He became known when he signed on as the big voice of the Leon's Warehouse Furniture chain. As a teen he landed a summer job at CJBL in Kenora and the following summer did sports on CKBB in Barrie, Ontario. "We lost someone very impactful, on and off the football field. A native of Hamilton, Gerry Allen Wilson joined the staff in its first year 1951 as an operator but replaced chief engineer Bill McGregor in 1965. "As I played my part many times, even late after dark, I don't have to look back as I played it with my heart. Check out a. joined the CKFH sales department in 1961 and stayed until 1981 when CHUM lured him to their sales department. Clive diedAugust 3, 2011. Mal left Montreal in 1967 and landed at CKFH in Toronto. Curtis Mathew Daynard Obituary. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bruce and Dot Barnard. In 1974, Bud graduated from the University with a B.A. Dick passed away August 24, 1991. A few months after retiring, Bob died on March 10, 2016. In 1977 he was a volunteer sports announcer for Rogers TV. He opened CKFH in 1951. Two years later in 1977, John returned to Toronto to put Q-107 on the air. In 1987 after five years in London he moved to Los Angeles, remaining there until 2010. He was also preceded in death by the love of his life, Jackie Lamar Barnard. Andy Martens joined CKFH in early 1974 as a student to assist sports reporter Dick Beddoes with his Hockey Hotline talk show. Those who know him personally are shocked and can't believe that Don Maynard has left this world. Barry Bailey recalls a report he filed to. DAYNARD, Robert. To the family, many, many friends, and fans of this great person who played and loved the game of football. She made a number of guest host appearances on CFTO (now CTV Toronto) and Global. For the next 12 years he worked at CFOX, CKGM AND CJAD and a spot at CJSB in Ottawa. He was often kidded about his thriftiness. : No: Profession: . "He was really well liked by his teammates. Steve even portrayed Dragnets Jack Webbin an AT&T commercial!. His final stop was back in Regina at KHIT, an Internet station. At the age of fifteen, he literally fell into broadcasting and continued in this career for close to fifty years. 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. He was forced to look down, fighting back tears. Very humble, he didn't even reveal he was a Hall of Famer until the end of our conversation. In the 1980s, Daynard hosted a television series discussing and reviewing feature films for the Ontario educational television network TVOntario. Industry insiders said the city's radio business has never seen so many shifts so quickly. Gerry died of cancer on June 27, 1998. After two years, he returned to his home town ofWinnipeg and made a reputation for himself as an investigative reporter at CKY. "I made a mark and I became a star, with a lot of help from near and far. Bud's jokes, credited toWilliams,appeared several times a week in the popularSusan Fordcolumn. 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. Big Don Bieferhad been at CKLB, Oshawa, Ontario since June 1968, but in Feb. 1969, he left for CJSS in Cornwall. And he expanded on that with his starring role in the AFL Championship Game vs. the Raiders with four catches for 118 yards and two TDs in the 27-23 win. His first feature film was Porky's (1981, as Radio Announcer). He left 'FH forCHUM-FM in 1971. He invested for a short time in a rooming house and sold that for a small profit. "He was so young and so handsome.". Cherished father of Tom and Brad (Meg). A quarter of a century ago, more than 10,000 people crowded the square to welcome Mr. Fox. From there, she moved to Toronto, Ontario to co-host Good Morning Toronto at CKO Toronto, the flagship station of Canada's all-news radio network. At CKFH, Mike had his own personal joke writer in newsman Bud Riley who produceda joke sheet for him almost daily. Get email updates about Don Maynard delivered directly to your inbox. [3] Davis hosted a live one-hour TV show called "W Live with Erin Davis" on the W Network in 2003/04. 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. At CBC he hosted the Great Canadian Gold Rush from 1975 to 1980. Bud Riley remembers walking with him up Yonge Street and found themselves stopped several times by fans who recognized the hat. ", "Don was really Texas all the way," longtime Jets public relations director Frank Ramos said. Daynard worked at CFRB as well as CKFM (1969 . His last move was to CJEZ-FM in Toronto in 1989. Mr. Fox had been met by only small handfuls of roadside supporters before hitting Toronto, Mr. Vigars said, adding that the runner began to really believe that his fundraising goals were possible when he saw the sea of supportive faces in Nathan Phillips Square. Bud's jokes, credited toWilliams,appeared several times a week in the popular. CHFI wanted him for their morning show and offered him a deal he could not refuse. Steve is also the host of the Natural Health Show on 650-AM radio in Vancouver (debuting in Toronto in Sept.) He currently resides at White Rock, B.C. He invited her to audition for and she made her live theatre debut as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at Toronto's Elgin Theatre in December for a monthlong run, concurrent with her daily television show. (Photo at the right shows Gerry (standing) with operator Gary Ferrier taken sometime in the 1960s. In 2020, Erin is to be inducted into the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame. 