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. 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. DANARD, Jemima Maud "Jem" Peacefully, at Summit Place, Owen Sound on Monday, August 10, 2020 in her 90th year. His last move was to CJEZ-FM in Toronto in 1989. He gave up radio for a move to Hollywood where he worked for a costume company. Didn't know Don, but he was roommates with my brother in law, Tony Stricker, when they played for the Jets. NewsmanBarrie Baileybecame famous across Canada as a leading radio and TV commercial voice. Two years later in 1977, John returned to Toronto to put Q-107 on the air. Clickfor a sample of Mike Williams One-Liners. 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. Beloved husband of the late Lois Daynard. Rob Farina, program director at CHUM-FM, said the market leaders are too busy making radio every morning to look over their shoulders. He was named to the Canadian Music Hall of Fameand theCanadian Broadcasters Hall of Fame. (1:01:03) Enjoy Lookin' Back with Don Daynard on CKFM from December 6, 1980 (SCOPED) here . and music director, he helped usher in a new era in Toronto rock radio. We played together and we lived together. I am glad this is over. Click here for more Perry Lansing characters on CHUM, Holger Engewas an extraordinary creative writer, producer and photographer. Clive covered skiing, sailing, auto racing and golf. His final stop was back in Regina at KHIT, an Internet station. ", After Mr. Fox succumbed to cancer, Mr. Vigars said, he became angry. I mean he could fly, but with the grace of a great thoroughbred. (Psalms 46 :1). He freelanced at CHFi in the 1960s and hosted a sports phone-in talk show at CKFH in the early 70s,but 1980 found him on CHCH-TV as sports director. 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. Station: Per cent of market: Number of listeners, Follow Jeff Gray on Twitter: @jeffreybgrayOpens in a new window. He http://www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/cushings/cushings.aspx#what. It is not a battle without casualties. [2][11][12], After Cooper's retirement in February 2016, Davis introduced CHFI listeners to Darren B. Lamb, formerly of CHUM-FM, until her own retirement in December 2016. It was around that time that he created his own recording company,Airwave Records. 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. 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. (Photo by Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Embed PURCHASE A LICENSE Occasionally he would open his phone line and speak to his listeners and report on the air what the going conversation was all about. He played 12 games for the Giants in '58, rushing more times (12) than he caught passes (5) and even returning the overtime-opening kickoff against Weeb Ewbank's Colts in "The Greatest Game Ever Played." Don Maynard 's death has brought tears to many. Bill died in 1996 in Port Perry, Ontario. 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. Today he is the creator/producer of Salute To Canadian Legends, a 90 minute cross-Canada satellite radio talk show on Sirius XM. "He picked up on Terry Fox. By the time Bud Riley joined the station in 1959, Ron was already the sales manager. That fall she starred in W Live with Erin Davis, featuring guests and viewers discussing women's lifestyle, health and wellness issues.[2][8]. (see more on George on his bio further down on this page). 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. Since 1981, he has appeared in 2 feature films. I need some rest. And every person in that audience has been touched by cancer, and they understand.". Daynard worked at CFRB as well as CKFM (1969-1975) where he worked for 12 years. [10] Together the two reunited at CHFI and continued to go strong there, putting CHFI back at the top of the Toronto ratings and holding it there. ", "Don was really Texas all the way," longtime Jets public relations director Frank Ramos said. Four years later he re-located at CHEX-TV in Peterborough, ON., and stayed until he was hired by CKCR, Kitchener. The man could flat play. After two years, he returned to his home town ofWinnipeg and made a reputation for himself as an investigative reporter at CKY. In 1954 he moved to theVancouver Sunas a sports columnist. Davis has been saluted by Rotary International (Paul Harris Fellowship), the Empire Club, Variety Club and Toastmasters International for her public service work. In 1987 he was at CKEY. 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. October 14, 1955- February 5, 2020 DAYNARD, Michael - "Mike" to all who knew and loved him. "And the next Terry Fox run I went to after that was pretty difficult. CANADA - OCTOBER 30: Tough Confession: He's Known to CHFI fans as Dazzlin' Don but last weekend Don Daynard spent half an hour on air discussing the painful details of his son Britt's suicide. While working his usual 40-hour week, Budenrolled into a full-time academicprogramme at the University of Toronto to study Anthropology and Archaeology. In 1997, his name appears in the cast of a documentary "Mark Of The Beast" and in 1998 he appeared as an actor in the film "Apocalypse". George Wilson, a graduate of the Lorne Greene School of Broadcasting, was one of the original staff announcers at CKFH. He collapsed over his computer keyboard and died in April 2009. In 1978 he was a summer student at CFTR as a musc searcher. and keynote speaker. "I was lost for a couple of years after that. In the 1970s, they switched places. 