Tag: Radio

One of the earliest “truly professional” actors on the Vancouver stage, Dorothy Davies’ list of awards is longer than some performers’ resumes. Dorothy Davies was born July 26, 1920, Salt Lake City UT. Dorothy’s family moved to Victoria from the United States when she was 2 years old. At 18, she received a Licentiateship in Speech Arts and…
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John Francis “Jack” Cullen was born in 1922. Jack Cullen enrolled in the Sprott-Shaw School of Commerce and Radio in Vancouver in 1945 after a tour of duty as a radio operator in the Canadian Navy. He began as a news announcer and then deejay at CJAV in Port Alberni, B.C. in November 1946. In…
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Wayne Cox has been a broadcaster since 1968. He was a deejay and radio talk host in Quesnel for CKCQ from 1968 to 69, Kelowna CHNL 1970-71 and many other Vancouver radio and television stations. He hosted the afternoon slot on CKNW from 1971 to 1978, as well as host of Wednesday Night Hockey telecasts 1977-78. He was also a…
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Nardwuar’s Website Nardwuar the Human Serviette is a media personality, music journalist, and musician born and raised in Vancouver, BC. The Georgia Straight calls him “a Vancouver icon, a genius, and one of the world’s most idiosyncratic interviewers”. You would be hard pressed to find a Vancouver entertainer who shows off his hometown pride on…
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The lilting Irish voice of Dave Abbott entertained, amused and informed audiences on four continents for more than forty years