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Gene Valaitis
- Bachelor of Applied Arts Broadcasting & Communications Ryerson
University Toronto 1978; morning host/ News Director/ current affairs
host CHUM Radio Network Toronto 1978-2003; sales/ training/ personal
development Gene Valaitis Seminars Canada/ U.S.A./ Hong Kong 2001-03;
Executive VP/ MLM sales/ broadcast development/ media & marketing International
Galleries Inc. Dallas TX/ UK/ Hong Kong/ Mexico 2003-07; VP MLM Sales/
Marketing/ Broadcast Development and Media Body Wise International Los
Angeles Area/ Canada 2006-07; MLM contract consultant Diamond Tree
Global Seoul Korea 2007; Corporate Sales/ Personal Representation Life
Success Productions U.S.A./ Canada 2007-08; Private MLM Group Consulting
& Training U.S.A./ Canada 2008-10; Vice President of MLM Broadcast
Development My Private Trade Dubai UAE 2010; VP MLM Broadcast
Development Myerco Dallas/ Fort Worth area 2010; Public Policy and
Business Consultant Morgan Logan Radio Fort Lauderdale FL 2011; VP MLM
Sales & Training Alphay International Los Angeles area/ Vancouver
2011-13; Chief Visionary Officer Zulubiz.com Huntington Beach CA
2014-17; Morning Show host CIRH-FM Vancouver 2017-18; VP Talk Content
and Talent Development Gemini.Live Podcast Network 2018-current. LinkedIn profile
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Angela Valiant
- SAIT Broadcast Program graduate; CIBK-FM Calgary; midday host CFEX-FM
Calgary 2017-21; p.m. drive CKPK-FM Vancouver 2021-22; morning host CKKS-FM Vancouver 2022-current
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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 in Tsawwassen June 1, 2000 at age 70
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Vickie van Dyke
- DJ CHAM Hamilton ON 1989-99; morning host CIWV-FM Hamilton 2000-02;
jazz singer/ writer/ blogger/ publicist Meaford/ Guelph ON 2000-22;
midday host CIWV-FM Vancouver 2022-current. LinkedIn profile
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Rochelle van Halm - Technology Diploma, Broadcast Journalism BCIT 1979; 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 2000-05; communications and stakeholder leader/ Intranet manager/ stakeholder engagement advisor BC
Hydro Vancouver 2006-09; Stakeholder Engagement Advisor BC Hydro
2009-12; writer cancerqueen.me 2012-16. Died in Vancouver February
23, 2016 at age 58
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Brittany (Millman) Van Hemert - Communications
Diploma Capilano University North Vancouver 2006-08; BCIT Radio
Broadcasting Diploma 2010; Corporate Sales Associate Green Light Group
2008-09; Sales & Marketing Director Evolution 107.9 Burnaby 2009-10;
Promotions/ Programming Assistant then Intern Programming Assistant
Virgin Radio 2008-10; Promotions & Manager The Cellar Nightclub
Vancouver 2010-11; Marketing Coordinator HeartSafe EMS Victoria 2011;
weekend/ swing announcer Rogers Communications Victoria 2011-12; Music
Director/ midday announcer CKLM-FM Lloydminster AB 2012-13; Community
Relations Coordinator Boston Pizza New Westminster 2013-14; Music
Director/ evening announcer CFOX-FM Vancouver 2015-current; Assistant
PD/ Music Director Corus Radio Vancouver 2019-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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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 |
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Jody Vance
- Promotions coordinator CHRX/ CJJR-FM Vancouver 1988-91; assistant
promotions director/ community cruiser reporter CKNW/ CFMI-FM Vancouver
1991-95; corporate sales Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment 1996;
sports anchor CIVT-TV Vancouver 1996-2000; anchor CTV/ Rogers Sportsnet
Toronto 2000-05; columnist 24HRS Toronto 2006-09; anchor Maple Leaf
Sports Entertainment 2006-09; p.m. drive CHHR-FM Vancouver 2009-11;
sports anchor CBC Vancouver 2010-11; host Seeking Stanley CBC Sports Vancouver 2011; co-host/ news anchor Breakfast Television CityTV
Vancouver 2011-16; Founder Mybackyard.press 2016-current; fill-in host
CKNW Vancouver 2016-current; freelance journalist Al Jazeera Media
Network 2021-current; columnist The Orca Vancouver 2021-current; talk show host CHEK-TV Victoria 2022-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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Wim Vander Zalm - Garden Talks weekly garden show host CKNW Vancouver
1986-2001; President Art Knapp Plantland 1986-current; CEO Grapevine Home and Garden 2002-07. LinkedIn profile
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Krissy Vann
- Advanced Broadcasting Diploma Niagara College Welland ON 2008; News
Intern Canterbury Television Christchurch, New Zealand 2008; Boutiques
Onboard/ Morning Show Correspondent Princess Cruises 2008-09;
Independent Contractor Onboard Media division of LVMH/ Royal Caribbean
Int Europe/ Miami 2010; Weather Anchor Niagara News TV St. Catharines ON
2011; On-Air Talent/ Promotions Moose FM group Niagara ON Region
2011-12; TV Host/ On Camera Presenter The Weather Network Oakville ON
2012-15; Vancouver Bureau Video Journalist The Weather Network 2015-18; Community Host/ Producer CTV Morning Live Vancouver 2018-22. LinkedIn profile
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Samantha Vega
- BCIT Broadcast Communications Degree 1988; CJUP Langley 1985-86; BCIT
radio graduate 1986; all-nights CHRX
