Tag: Radio

“When I was 12,” Rick Honey remembers, “my father who was a policeman, took me to a different business every week to see what my career would be.” One of those places in Winnipeg must have been a radio station, because not long after that, he started working as an operator and music librarian at…
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Norman Campbell was born in Los Angeles in 1924 and later moved to Vancouver, graduating from the University of British Columbia. A chance meeting with CBC radio producer Mavor Moore in 1946 opened the doors to what would become a long and productive career with CBC Radio and Television. By 1952, he joined CBC in…
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Bernard Chastey Braden (16 May 1916 – 2 February 1993) was a Canadian-born English actor and comedian. Braden was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and educated at Magee Secondary School, Kerrisdale, Vancouver. He produced plays on CJOR Vancouver in the late 30s and early 40s.[1] He married Barbara Kelly in 1942[2] and they moved to Toronto the same year. Seven…
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Pioneer member/founder UBC Radio Society circa 1937 and Varsity Time CJOR Vancouver 1940s; announcer CJOR Vancouver 1940s-50s;commentator CKWX Vancouver; producer of book review feature Silent Friends. Died in North Vancouver December 8, 1972 at age 56

Jack Bowdery, born in 1909 was also known as Jack Ammon, was an actor on the stage, radio, television and film from 1918 to the 1990s. His most notable radio role was on the series “Millie and Lizzie”, one of Canada’s first radio situation comedies. Bowdery was the son of actress Alicia Ammon.