Tag: Sign Offs

All things Sign Offs from Broadcast Dialogue, Canada’s broadcast industry publication of record.

Longtime news anchor Beverly Thomson loses battle with breast cancer

Longtime TV news anchor Beverly Thomson is being remembered by colleagues for her empathy and perseverance as she quietly fought cancer behind-the-scenes for decades,...

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Fred Merritt, 83, on Aug. 21. Merritt spent more than 50 years in radio at stations around Ontario, starting in Orillia in 1960 at...

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David Keighley, 77, on Aug. 28, after a battle with neuroendocrine prostate cancer. IMAX’s first-ever Chief Quality Officer, Toronto-born Keighley oversaw post-production on more...

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Harvey Glatt, 91, on Aug. 20. Glatt, a staple on the Ottawa music scene for six decades, got his feet wet in broadcasting as...

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Dennis Lynn Firby, 68, on Aug. 7 at Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital in Burlington. Firby’s broadcasting career began at CKNX Wingham, ON, going on...

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Matt O’Neill, 55, on July 25. O’Neill is best known for his run on JACK FM (CJAQ-FM) mornings in Calgary, alongside co-host Eric Francis....