Vancouver 1988-90; self employed voice talent 1988-current;
middays CKKQ-FM Victoria 1990-92; evenings CHRX 1992-94; Satellite
Radio Network 1994-96; middays/ evenings 76.1 InterFM Tokyo Japan
1996-2001; radio broadcaster/ producer Orbitune Inc. Japan 1996-current;
voice track
HMV864 Hong Kong 1999-2003; technical producer MediaWorks
Auckland New Zealand 2016-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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John Vennavally-Rao
- Applied Communication Program graduate Camosun College Victoria 1991;
honours Bachelor of Journalism University of King's College Halifax
1995; videographer CBC-TV Vancouver 1995-97; general assignment reporter
VTV/ CTV British
Columbia 1997-2002; Atlantic news bureau correspondent CTV
Halifax 2002-09; reporter CTV
Toronto news bureau 2009-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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Wayne Vernon - Host Caribbean Express then Caribbean Groove
CHKG-FM Vancouver |
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Maria Vinca
- BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2020; BCIT Faculty Member/
Broadcast Communications 2020-22; part time news anchor CKWX Vancouver
2022-24 and p.m. drive co-anchor 2014-current. LinkedIn profile
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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
2004-08; morning news announcer CKFR Kelowna 2008-17; News Director/ morning show host CJUI-FM Kelowna 2017-current
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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 |
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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; BC Italian Business Excellence Media Award winner 2012
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Jim Waddell - PM drive CKWX Vancouver 1958-59; CHEC Lethbridge AB 1959 |
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Andrew Wadden
- Columbia Academy Vancouver trainee; media relations assistant
Vancouver Canadians baseball team 2009;
sports reporter/ writer CKNW Vancouver 2009-10; sports
anchor/ reporter
CKWX Vancouver 2010-11; host/ Associate Producer/ Lead Editor
Krown Countdown U Shaw TV Western Canada 2011-17; producer/ anchor CKST Vancouver 2019-21. LinkedIn profile
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Peter Wagner
- Communication degree Washington State University 2013; Web Editor The
Daily Evergreen Pullman WA 2010; General Manager KUGR Radio Pullman
2010-11; Program Director/ on-air personality KRAO-FM Moscow ID 2010-12;
board operator KARI/ KVRI Blaine WA 2014; afternoon producer/ anchor Saga
Communications Bellingham 2014-current; news anchor CKWX Vancouver
2017-current/ weekend Managing Editor 2018-20 and Managing Editor News & Programming 2020-current. LinkedIn profile
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Johanna Wagstaffe
- Honours degree in geophysics The University of Western Ontario,
London 2006; Intern
Environment Canada Severe Weather Centre Toronto 2005; Research
Assistant Western University London ON 2006; meteorology certificate
York
University Toronto 2007; meteorologist CBC News Network 2007-12;
Broadcast Meteorologist and Science Reporter CBC News Network and CBC
Vancouver 2012-current. LinkedIn profile
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Chris Wahl
- BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2010; news reporter/ anchor CKQR-FM
Castlegar BC 2009-12; Director Marketing & Broadcast Trail Smoke
Eaters Junior "A" ice hockey Trail BC 2011-13; Director of Media
Relations Surrey Eagles Hockey Club 2013-14; Director of Sales &
Public Relations Kootenay ICE Hockey Club Cranbrook BC 2014-17; sports
anchor/ reporter CKWX Vancouver 2017-21; Junior Hockey 2021-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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Carl Waiz (Carl Edward 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 |
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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 Fest
2004-current (has announced plans to step down after 2017 edition). LinkedIn profile
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Carly Walde (Jansen) - Graduate
BCIT Broadcast program 2007; Newsbreak anchor CityTV Vancouver 2007;
Assistant Production Coordinator
The Eyes Productions 2007; Public Relations Coordinator Vega Port
Coquitlam 2008; freelance pitch writer/ researcher Insight Film
Productions 2008-09; Associate Segment Producer SoMedia Networks
Vancouver 2009; Fill Producer CKNW Vancouver 2010; traffic anchor CHMJ
Vancouver 2009-11; midday host CKPK-FM Vancouver 2011-15; Content
Producer True Calling Canada Vancouver 2016-18; Freelance Voice Actor/
Writer Vancouver 2016-current; Voice Actor Play Management Vancouver
2016-current. LinkedIn profile
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Andrew Walker
- News CJNB North Battleford SK 2003-04; news then weekly local sports
show host CHUB-FM Red Deer AB 2004-10; sports host CFAC Calgary 2010-13;
sports host CJCL Toronto 2013-17; p.m. drive sports host CISL Vancouver
2017-21; host The Hedge podcast 2022-23; Edmonton Oilers reporter CKJR Wetaskiwin AB 2024-current. LinkedIn profile
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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) 1990-2019; retired 2019.
