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For the year he had another superb stat line 57 catches for 1,297 yards, a career-best 22.8 yards/catch and 10 TDs. Pro Football Hall of Fame wideout Don Maynard, iconic No. CKFH produced many station promotion items including ball-point pens and the items pictured here: a key fob, staple remover and paper weight, Tom with staffer Ann Popishel at a radio reunion. He returned to CKVR to became the station's weather specialist in 1983. However, he is most often associated with CKFH. Their summer 2003 share of listening hours among 25- to 54-year-olds sits at 13.5 per cent, with 345,000 listeners compared to CHFI's 237,000. Who is winning, of course, depends on who is being measured. He was so appreciative of life and supportive of mine as well. While doing the night time shift he would often take calls from listeners and comment on their conversations on the air. In this movie, we watched him in the Bouncer character . At various times in his career he was known by several names including Terry Talbot (CJOE London 1968), Jack Houston (CFGO 1972), Mark Edwards (CKGM Monreal 1973) and Wild Bill Edwards CFTR Toronto 1974-1981). Here is Isabelle Jean (Daynard) Ridgeway's obituary. Funeral Home Ser. A year later he was in Toronto at CKFH where he spent the next six years where he was known as The Big Kahoona. Donald was born September 19, 1941 in Detroit, MI to Earl and Elsa (Froh) Maynard. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. And one radio-industry source said that CHFI, by firing Ms. Davis, was banking on driving away its old audience to reposition and attract new, younger listeners. In 1975 he worked at temporary jobs and got some radio work in Burlington. From there he hit the coast radio at CFUN Vancouver 1981-85. A 2020 inductee into the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame, she was the longtime host of 98.1 CHFI's Morning Show until her retirement on December 15, 2016. Perry left radio in 1992. Loving mother of Kurt and his wife Colleen, Mary Cole and her husband Bill, Andrew, and Peter and his wife Heather. Please accept Echovita's sincere condolences. Retired CKFM morning show host Don Daynard said during yesterday's commemoration ceremony that it was his co-worker and fellow radio personality, the late Jeremy Brown, who fuelled other media outlets' interest in Mr. Fox. In 1978 he was a summer student at CFTR as a musc searcher. started his broadcasting career sitting beside his father in the gondola learning the play-by-play technique. When Foster opened CKFH in 1951, Bill joined the staff as a sportscaster. [2] Growing up, she was always interested in music and singing, regularly joining her grandfather's orchestra.[3]. In the fall of that year, he again went on-air at CHUM-FM but three years later moved over to CFGM Richmond Hill (1983-85), followed by CFRB (1985-87), crossed the hall to CKFM (1987-89), and then went on to CKEY until 1992. Maynard, who entered the NFL and AFL wearing his cowboy boots and sideburns his nickname of Country proudly, had a puckish way about him, which manifested itself in a healthy amount of pride in his achievements as one of the game's great pass-catchers, yet a charming laugh and self-effacing nature toward the players and teams and fans he encountered during his career. Barry died at 85 in Victoria, B.C. This little white plastic desk item was a staple remover. His final stop was back in Regina at KHIT, an Internet station. at CJRN Niagara Falls. He was the studio announcer on the $50,000 Pyramidfor Dick Clark and has been seen with David Letterman on both his NBC and CBS shows. He left 'FH forCHUM-FM in 1971. This article was published more than 19 years ago. Among the coveted 25- to 54-year-old demographic, CHFI slipped from a 10.4-per-cent market share in summer 2002 to a 6.6-per-cent market share in summer 2003. She was featured on three CDs for the Toronto Blue Jays and Variety Club during the teams pennant and World Series runs of the early 1990s. Robert E. McIntyrestarted his radio career in 1966 at CFJR in Brockville, Ontario, but soon moved to CHAM in Hamilton. John is also in the wine business, principal of the solar powered winery, Harwood EstateVineyards in Hillier, Ontario in Prince Edward County. [3] Davis hosted a live one-hour TV show called "W Live with Erin Davis" on the W Network in 2003/04. Don Daynard - Age difference caused problems for Don and Erin RadioViz 112 subscribers Subscribe 25 12K views 10 years ago Show more Don't miss out Get 1 week of 100+ live channels on us.. His time at 'FH was interrupted twice in 1973, once as a morning man at WOLF in Syracuse, N.Y. and a short-lived morning stint at CHSJ in St. John, N.B. For all of her work in the Toronto media, as well as her public speaking and charity work, Davis has been honoured by many different public organizations. Afterward, Ms. Davis -- rumoured to be moving to a live television show on a cable network -- said she received 4,000 e-mails from jilted fans. In 1969, he convinced Bud to join him there. Following that, Davis wrote and performed a nightly commentary on CFTO News in 1998 and 1999 called "Just So You Know". "He was so young and so handsome.". "My mom died Sept. 23, 2001," Mr. Miller said during a media scrum, again fighting emotion. His autobiography, after all, was titled "You Can't Catch Sunshine," and he said he told Namath upon their first meeting in 1965, "Joseph, I'm going to make you a better quarterback and you're going to make me a great receiver. Apparently, the world's oldest woman, at 116, has "truck-tire