He signed on to CKFH in 1967 and from that point he was a typical broadcast nomad racking up experience at more than ten stations across the country. Only the names have been changed to protect the guilty. And got all of the other media going," Mr. Daynard said. He came to CHUM in Toronto fromCKLW inWindsor, moved on to Richmond Hill two years later butwithin a year he was hired to run the news department atCKFH. Then in 1974 when Chuck Camroux moved from CHAM to reconstruct 680 CFTR Toronto Dick became part of the Rogers team doing noon to 3 pm with good friends Jim Brady, Red Knight and Paul Godfrey. She made a number of guest host appearances on CFTO (now CTV Toronto) and Global. (17:46) She was out and partner Bob McGee was moved to an afternoon slot. He was the studio announcer on the$50,000 PyramidforDick Clarkand has been seen withDavid Lettermanon both his NBC and CBS shows. 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. Don loved his country and was a proud veteran of the United States Air Force. He left 'FH forCHUM-FM in 1971. Click here for Bud's CKFH Big 30 Chart Click here for CKFH Big 30 Charts. 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. A regular caller was a teenaged Bud Riley, who would, more than two decades later, in August 1969, be shocked to discover that he would be replacing his radio hero in the news department at CKFH. Steve even portrayed Dragnets Jack Webbin an AT&T commercial!. Bud Riley, by now the news and public affairs director at CJRT-FM Toronto, hired Tom in 1976 for the morning news shift. Don Danard (born 1934), better known as Don Daynard, is a retired Canadian radio personality.Daynard began his career in Owen Sound in 1953 and went from there to CHEX-TV in Peterborough and then to CKCR in Kitchener. was 47 when he starred in this movie. He came to CKFH in 1970 as host of "Open Lid", a show created by American jockGene Thayerin 1968. More on Gardner. Jack Allen(aka TV directorJack Budgell). At CBC he hosted the Great Canadian Gold Rush from 1975 to 1980. They kept my legs fresh. I didn't realize I was chatting it up with Superbowl royalty until 20 minutes into our conversation. In the 1970s, they switched places. For several years he wrote a column for the Toronto Sun newspaper. When Camroux moved to develop 1280 CHAM Hamilton into a Boss Radio format during the summer of 1970, Dick went with him. Gerry had his own company, Wilson Sports Productions. See and hear Foster Hewitt on hockey, including, the famous Paul Henderson goal against the Russians in 1972. "Who knew that it was going to be this big?". In 2006 she was awarded the title of Woman of the Year for the Greater Toronto Area after a public survey by the Consumers Choice Award. The flamboyant Beddoes attributed his ability to write to a love affair with books. Jack oversaw the changes from CKFH to The Fan and stayed with the new owners until his retirement in 2005. As a teen he landed a summer job at CJBL in Kenora and the following summer did sports on CKBB in Barrie, Ontario. For CKFH he took news shifts when he was needed and whenever he could fit them into his busy schedule. Click here for, In October 2012, John was inducted into the, On March 19, 2016, John returned to radio with a show on the University of Toronto community FM station CIUT. DAYNARD, Robert. 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. After polling their listeners for ideas, Davis was an easy choice. Don Maynard, a UTEP football legend from 1954-56 when the school was known as Texas Western, died Monday at the age of 86. He took over the Toronto Maple Leaf games on radio when Foster moved to TV. NewsmanBarrie Baileybecame famous across Canada as a leading radio and TV commercial voice. He retired to look after his family including sons Dave and Paul, who later would also play professional hockey. Mike Williams(real name Ken Clarke) came to CKFH from Edmonton's CJED to do mid-mornings. 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. Don was an honorary pall bearer at Tony's funeral in 1987. She was raised in Ottawa and Trenton, Ontario, and England. In 1970 George became host of the prestigious, long-running Starlight Serenade on CFRB. DAYNARD, Curtis Mathew -. Barry died at 85 in Victoria, B.C. May you find comfort in your wealth of fond memories together with Mr. Don Maynard. Ironically he initiated the conversation by asking what NFL team I played for. In the 1990s returnedto CHUM. A quarter of a century ago, more than 10,000 people crowded the square to welcome Mr. Fox. ", 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. Check out a. joined the CKFH sales department in 1961 and stayed until 1981 when CHUM lured him to their sales department. Perry Lansingjoined the CKFH sales department in 1961 and stayed until 1981 when CHUM lured him to their sales department. HIGH POINT Donald "Don" Barnard Jr. was born Dec. 3, 1948, and passed away Nov. 8, 2022. In the summer of 1979 he switched to CBC-TV to host an interview programme, "Afternoon Delight". In 1988 he joined Fodor's writing ski guides. "We lost someone very impactful, on and off the football field. Bud says, "When I was a teenager, I began to listen to a new radio station in Toronto, CKFH, especially the evening disc jockey, George Wilson. He left CKFH for good in 1974 heading for CHAM in Hamilton, ON. 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. "There was stuff I wasn't comfortable doing that, you know, you could hear on KISS or you could hear on the Mix, but you wouldn't generally hear on CHFI.". Bill Vigars was with Terry Fox during the last stretch of the unfinished Marathon of Hope across Canada. He switched to CFRB in 1986 to host theSunday evening sports talk show. 