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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 |
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Nancy Wall - News/ assistant to Jack Lee CJOR Vancouver 1970s |
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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 |
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Andy Walsh
- (Andrew Mark Woloshen) 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 1997-2017;
member Canadian Association of Broadcasters Half Century Club
2002; Radio-Television News
Directors Association Lifetime Achievement Award 2004; inducted
into Canadian News Hall of Fame 2012. Died November 5, 2022 at age
90. 2012 News HOF Video 2017 BT Retirement Video
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Tom Walsh
- Bachelor of Arts Journalism Film and Broadcasting Cardiff University
2006; Director Forefront Television 2008-12; Ethiopia Correspondent CCTV
2012; East Africa Bureau Chief/ Kenya Correspondent Arise News London UK
2012-14; Head of Production AU/ UN IST Somalia 2014-15; Assignment
Producer Global News Vancouver 2016-17; VJ/ reporter CITY News Vancouver
2017-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 anchor Early
Edition CBC radio Vancouver 1997-2015; retired 2015
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Stu Walters
- BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2004; sports anchor/ reporter/ host
Corus Entertainment Vancouver 2004-14 including afternoon
sportscaster CKNW 2009-14; reporter Associated Press 2006-current;
sports reporter/ rinkside host Shaw TV Vancouver
2007-current; fill-in host/ announcer CKST/ CTV Vancouver
2014-21. LinkedIn profile
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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 2006-23;
twice Gemini Award nominee and winner of numerous news reporting awards; winner of two
Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Gold Ribbons and Jack Webster Award |
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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; on-board product service delivery manager Air Canada Jazz 2011-current
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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; anchor Global National Mandarin Shaw Multicultural channel Vancouver/ Calgary 2012-16
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Bill Ward (William
Enoch Ward) - Began radio career in Saskatchewan 1925; joined Canadian
Broadcasting Corp. CBR 1936-40 responsible for originating CBC's B.C.
school broadcasts; inspector Boeing 1943-44; host Bill Ward's Bulletin CKMO Vancouver 1944; host Bill Ward's
Doghouse 11-midnight CKWX Vancouver 1946-52; host Bill Ward's
Doghouse CJOR Vancouver 1954-56; host Friday night Doghouse
old movie show KVOS-TV Bellingham; mornings CFUN Vancouver 1956; late
nights CHUB Nanaimo 1957-58; CKLG Vancouver 1958-59; CFAX Victoria 1960;
Doghouse CFUN 1963-circa 1966; CHUB 1967. Died
in Vancouver March 2, 1974 at age 74
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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/ host Sports Weekend CKNW Vancouver 2007-14; pre and post game show
host Vancouver Giants broadcasts CISL Vancouver 2008-12; Vancouver Canadians Broadcast & Journalism Hall of Fame inductee 2012; freelance fill-in CKST 2014-21 |
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Johanna Ward
- Applied Communications Program degree Camosun College Victoria 2003;
Dance & Group Fitness Instructor Fitness Centres Vancouver/ Victoria
1997-2014; co-host entertainment show GO! Magazine CHEK-TV Victoria
2003-05; host & producer The Express Shaw TV Vancouver 2005-12; host
Shaw TV national series Powered to Win 2008-10; weekly “gal about
town” promo CFUN Vancouver 2008-09; host go! Vancouver Shaw TV 2012-14; Founder/ Fitness Trainer & Presenter The IT factor Vancouver 2014-current; Marketing & Event Coordinator The Wellness Show Vancouver 2015-17; Event & Engagement Coordinator (contract) Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland 2017. LinkedIn profile
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Roger Ward
- UBC Radio CITR 1974 including term as station president then
graduated 1978; news anchor/ reporter CJAT Trail 1978-79; CJOR Vancouver
1979-80; CKDA Victoria 1980; CFTR Toronto; national radio news anchor
and national reporter Broadcast News (later re-branded The Canadian
Press); semi retired at CP working part time as national news radio
anchor current
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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 |
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Mel Warner - Concert promoter/ pioneered the way for reggae, ska, Latin and world music to Vancouver stages; host Caribbean Sounds CFRO-FM Vancouver circa 1990-current; inducted into B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame 2022
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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 |
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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; defensive backs coach BC Lions Football Club Vancouver 2008-current
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Jack Wasserman (Jacob 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 |
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Alan Waterman
- VTR editor CBC Television Vancouver 1977-82; ENG news