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. George's tenure at 'FH was interrupted by a move to overnights at CHML and an afternoon show on CHCH-TV in Hamilton. Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame receiver for the New York Jets who was a member of the Jets team that upset the Colts to win Super Bowl III. 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. Football was a game, Country Don was my name. A former CHUM newsman,Marshall Armstrong, had become news director at the radio station owned by hockey legendFoster Hewitt. In March 1991, Davis gave birth to her daughter Lauren Davis. In 2008, she established the Erin Davis Women in Media Award at her alma mater, Loyalist College.[2]. He was also the star of the TV variety showMusic Machineand was a regular comic actor on theWayne and Shuster TV Show. (1998-2016, (photo: George (left)with Gordie Tapp at Lorne Greene's School ), Dick Beddoesradio obituarywritten by his friend Fred Napoli, https://www.amazon.ca/Insiders-Guide-Best-Canadian-Skiing/dp/0679024409, tp://www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/cushings/cushings.aspx#what. He It is not a battle without casualties. He made the first broadcast on the new Canadian sports network TSN. June 11, 1938 - February 24, 2023 We are saddened to announce the passing of Donny "Stonewall" Jackson, peacefully in his home. He died at age 86 on January 10, 2022, in Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States. 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. Cherished son of Brenda and Anthony Daynard. Don Maynard was a Hall of Fame receiver for the New York Jets who was a member of the Jets team that upset the Colts to win Super Bowl III. ", Maynard even said he coined the phrase "wide receiver," perhaps along with Ramos' PR input, to help a reporter who had some difficulty figuring out if he was a split end or a flanker. Holger traveled all over Canada and the US creating and producing media and advertising projects. In 2005, he was located at CHAY radio in Barrie, Ontario, near his summer residence. He was born on January 25, 1935, in . He was really a great one.". at CJRN Niagara Falls. He took over the morning show vacated by Don Daynard but after a year moved over to CHUM. In 1988 he became sales manager of CFRB. [10] In addition, it was learned that Mike Cooper would be leaving EZ-Rock and joining her as co-host on the morning show at CHFI once his 6-month non-compete clause expired in late October. He came to CKFH in 1951 and hosted several "teen" shows. "This is the most upheaval and sort of turbulence in the market that I can remember," Mr. Glassman said off the air. ), Jack Lowewas the assistant engineer and he was man most responsible for keeping CKFH on the air, day in and day out. Among these humorous entities was Cheff Boy-oh-Boy, Larry the Loon, Hughie the Newfoundland security guard and Jimmy the Janitor. I am glad this is over. Loving mother of Kurt and his wife Colleen, Mary Cole and her husband Bill, Andrew, and Peter and his wife Heather. Don Maynard changed my life when I first met him at Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, NM, on March 7th, 2018. When Camroux moved to develop 1280 CHAM Hamilton into a Boss Radio format during the summer of 1970, Dick went with him. [6][7] Together, Don and Erin maintained high ratings through 1999, when Don Daynard retired and was replaced by Bob Magee as Davis's co-host in the mornings. Don Maynard Funeral, Venue, Date, Burial, Obituary. In 1970 George became host of the prestigious, long-running Starlight Serenade on CFRB. Please accept Echovita's sincere condolences. Once logged in, you can add biography in the database. He inventedmany of the terms used in describing action in the game such as "icing the puck" and of course, the iconic "He shoots, he scores!" Mal Farisgot his radio start at CHAB in Moosejaw, Sask. He was also the writer for the popular CBC's "Country Hoedown" and later was a consultant for "The Tommy Hunter Show." In this movie, we watched him in the Bouncer character . For several years he wrote a column for the Toronto Sun newspaper. 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. A year later he was in Toronto at CKFH where he spent the next six years where he was known as The Big Kahoona. Two seasons later in '67, Namath threw for his 4,007 yards and Maynard had 71 catches for 1,434 yards, the yardage standing as the franchise single-season record for 48 years. In 2010, John re-located at JAZZ-FM91 in Toronto where he did the morning show until he retired to write a book about his broadcasting career. in Anthropology, obtaining a Masters Degree in Archaeology two years later while working for CJRT-FM. They were surrounded by more than a dozen Beddoes fans before they had walked a block from Dundas to Gerard Street. 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