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. [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. He also hosted a country music programme. Thank you. Fun has always been a key component of the Special Olympics, and radio personality Don Daynard was clearly . Clive diedAugust 3, 2011. In 1974, Bud graduated from the University with a B.A. He made many of his teammates better football players," Namath has said. Maynard had 1,218 receiving yards and a career-high 14 TD catches. The last one is One Night Stand (1978). and keynote speaker. Rob Farina, program director at CHUM-FM, said the market leaders are too busy making radio every morning to look over their shoulders. As a boy in Alberta, he would walk many miles each week to his uncle's farm to raid his well-stocked living room library. 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. Next to Barry Nesbitt, George had the second longest employment as a CKFH announcer. 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. 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. A quick wit himself, he shared his jokes withDon RicklesandPhyllis Dilleramong others. Heconvinced Williams to re-cycle the one-liners to the Toronto Sun newspaper as a publicity vehicle for CKFH and his morning programme. Looking at all listeners over 12, the venerable CFRB (1010 AM), with morning man Ted Woloshyn, wins with a 10-per-cent share but a more greying audience. 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. However, he is most often associated with CKFH. Gallery | Don Maynard's Career as a Jet in Photos. Don Danard(born 1934), better known as Don Daynard, is a retired Canadianradio personality. She retired to a home on an island in the Pacific near Seattle, WA., where she died. ", After Mr. Fox succumbed to cancer, Mr. Vigars said, he became angry. Let the memories begin, and be sure to listen to Fred every Wednesday with Nite Flight from 5-8 p.m. PT (8-11 ET) on C-VUE Worldwide! Sammy Baugh, the New York Titans' first head coach, knew a few things about Maynard, having gone against him as the head coach of Hardin-Simmons in Abilene, TX, so he brought Maynard back to New York and made him the first signee of the just-born Titans in 1960. "I made a mark and I became a star, with a lot of help from near and far. In the Fall of 1969Terry David Mulligantook it over but in early 1970, Keith came in and really opened the lid on this alternative music production. So sorry for your loss. She is also very active with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and has also worked for Sheenas Place and the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada, for which she raised over $160,000 in the summer of 1998, simply by shaving her head. In 1988 he became sales manager of CFRB. Nothing to that point had matched the outpouring of support that Toronto gave Mr. Fox. In 1963, he was courted and won by the Toronto Globe and Mail. While CHFI falters, the Mix may see its fortunes rise. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. 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). 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. 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. Then, when the mayor began to speak about the loss of his mother to cancer in 2001, his voice shook, and gave out. In 2010, Bob was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Air Command Academy at 16 Wing Borden, Ontario. Daynard began his career in Owen Sound in 1953 and went from there to CHEX-TV in Peterborough and then to CKCR in Kitchener. In the early 80s Dick briefly returned to Metro 1430 (formerly CKFH.) In 1978, while working for CFNY in Brampton, The Toronto Star named him FM disk jockey of the year. Maynard was born Jan. 25, 1935, in Crosbyton, Texas. From 1970 to 1974 he hosted the Canadian music JUNO Awards. [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. Don Daynard is an actor, known for Porky's (1981), Act of Vengeance (1986) and Once (1981). Bud, newly married, dug into the job of presenting a lively, entertaining brand of news reporting. "And the next Terry Fox run I went to after that was pretty difficult. 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. Hart stayed at FH until late Fall of 1972, when he joined the staff at CFGM in Richmond Hill as Dan Ryan. For the politician, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, http://www.chfi.com/2016/11/09/erin-davis-makes-big-announcement/, "Davis' listeners hard hit by business of radio", "Erin Davis - Our Grand Marshal for 2006", "Erin Davis announces retirement after nearly 30 years as CHFI host", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erin_Davis&oldid=1123019360, Articles needing cleanup from August 2022, Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2022, All articles with bare URLs for citations, Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from August 2022, All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify, Pages using infobox person with multiple parents, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 21 November 2022, at 08:15. In 1954 he moved to theVancouver Sunas a sports columnist. and helped broadcast the Leaf games. Don grew up with my Father in Colorado City TX. While doing the night time shift he would often take calls from listeners and comment on their conversations on the air. Mike took over the morning show when John Rode left in 1970. . Follow us on Twitter: @globeandmailOpens in a new window. ( Who else died on. We invite you to share condolences for Don Maynard in our Guest Book. Ms. Davis was replaced by the Mad Dog and Billie morning show, which came over from hip-hop station KISS 92.5; KISS itself has been transformed by Rogers -- which owns it and CHFI -- into Jack FM, a station with no DJs and large doses of '80s rock. George Wilson, a graduate of the Lorne Greene School of Broadcasting, was one of the original staff announcers at CKFH. Daynard worked at CFRB as well as CKFM where he worked for 12 years. "The sole was flexible so when you rounded your pass patterns, it was kind of like driving a car, making a 90-degree turn and you're not slipping," he said. I called often and was encouraged by Wilson's friendly demeanor. "The success of the [Marathon of