editor/ shooter/ producer CBC Television Vancouver 1982-96; television
video-journalist CBC Vancouver and The National 1992-2012; retired from
CBC 2012; communications committee member International Hockey
Federation 2001-10; video-journalism trainer CBC Television
2003-16; Discover Channel director/ shooter various series
2012-current; Video-Journalism Trainer The VJ View 2012-current; CPAC Campaign Politics reporter/ producer 2013-current;
faculty BCIT Broadcast & Online Journalism 2013-current; President Field Hockey BC 2018-current. LinkedIn profile
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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. |
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Laddie Watkis - Aka The Girl Baritone secretary/ bill collector/ piano
player/ singer CJOR Vancouver circa 1927-1950 |
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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 Vancouver 2012-14. LinkedIn profile
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Keith Watson
- CJIV-FM Simon Fraser U. 1986-87;
board operator CISL Vancouver 1987-88; sports host/ reporter CITR-FM UBC
1987-91; board
operator CKXY Vancouver 1989-90; board
operator/ producer CKWX/ Satellite Radio Network 1990-91; sports
reporter Broadcast News
1990-96; board operator CKNW/ CFMI-FM/ Western Information Network
1991-96; Vancouver sports correspondent ESPN Radio 1994-2006;
board operator CKST Vancouver 1997; Vancouver sports correspondent
Westwood One Radio 2002-11; Vancouver sports correspondent
Associated Press Radio 2005-10; PA announcer Kwantlen University Eagles
2006-13; sports reporter Sportswave website 2009-10; PA announcer
Douglas College Royals 2013-14 & 2017-18; PA announcer Capilano
University Blues 2015-16; PA announcer UBC Thunderbirds 2018; currently
retired from radio
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Amanda Wawryk
- Columbia Academy Diploma in Broadcast/ Performing Arts 2006; ground
traffic CHQM-FM
Vancouver 2005-06; news reporter/ anchor CHSU-FM
Kelowna 2006-07; CKWX Vancouver desk reporter/ producer/ traffic anchor
2007-16/ p.m. drive anchor 2016-18/ a.m. drive anchor 2019-21 CKWX
Vancouver; news anchor/ co-host CFUN-FM Vancouver 2011-12; Vancouver
City Editor 2021-22 then Managing Editor Daily Hive 2022-current. LinkedIn profile
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Les Way
- Reporter Powell River News 1930s and owner 1940-45; BC Division
President Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association 1944; started national
trade journal The Canadian Weekly Editor 1946; executive with Boy Scout association and awarded one of the Boy Scouts highest honours the Silver Acorn 1954; host Neighbourly News CBC Radio Network from Vancouver circa 1945-60.
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Hal Weaver (Harold Douglas 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 in Surrey B.C. December 31, 1971 at age 29 Edmonton Broadcasters photos |
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Jack Webster (John Edgar 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 1961; CBC Vancouver correspondent; CJOR 1972; BCTV
Vancouver 1979-87; Order of Canada 1988; News Hall of Fame and CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame
1989; panelist CBC-TV Front Page Challenge 1990-95. Died in Vancouver March 2,
1999 at age 80. Jack Webster Foundation CCF
Biography City Mike audio circa 1955
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Shawn Webster
- BCIT broadcast graduate 1984; morning show traffic CKWX/ CKKS-FM
1986-90; traffic reporter CKNW/ CFMI-FM
Vancouver 1990-2004; traffic CJJR-FM/ CKBD Vancouver 2004-08 and
morning co-host CKBD to
2008; Realtor HomeLife Benchmark Realty Walnut Grove 2007-11;
Licensed Real Estate Professional RE/ MAX Little Oak Realty Fraser Valley
2011-current. Shawn's Website LinkedIn profile
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Tim Weekes - Reporter/ lineup editor CBC Television Vancouver current |
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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 2008-22; Media Relations Coordinator Surrey RCMP 2022-current. LinkedIn profile
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Peter Weissbach - Talk show host CJOR Vancouver 1980s; on air/ PD CJCA Edmonton late
1980s-93; talk host: KBNP Portland 1995; president Questline Productions (WA), Inc. 1995-current; talk host 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 2004-09; talk show host KVI Seattle 2009-10; president Seattle Building Maintenance, Inc. current
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Paul Weisser - BCIT Broadcast program graduate 2001; evening sports anchor CKWX
Vancouver 2000-09; overnight news/ sports anchor CKWX 2013-current
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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 2008-15. 1987 Audio courtesy RadioWest
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Keith Wells
- Radio/ TV Arts graduate Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Edmonton 1987; 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;
owner ArmchairTourist Video Inc. 2009-current; founder/ director of
newsroom
relations SendtoNews Victoria 2009-current. LinkedIn profile
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Art Welsh
- BC Mainland Cricket League pamphlet editor 1949; news editor Ubyssey
Newspaper UBC Vancouver circa 1950; news/ public affairs CJOR Vancouver