flaps on the sides of her head.". Holger died in October 2008 from complications from his battle with Cushing'sSyndrome. Last check: 2 years ago. "I played the best and I believe I passed the test. On EZ-Rock, she joined Mike Cooper hosting the morning show. After the Giants released him during training camp in '59, he spent one season with the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, catching one pass for 10 yards. and keynote speaker. [2] This article is about the media figure. Ironically he initiated the conversation by asking what NFL team I played for. He was often kidded about his thriftiness. The CBC it is not. In 1989 he was appointed Chair of the Ontario Board of Censors,a post he held until 1992. She said she was in Nathan Phillips when he came to Toronto and was so in awe that she maintains a scrapbook of Terry Fox-related newspaper clippings. They were surrounded by more than a dozen Beddoes fans before they had walked a block from Dundas to Gerard Street. Barry's recording of "A Pub with No Beer." Duffcame to CKFH in the late 60s. Bud was not the only announcer to be influenced to make radio a career by listening to CKFH. He also began writing jokes for the staff disc-jockeys, particularly morning man, . Just after that, he was laid off. His next move wasto CKSL London in July of 1982 to do PM drive and Dicker Q and The Afternoon Zoo along with the irreverent 4:30 pm feature Desperate and Dateless. Click here for Steve's Jan. 8, 1970 CKFH chart More Steve O'Brien radio history Bud's jokes, credited toWilliams,appeared several times a week in the popular. [4] While she was there, she also kept busy hosting a radio show on CIGL-FM in the afternoons and playing piano at a local restaurant in the evenings. He collapsed over his computer keyboard and died in April 2009. When Foster opened CKFH in 1951, Bill joined the staff as a sportscaster. "The emotion [25 years ago]was indescribable," she said. Didn't know Don, but he was roommates with my brother in law, Tony Stricker, when they played for the Jets. Unexpectedly passed away in his sleep at home at the age of 39. From 1960-72, he compiled numbers that still are at the top of the franchise's record-book career entries: 627 receptions, 11,732 receiving yards, 50 100-yard games and 88 TD catches. In 1987, Ms. North lost her 17-month-old granddaughter to cancer. Steve founded his own company,Profile Communications, a voiceover service that coversCanada, U.S., Europe and Asia. By 1957, Barry was programme and production manager and in 1965 he was assistant manager of the station. Tom Fultonfirst went on the air in BC but he very quickly found himself at CJCA Edmonton in 1964. Mr. Vigars remembers the events of those last few days "unfolding like a movie" in his head. Amultimedia guy, he combined acting and television with radio. His next stop was in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, in 2009 where he was a show host on KNOW radio. While working his usual 40-hour week, Budenrolled into a full-time academicprogramme at the University of Toronto to study Anthropology and Archaeology. A few months later in April of 1970 it was off to CKJD Sarnia to join PD Chuck Camroux. Five years later, I had that dream come true as I started my first radio job in Orillia. Dick Beddoes a popular Toronto newspaper man hosted the 'FH sports talk show each evening in the 1970s. He was forced to look down, fighting back tears. Cherished son of Brenda and Anthony Daynard. He took over the Toronto Maple Leaf games on radio when Foster moved to TV. They kept my legs fresh. My grandson, who is 11, but who keeps up with sports, just told us today. He came to CKFH in 1970 as host of "Open Lid", a show created by American jockGene Thayerin 1968. In 1962, he joined CJET in Smiths Falls and then briefly went to CFGM in Richmond Hill, Ontario before landing in Toronto, where he remained for the rest of his career. and helped broadcast the Leaf games. Daynard worked at CFRB as well as CKFM where he worked for 12 years. ode to the vampire mother results; national asset mortgage lawsuit; green tuna paper; mary davis sos band net worth A quick wit himself, he shared his jokes withDon RicklesandPhyllis Dilleramong others. hagerstown, maryland murders hagerstown, maryland murders. "We lost someone very impactful, on and off the football field. On September 7, 2004, about 14 months after her abrupt departure from CHFI, Davis returned to Toronto radio. Six months later, she moved to Windsor, Ontario to work at CKLW Windsor (aka The Big Eight), where she has the distinction of being the first female co-host in the Detroit market. on Oct. 8, 2011. In 2008, she established the Erin Davis Women in Media Award at her alma mater, Loyalist College.[2]. A native of Transcona, Manitoba, he played for the New York Rangers from 1945 to 1948, the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1948 to 1952, the Chicago Blackhawks from 1952 to 1953, and the Boston Bruins from 1954 to 1957. Today he is retired to the Parry Sound area of Ontario but for a time, he took work as a pro shop manager. In the 1970s, they switched places. "I just closed the door of the ambulance and told him I'd make his story live forever. His friend,Gene Taylor, who freelanced jokes to Bob Hope and emceed the shows at Toronto's Victory Burlesque, provided Steve with local, topical one liners at least once a week. (photo: George (left)with Gordie Tapp at Lorne Greene's School ), Gary Palant came to 'FH as programme director after two years as p.d. He galloped through the best of the very best football players of the