Ottawa. 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. He built a career and made a decent amount of wealth. Longtime morning man Ken Grant retired and station manager Steve Madely took over the AM Drive program. Having outgrown the old facility at 150 Isabella, CFRA and CFMO moved studios and offices in April to a brand new facility, located at 1900 Walkley Road. 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. [14] He has also been awarded the Golden Ribbon Award For Outstanding Community Service by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. At 8:05 p.m., May 3, Ottawa Mayor Stanley Lewis officially signed CFRA on the air: it is with pleasure and pride that I announce station CFRA in the City of Ottawa, officially on the air Music for the launch program was provided by Percy Faith and orchestra, along with a sixty voice choir. John Badham was hired as sports director and voice of the Rough Riders. Weekends/Swing: Chris Edwards, Dean Roberts, Dave Watts. Steve Madely was now hosting a new 3-hour morning talk show, Pamela Kern was host of a new afternoon self-help program, and Sports at Six expanded to an hour-long live call-in show hosted by Gord Wilson. News stories, speeches, letters and notices, Reports, analysis and official statistics, Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports, Emergency Alerts https://t.co/8Fi9MvIk6Z, Former broadcaster and councillor Pierre Bourque. Fred Ennis, a former CFRA broadcaster, Ottawa journalist, and politician, has died. 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. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). 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 . ON Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. In October, CHUM Ottawa opened new studios and offices to house all of its operations in the city the 46,000 square foot CHUM Market Media Mall located in the heart of the Byward Market at 87 George Street. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events, Unlimited online access to National Post and 15 news sites with one account, National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on, Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword, Access articles from across Canada with one account, Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments, Get email updates from your favourite authors. As a result, CFRA was now News-Talk full-time. By this time, it had an audience of 600,000 listeners. Reports elsewhere have suggested that CFRA-AM and FM signed on at the same time, but CFRA was not issued an FM licence until later in the year. Frank Ryan was president of the company and CFRA's manager. The mayor's statement went out before a gathering of 8,000 in the auditorium and a special broadcast aired on the CBC Trans-Canada network. 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