circa 1950;
teacher Kerrisdale School 1951 |
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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 Radio West
2006-current; remote producer CISL Vancouver 2009-11; Webmaster Calgary
Broadcasters 2009-current; Webmaster BC Radio History 2013-current. LinkedIn profile
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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. CKLW audio courtesy Blair West and The Classic CKLW Website
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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 |
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Genevieve Westcott
- Financial reporter Vancouver Sun circa 1978; editorial page writer
Vancouver Province; researcher CKVU-TV Vancouver; CBC Vancouver 1980;
West Coast Bureau Chief/ correspondent CTV National News;
Eyewitness News TVNZ New Zealand 1984; W5 anchor/ correspondent/
international reporter CTV 1987-88; current affairs programs 3 News New Zealand 1989; Newstalk ZB
New Zealand radio; external communications Massey University New
Zealand; won 13 national and international journalism awards. Died in
Hawke's Bay, New Zealand July 10, 2020 at age 65. NZ On Screen Biography
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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; President and Senior Consultant Creativetech Services
Inc. 1996-current; as Eric
Westra news anchor CKWX Vancouver 1997-2003; Business
Analyst/ Technical Communications Consultant CGA-Canada (Certified
General Accountants Association of Canada) 2003-06; Marketing and
Communications Manager Visiphor Corporation 2004-06; Business
Analyst/ Product Solutions Specialist Canaccord Financial 2008-10;
Business Analyst E-Comm Vancouver 2011; Business Process Analyst
TransLink Burnaby 2011-12; Documentation and Form Authoring Consultant
Interfor Vancouver 2011-current; Change Management Consultant/ Business
Process Lead - Development and Alumni Engagement University of British
Columbia 2012-current; Project Manager Systems Transformation &
Change Management Tides Canada 2015-17; Project Manager Grants
Management System Implementation Process Improvement & Change
Management Vancouver Foundation 2017; Sr. Business Analyst Ritchie Bros. Burnaby 2017-current. LinkedIn profile Oct. 1987 CFOX-FM audio courtesy Radio West
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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 |
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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 |
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Casey White
- Royal City Academy of Broadcasting Graduate 1975; news reporter CKDA
Victoria 1977-78; swing announcer CKLG Vancouver 1978-81; promotions
assistant/ traffic reporter/ announcer CKNW/ CFMI-FM New Westminster
1982-83; announcer CFUN Vancouver 1982-86; morning show co-host CISL
Richmond 1987-91; Account Executive NOWTV/ JOYTV Fraser Valley 2001-09;
announcer/ Account Executive CISL Vancouver 2001-12; Account Executive
JOYTV Surrey 2012-14; Account Manager Prairie Naturals Fraser Valley
2014-current. LinkedIn profile
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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/ anchor/ editor CKWX Vancouver 2009-18; news editor/ presenter CBC Radio Calgary 2018-current. LinkedIn profile
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Jana Lynne White
- Actor/ narrator; producer/ host CFOX-FM Vancouver; entertainment
reporter CKVU-TV Vancouver; Associate Creative Director Shane Lunny
Productions; host/ producer MuchMusic 1990-2004; Creative Director
Moonhill Media 2004-current; Home host CIRH-FM Vancouver 2015. LinkedIn profile
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Les White - News CKNW New Westminster circa 1955 |
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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 |
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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 responsible 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. BC Sports Hall of Fame bio |
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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 |
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Tony Whitney
- Automotive journalist numerous publications including Vancouver
Sun, Western Driver, North Shore News and others; Editor Maclean
Hunter Ltd. 1970-84; Principal Tony Whitney & Associates
1984-current; 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. LinkedIn profile
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Jessica Whitworth
(Now Jessica Kawer) - Columbia Academy broadcast program 2006;
receptionist then promotions/ Funfinder Cruiser reporter/traffic reporter
CKBD/ CJJR-FM/ CKPK-FM Vancouver 2006-current; film critic
Get Reel Vancouver 2011-current; Craft Beer host and enthusiast Cannery
Brewing Company Penticton 2014-current; midday host CIGV-FM Penticton
2015-current. LinkedIn profile
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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; freelance producer/ reporter/ host College of Sports
Media Toronto 2008-current. LinkedIn profile
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Stephanie Wiebe - Bachelor's Broadcast Journalism Ryerson
University Toronto 2010; Broadcast Services intern CNW Group 2008;
intern Access Hollywood, NBC Universal 2009; sports reporter Ryerson