Hope]was totally based on the reception we got in Scarborough and Toronto," he said. NFL Hall of Famer Don Maynard Obituary | New York Jets Don Maynard, One of the Best Jets/NFL Wideouts & 'Texas All the Way,' Dies at 86 A Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 1987, Jets' Inaugural Ring of Honor Class in 2010 Jan 10, 2022 at 05:28 PM Randy Lange NYJets.com Contributor His first feature film was Porky's (1981, as Radio Announcer). He died of a heart attack on Dec. 9, 2002. We are sad to announce that on April 18, 2020 we had to say goodbye to Isabelle Jean (Daynard) Ridgeway (Niagara Falls, Ontario). in Anthropology, obtaining a Masters Degree in Archaeology two years later while working for CJRT-FM. We and our partners share information on your use of this website to help improve your experience. Bud, newly married, dug into the job of presenting a lively, entertaining brand of news reporting. 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And every person in that audience has been touched by cancer, and they understand.". His final DJ gig was afternoon drive atCFMI-FM Vancouveruntil 1986. Click here to see how CKFH influenced other radio people. My grandson, who is 11, but who keeps up with sports, just told us today. 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. In 1972, he took his ideas to CFTR which had changed to a rock format where, as assistant p.d. I need some rest. She's run out of room on her baseball hat for all the lapel pins and buttons earned on her walks. Posted Mar 1, 2017 2:30 PM. 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we have faith that Jesus died and rose again, so too God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in death through Jesus. With broken hearts, we are saddened to announce the unexpected passing of Mike in his 65th year on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020 at the Sault Area Hospital with family by his side. Donald Earl Maynard, age 79, of East Lansing, MI passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021. 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. Football was a game, Country Don was my name. But CHFI may have paid dearly in the short term for its decision to cut Ms. Davis, according to ratings numbers sent to radio stations yesterday (and being made public today) by BBM Canada. I am glad this is over. After Mr. Fox's death, Isadore Sharp, CEO of Four Seasons Resorts & Hotels, established the Terry Fox Foundation, which has raised more than $360-million. I can't speak about her, without getting emotional. Don Daynard Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018 Don Danard (born 1934), better known as Don Daynard, is a retired Canadian radio personality.Daynard began his career in Owen Sound in 1953 and went from there to CHEX-TV in Peterborough and then to CKCR in Kitchener. If Mr. Fox, someone so young, could achieve so much, surely she, a senior, could make the annual 10-kilometre walk, she said. Mike died in a car crash on December 30, 1985, while driving between Montreal and Ottawa in a snow storm. Erin Davis is the author of the book Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss and Reclaiming Joy (HarperCollins, 2019) and a former media figure in Toronto, Ontario. 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. George's tenure at 'FH was interrupted by a move to overnights at CHML and an afternoon show on CHCH-TV in Hamilton. 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. 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. Also from 2009 to 2013, he hosted a panel show "Counterpoint" for Local2.ca in Sault St. Marie, Ontario. (Photo at the right shows Gerry (standing) with operator Gary Ferrier taken sometime in the 1960s. Part-time newsmanRobert Payne was a thoughtfulwriter with a voice that exuded authority. . He was one of those rare seat-of-your pants-get-things-done kind of station engineer. In 1987, Ms. North lost her 17-month-old granddaughter to cancer. CKFHin 1959 where he spent many a hockey game lugging 1940s equipment up to the gondula in Maple Leaf Gardens to broadcast Leafs games with Foster Hewitt. Today he runs his own voice-service company out of Windsor and Toronto and boasts a long lineup of regional and national companies who regularly use his powerful voice on their commercials and other media projects. His "Larry The Loon" was a popular phone in guest on several CHUM shows. Who is Julia Lester? Daynard worked at CFRB as well as CKFM (1969-1975) where he worked for 12 years.The show was called "Daynard"s Drive-In.Then, Danard hosted CHFI"s morning drive time show from 1987 to 1999, for much of that time with co-host Erin Davis. While working his usual 40-hour week, Budenrolled into a full-time academicprogramme at the University of Toronto to study Anthropology and Archaeology. Among these humorous entities was Cheff Boy-oh-Boy, Larry the Loon, Hughie the Newfoundland security guard and Jimmy the Janitor. In 1977, he was made president and CEO of 'FH. "Any honor anybody gets is hopefully deserving, and the other side of it is that it's a great honor to be in this first class," Maynard told newyorkjets.com his ROH recognition. Bud was not the only announcer to be influenced to make radio a career by listening to CKFH. Click here for Steve's Jan. 8, 1970 CKFH chart More Steve O'Brien radio history His colleagues called him "the conductor" because of the way he rhythmically flung his arms about while he read the news. [5] Together the new duo 'Bob and Erin' continued to maintain the high ratings up until spring 2003, when CHFI station executives decided to take the station in a different direction and released Davis, moving Magee to the "afternoon drive" shift. He was a TV news anchor at WNYW and sports reporter on WNBC-TV. (also see CJRN, Niagara Falls). After two years, he returned to his home town ofWinnipeg and made a reputation for himself as an investigative reporter at CKY. 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