world. More on Gary Palant, CFOR Orillia 1957-1958 CKAR Huntsville 1959 C-HOW Welland 1959-1967, CKPR Thunder Bay 1963-1964 CJRN Niagara Falls 1967-69 CHUM 1968-1969, CKFH Toronto 1969-1974 CJRT - FM Toronto 1974-1985 Freelance 1985-2000. Don Danard(born 1934), better known as Don Daynard, is a retired Canadianradio personality. While at CKFH he was a salesman and rarely was heard on the air, but was a regularly featured character when he joined the sales staff at rival CHUM. [2], Davis has participated in numerous charitable causes. reached #7 on the CHUM chart. CKFH owner,Foster Hewitt(1902-1985), made hisfirst hockey broadcast on Feb. 16, 1922,over the Toronto Star newspaper's radio station CFCA.. (note: the first hockey broadcast on Feb. 8, 1923, was done by Norman Albert, a sports writer for the Star) For the next 50 years, Foster, the son of the Star's sports editor, was the leading figure in hockey broadcasting. Cherished father of Tom and Brad (Meg). Commercial radio in the morning can be a happy, silly place. With his father a Texas/Oklahoma cotton broker, his family was constantly pulling up stakes and he attended five different high schools. Advertisers make their decisions based on the fall and spring ratings, not the summer ones. Dick Josephcame to CKFH from CHAM in Hamilton in 1972. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Required fields are marked *. And when the members of that Super Bowl team reconvened for a private dinner at MetLife Stadium 50 years later, Maynard said the gathering "brings back great memories. (photo:Mike Byfordin background. Bud's jokes, credited toWilliams,appeared several times a week in the popularSusan Fordcolumn. In 1988 he became sales manager of CFRB. But as he said, "The record I'm proudest of is being the first guy to get 10,000 yards in receptions. But Maynard was always thinking about optimizing his game as well, which is why he did things like wear his helmet without a chinstrap, preferring to use special cheek inserts to keep the headgear snug, and spurning the seven-cleat wideout shoes of the day for custom-made 24-cleat Puma soccer shoes. But hundreds of thousands tune in to the antics of the city's various private-radio morning hosts every day. He left CKFH for good in 1974 heading for CHAM in Hamilton, ON. . Maynard (6-0, 180) was drafted by the Giants in the ninth round (109th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft and bounced around football his first three seasons. For several years she was one of the co-hosts on the Easter Seals Telethon on CBC television. Davis regularly appeared at various public events as both M.C. News directorMarshall Armstrong(akaDavid Collison), a self-taught,high school dropout with a masterfulcommand of theEnglish language and a no-nonsense approach to newsreporting. (see more on George on his bio further down on this page). Dick started his career at the age of 19 when he graduatedfrom Career Academys Broadcast College in 1969.His first job was at CJNR, Blind River, Ontario. In October 2012, John was inducted into the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame. CKFHmorning man, Don Daynard,began his radio career in Owen Sound in 1953. ), , had become news director at the radio station owned by hockey legend. Don loved his country and was a proud veteran of the United States Air Force. The music format was not to his liking so in 1966 he took off for Britain where he auditioned for the pirate radio station,Radio Caroline South,a ship off the coast of England. See some of the best photos of the Hall of Fame wide receiver and Super Bowl III champion. In 1977, he was made president and CEO of 'FH. By the time Bud Riley joined the station in 1959, Ron was already the sales manager. While CHFI falters, the Mix may see its fortunes rise. Click here forSteve's Jan. 8, 1970 CKFH chart. In 1970 George became host of the prestigious, long-running Starlight Serenade on CFRB. While sports was his forte, he was flexible enough to do hundreds of national radio and TV commercials and even portrayed a former sports announcer/Alzheimer's patient in the highly acclaimed Canadian film "Away From Her" staring Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie. Loving and doting father of Liam, as well as an honorary uncle of Trinity He was the youngest and most amazing brother of Corey and Chris. I don't think that that is something that is reasonable." The Town of Huntsville has been grappling with how to operate and fund the community halls in the area for some time now. He had a wealth of experience in radio including Tucson Ariz., (his home town), Honolulu, Los Angeles, Cal., Augusta, Ga., New Mexico, and Charleston and W. Va.Stations worked at: KTKT, KAIR, KIKX Tucson, Ariz., KPOI, KORL Honolulu, KDAY Los Angeles, WBBQ Augusta, Ga., KQOE Albuquerque, N.M., WKAZ Charleston W.Va., CKFH Toronto, WNEW-FM New York. After a short stint in management at CKCO-TV in Kitchener. The bittersweet part of the '68 postseason is that Maynard also came away with a hamstring strain in the title game, which limited him to decoy duty and no catches in the Super Bowl III win over the Colts. At the encouragement of the mayor, Town staff has been meeting with the various community hall boards to determine the best operating model to meet the needs of . Once or twice we would come out on the short end, but when we got the chance to make up for that, we'd celebrate real good. "The direction from where I came resulted in a whole lot of fame. We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. 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