University Toronto 2009-10; Olympic coverage technical assistant CTV
Vancouver 2010; promotions CHUM Radio Vancouver 2010; news writer Global
BC morning news 2010-12; assistant
production coordinator Force Four Entertainment Vancouver 2011;
traffic/ weather announcer CHMJ Vancouver 2012; music cue sheets
coordinator Greedy Productions Vancouver 2012-13; helicopter
traffic reporter
Canadian Traffic Network/ Global BC weekends Vancouver 2011-13; overnight
assignment news writer CTV BC 2013; reporter based in Red Deer CTV
Edmonton 2013-14; news reporter CBC Television Calgary
2015-current. LinkedIn profile
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Cara Wiest - BCIT Broadcast journalism graduate; reporter CBC Vancouver 1990s-2003; reporter/ host CBC Toronto
2003-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 2007-16; p.m. drive host CHFM-FM Calgary 2016-current
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Tom Wilkinson - BBC UK; radio station startup Barbados late 1940s-early 1950s;
news CKWX Vancouver 1953-54; Australian Broadcasting Corporation mid 1950s |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Billy Williams - CKYI Peace River; CHED Edmonton 1970s; CFUN Vancouver 1980s; CHED; CFRN Edmonton; CFCN
Calgary; music director CISN-FM Edmonton 1990s; CFMG Edmonton mid 2000s; CKJR Wetaskiwin AB 2006-current. 1998 RadioWest audio
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Brad Williams - Weather/ news/ sports/ commercials CHOV-TV Pembroke ON; Program
Director CFVR Abbotsford 1970s-early 80s; CFUN Vancouver; CFRA Ottawa; weekends CISL
Vancouver
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Bruce Williams
- CKSA Loydminster AB; CHAB Moose Jaw late 1970s; CFJC Kamloops
1981-82, CKLG Vancouver 1982-85; CFMI-FM Vancouver 1985-91; CHRX/ CJJR-FM
Vancouver 1991-94; Satellite Radio Network (CKWX); traffic reporter
CKWX Vancouver 1994-2012. Died February 21, 2012 in Tsawwassen
at age 54
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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 |
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Kirk Williams
- BA economics/ political science Trent University Peterborough ON 1982;
master political science Dalhousie University Halifax 1986; bachelor of
journalism University of King's College Halifax 1987; 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
2002-15; Media Relations & Communications Director Pace Group 2015-current. LinkedIn profile
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Michael Williams
- BCIT Diploma of Broadcast & Online Journalism 2022; general
labourer Jim's Mowing Canada North Vancouver 2016; food and beverage
attendant Capilano Suspension Bridge Park North Vancouver 2016-17; self
employed CEO Tier One Yard Care North Vancouver 2017-20; part time floor
manager Earls Kitchen + Bar West Vancouver 2018-20; reporter CISL
Vancouver 2021-current. LinkedIn profile
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Remo Williams - Evenings/ weekends CKX-FM Brandon 2000; evenings then middays and
host Hot 20 Countdown CKXA-FM Brandon 2001-03; evenings/ host 8:30 Remo Rant
CKMM-FM Winnipeg 2003-05; evenings CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2005-07;
CFBT-FM Vancouver
weekends/ late night then evenings 2007-12 and p.m. drive 2012;
as Ty Williams afternoon drive CKXA-FM Brandon MB and nationally on
Virgin Radio overnights 2019-current
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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 2005-16; retired. LinkedIn profile
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Wayne Williams - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate; political reporter/ newsroom
manager CBC Vancouver; senior producer Canada Now CBC Vancouver; News Director CBC Vancouver 2009-18;
retired from CBC 2018; three-time winner Jack Webster award for best television reporting. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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Michael Willmore - Warehouseman Molson Brewery Vancouver retired; host Rock Talk CFRO-FM Vancouver 1975-current; briefly
CISL Vancouver 1986; Rock Talk host CITR-FM Vancouver 1987; host Rockinitis Shaw TV Vancouver 2005-17
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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 |
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Dylan "Big D" Willows - Columbia Academy graduate; CJCD-FM
Yellowknife 1998-99; co-founder Mungbeen Multimedia Victoria 1999; morning co-host CFBT-FM
Vancouver 2002-04; host p.m. drive CKKQ-FM Victoria 2005-06; morning drive co-host CJZN-FM
Victoria 2006-24. Died in Victoria area June 6, 2024 at age 45
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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 |
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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
2004-16; mostly retired current
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Aleta Wilson
- Afternoon host/ Music Director CHET-FM Chetwynd BC 2006; promotions
department Corus Entertainment Vancouver 2006-07; morning host CHMJ and
traffic/ weather CKNW Vancouver 2006-12; traffic reporter/ producer
Canadian Traffic Network Vancouver 2013-15; announcer Corus
Entertainment Vancouver 2014-15; traffic reporter CKWX Vancouver
2015-16; Freelance Dialogue Editor Vancouver 2016-current; Business
Affairs Two 4 The Money Media Vancouver 2016-current; Producer Half A