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. Then came the point when Don decided to retire. After polling their listeners for ideas, Davis was an easy choice. (Click for More on this.) [2] Davis co-hosted the morning show on CKLW during its final years as a Top 40 station, and, along with many other employees of the station, was laid off in late 1984 when the station went to a mostly-automated Music of Your Life format. In the summer of 1979 he switched to CBC-TV to host an interview programme, "Afternoon Delight". Required fields are marked *. ", Yet he said on being inducted into the Jets' inaugural Ring of Honor class, "I'm just honored to be there, proud and thankful and all that. This little white plastic desk item was a staple remover. He continues his activities as weather specialist on A News (CTV -3)in Barrie despite a continuing health battle which was documented by an award winning feature, "Bob's Story, a Life with Cancer." Ann Pospischil was the traffic manager(1969-1974) She left to work at 680 News (1974-1989) Her next stop was Standard Broadcasting (1991-1995) and closed out herradio career at Classical 96.3 and 103.1 FM. At CBC he hosted the Great Canadian Gold Rush from 1975 to 1980. Many who came out to participate in front of city hall yesterday, including Mayor David Miller, are either cancer survivors or have family members who were affected by the disease. Marnie North, who came early yesterday and sat in the front row to pay her respects to Mr. Fox, estimates she has raised $50,000 throughout her 19 years of participating in the Terry Fox Run. He studied music at the Regina Conservatory of Music - University of Saskatchewan, and theatre at the Banff School of Fine Arts. She made a number of guest host appearances on CFTO (now CTV Toronto) and Global. So that became the terminology and that's what it says my position is on my Hall of Fame ring.". Daynard now resides in Darlington, east of Toronto. Donald was born September 19, 1941 in Detroit, MI to Earl and Elsa (Froh) Maynard. "This is the most upheaval and sort of turbulence in the market that I can remember," Mr. Glassman said off the air. Cal Gardner, aka Calvin Pearly "Ginger, Red, Torchy" Gardner, former NHL hockey player joined the CKFH staff in the early 70s. This article was published more than 17 years ago. The last one is One Night Stand (1978). From 1970 to 1974 he hosted the Canadian music JUNO Awards. Check out a Conversation with John Donabie. Bill died in 1996 in Port Perry, Ontario. Bill Vigars was with Terry Fox during the last stretch of the unfinished Marathon of Hope across Canada. They kept my legs fresh. He co-hosted with Erin Davis on CHFI and the couple became the most popular duo in Toronto radio until they finally split. His fascination with unique, expensive, pocket knives led him to editing a magazine dedicated to that field. His "Larry The Loon" was a popular phone in guest on several CHUM shows. He also hosted a country music programme. . After a short stint in management at CKCO-TV in Kitchener. I can't speak about her, without getting emotional. Jack oversaw the changes from CKFH to The Fan and stayed with the new owners until his retirement in 2005. In 1963, he was courted and won by the Toronto Globe and Mail. Mal died in 2010 shortly after sending me the CKFH photo (on the left) taken at CKFH in 1972. Daynard"s voice is heard as the radio announcer in the 1982 film Porky"son In 1977, he guest-starred in the Canadian television sitcom King of Kensington. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. So if you want to get right down to it, let's call it the wide receiver on the left and the wide receiver on the right. Don's reaction? In 1987, Ms. North lost her 17-month-old granddaughter to cancer. Robert E. McIntyrestarted his radio career in 1966 at CFJR in Brockville, Ontario, but soon moved to CHAM in Hamilton. Gallery | Don Maynard's Career as a Jet in Photos. A typical radio nomad, Ray got his start in his home town at CFCO Chatham in 1967 and continuing on to 24 stations across Canada until 1995. Keith Elshawstarted as an operator at CFOR Orillia, then did six weeks at C-HOW on the way to St. Thomas where he worked for Robert Wood. "It's a great loss. My grandson, who is 11, but who keeps up with sports, just told us today. Read the Dick Beddoesradio obituarywritten by his friend Fred Napoli. 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. http://www.barriebailey.com/. Nothing to that point had matched the outpouring of support that Toronto gave Mr. Fox. Later he would move to CJFM in Montreal. He came to CKFH in 1951 and hosted several "teen" shows. Stepfather of Wanda McColman (Dean), Tammy Wall (Pete), the late Rhonda Allam (Jim) and the late Robert Daynard. He was a TV news anchor at WNYW and sports reporter on WNBC-TV. 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 opened CKFH in 1951. 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. [5] This job led to her big breakthrough, when in September 1988, she was asked to join popular morning show host Don Daynard on the CHFI morning show. reached #7 on the CHUM chart. 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 success of the [Marathon of Hope]was totally based on the reception we got in Scarborough and Toronto," he said. We're always focused on our listeners.". 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. He joined CKFH as a newsman in 1970 and assumed the post of news director when Marshall Armstrong left for Winnipeg. He also began writing jokes for the staff disc-jockeys, particularly morning man,Mike Williams. 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. He galloped through the best of the very best football players of the world. Big Don Bieferhad been at CKLB, Oshawa, Ontario since June 1968, but in Feb. 1969, he left for CJSS in Cornwall. Yesterday, Humble and Fred's goofy enthusiasm was focused on Don from Orangeville, whom they had phoned to give away a free trip to Jamaica. He returned to CKVR to became the station's weather specialist in 1983. Chuck McCoy, a Rogers vice-president and general manager of its Toronto radio group, said the decision to let Ms. Davis go was necessary to reposition the station. She retired to a home on an island in the Pacific near Seattle, WA., where she died. 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