Dozen Hospitality Podcast Vancouver 2018-19. LinkedIn profile
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Ben Wilson - All-night CKST Vancouver 1998; BCIT Broadcast Program graduate
2001; news anchor CKWX Vancouver 2001-21 |
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Bob Wilson - CFUN Vancouver 1974-76 |
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Chris Wilson - TV production diploma BCIT 1973; 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. LinkedIn profile
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Don Wilson - Announcer CKNW New Westminster 1944; CKMO Vancouver 1947; CKDA
Victoria 1952; talk show host CKLG Vancouver 1950s; CHUB Nanaimo 1968 |
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Ed Wilson - News CJOR Vancouver circa 1968 |
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George Wilson
- Started career on Canadian Prairies; CJVI Victoria; news CJOR
Vancouver 1960s; news including long-time City Hall reporter CBC Radio
Vancouver early 1970s-92;
one of original founders and backers of Vancouver Media Club; retired
to Green Lake BC and served as chief of Watch Lake-North Green Lake
Volunteer Fire Department until 2007. Died January 26, 2013 at 100
Mile House BC at age 85
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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 |
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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. LinkedIn profile
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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. LinkedIn profile
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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. Died in Kelowna September 29, 2014 at age 76
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Jeff Winskell
- Writer/ producer CKWV-FM/ CHWF-FM Nanaimo/ CIBH-FM
Parksville/ CKLR-FM Courtenay 2002-03; show producer CISL/CKZZ-FM
Vancouver 2005-08; Music
Director/ swing CKZZ-FM Vancouver 2008-12; Assistant Regional
Brand Director Astral Media Inc./ Bell Media Kelowna 2012-14; PD Bell
Media St. Catharines/ Niagara ON 2014-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 2008-13; Format Captain alternative/ mainstream rock Corus
Entertainment Toronto 2011-13; President Ross Winters Media Toronto
2014-current; Director of Programming The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group
2016-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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Richard Wolak
- Partner/ Sales Manager Marbles Activewear Inc 1985-88; Partner/ Sales
Manager Zipitti Clothing Corporation 1990-94; VP Sales & Marketing
Arelco Promotional Group Inc 1994-2010; Editor & Publisher
TheCafeGuide.com 2001-11; Director of Sales SwagPeople.com 2010-current;
Editor & Publisher TasteandSipMagazine.com 2009-current; Editor
& Publisher VancouverFoodster.com 2009-current; Founder CMI Chat
Media Inc Vancouver 2010-current; Co-Host Food Glorious Food podcast
Vancouver 2014-current; Host the Best and the Foodiest CKNW Vancouver 2016-20; Host IG LIVE @vanfoodster 2020-current. Website LinkedIn profile
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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
2000-13; actor; filmmaker; award
winning screenwriter; partner Stogies
Entertainment Vancouver 2009-current. LinkedIn profile
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Michael G. Woloshen - BCIT Broadcast; Associate Producer Delta Cable TV 1977-80; writer/ producer CHEK-TV Victoria 1980-current; host A La Carte cooking show 1984; late movie host Reel Guy 1985; variety performer/ producer Highband BCTV Vancouver/ CHEK-TV 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;
Co-Producer/ Director Design District; Co-Producer/ Director Cooking on the Coast; Director/ Co-producer Family Matters
with Judge Harvey Brownstone; Co-Producer Chek Around and TREND;
Director The Wealthy Life with Sybil Verch; Director of Creative
Services CHEK-TV current; son of broadcaster Andy Walsh. LinkedIn profile
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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 Vancouver 1990s; Hoss Talk columnist The
Province 1995-2015; Jockey Club of Canada Sovereign Award
Outstanding Film/ Video/ Broadcast 1998 & 2001; inducted
into B.C. Horse Racing Hall of Fame 2014 & Canadian Thoroughbred
Society Hall of Fame 2016. Died in Naples, FL January 20, 2020 at age 79
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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 1985-2015 (retired). LinkedIn profile
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Denise Wong
(now Denise Hayes-McCoy) - BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 2008;
reporter Street Cents Vancouver 2001-04; reporter/ anchor CKFR
Kelowna 2007-10; CKWX Vancouver web editor/ reporter 2010-12 and
Managing Editor Web and New Media 2012-22; Communications Advisor BC Hydro Vancouver 2022-curent. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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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 |
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Wesla Wong
(Wesla English) - Criminology/ communications Simon Fraser University;
marketing/ community relations Capilano University 2005-07; producer
Shaw
Communications 2006-07; announcer Jim Pattison Broadcast Group 2006-08;
community reporter CHBC-TV
Kelowna 2007-08; weather anchor then Meteorologist Global Television
Vancouver 2008-13; Meteorologist CHBC-TV Kelowna 2013-18; Meteorologist
Silver Star Mountain Resort 2013-current; Meteorologist MyBCWeather.com
Kelowna 2013-current; Meteorologist Big White Ski Resort 2014-18;
Meteorologist KelownaNow 2018-current. LinkedIn profile |
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Treena Wood
- BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate 1995; CHBC-TV Kelowna 1995; news
CJJR-FM
Vancouver 1995-96; news reader/ editor CKWX Vancouver
1996-current including News Director
2010-16 and National Format Director - News Rogers Radio
2016-17; News Director CBC Vancouver 2018-21; Senior Communications
Specialist Teck Resources Limited Vancouver 2022-current. LinkedIn profile
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John Woodbridge - aka Jay Woods; CHOW Welland ON; mid mornings CFCP Courtenay 1963-64; 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. 1979 CKEY Audio courtesy budrileyradio.com
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Shane Woodford
- BCIT Broadcast journalism graduate 2009; reporter/ editor CBC
Television Vancouver 2009; anchor/ reporter CHNL Kamloops 2009-11;
Research Room Supervisor 2010 Winter Olympics NBC Sports Vancouver 2010;
anchor/ reporter/ fill in talk show host CKNW Vancouver
2011-16; News Director CHNL Kamloops 2016-19; moved to Denmark;
contract Communications Specialist Interreg North Sea Programme Viborg,
Middle Jutland, Denmark 2022. LinkedIn profile
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Kristin Woodhouse
- BCIT Broadcast program graduate 2011; news CJFC Kamloops 2010; news
CJSU-FM Duncan 2011-12; news anchor/ web desk CKWX Vancouver 2012-current
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Hayley Woodin
- Journalism Honours BA Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey 2013;
Sales Associate Genex Development Surrey 2011-13; Ambassador then Media
Specialist Kwantlen Polytechnic University 2010-13; Freelance Journalist
Glacier Media Inc. Vancouver 2014-16; Media Fellow Asia Pacific
Foundation of Canada 2017-18; Co-Host/ Producer Business in Vancouver
Show CIRH-FM Vancouver 2016-18; Multimedia Journalist Business in
Vancouver 2016-21 and Executive Editor 2021; pursuing Masters Degree in
Journalism at Columbia Journalism School New York 2021-current. LinkedIn profile
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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 |
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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 |
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Steve Woodman (Stephen Francis 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 |
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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 Electric Brunch weekends
CFMI-FM Vancouver current; p.m. drive CFGQ-FM Calgary 2012-current
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Susan (Fisher) Woods
- Editor BCTV Vancouver 1974-76; reporter CKWX Vancouver 1976-82 except
CKO-FM Vancouver circa 1980; reporter CKVU-TV Vancouver
1982-89; moved to Victoria 1989; publisher Moss Rock Review
1999-2012; producer/ host
local history program Remember When CFAX Victoria
2003-10; finalist Victoria
Women of Distinction Award 2004; recipient BC Heritage
Preservation Communications Award
2006; candidate for Victoria City Council 2008; died in Victoria July 20, 2019 at age 66 |
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Jon Woodward - Bachelor of science/ mathematics University of BC 2005; reporter The Glove and Mail 2005-06; producer The Pig Farm
2006-10; reporter Vancouver Sun 2007; investigative reporter CTV
British Columbia 2007-current; Canadian Student Press Freedom Award
2005; Jack Webster fellowship 2009; two Edward R. Murrow Awards 2011; Gemini Award for Best Editorial Research 2011. LinkedIn profile
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Cory Woron - BCIT Broadcast Program graduate 1996; 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
2000-24. LinkedIn profile
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Lisa Wu - Fairchild Media Vancouver 2004; reporter Channel M/ OMNI Vancouver
2006-13; Vancouver-based host/ reporter Phoenix TV current.
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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
2003-08; partner Prime Time Communications and Consulting Inc.
2008-current; recipient Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 |
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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 |
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Kimberly Wynn
- Journalism graduate Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT);
CHED
Edmonton; Global TV Lethbridge; Shaw TV Edmonton; traffic reporter CTV
Edmonton 2013-16; traffic reporter CTV Vancouver 2016-17; with husband
Chris co-owner Plaid Collar Films Edmonton 2017-current; CTV Morning Live Edmonton 2020-current.
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Moira Wyton
- University of British Columbia Bachelor’s Degree, Political Science
and International Relations 2019; multimedia journalist Edmonton Journal
2019-20; freelance contributor VICE Canada Edmonton 2019-20; health
reporter The Tyee Vancouver 2020-23; reporter/ Associate Producer CBC Vancouver 2023-current. LinkedIn Profile
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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 |
