While at CKFH he was a salesman and rarely was heard on the air, but was a regularly featured character when he joined the sales staff at rival CHUM. Bob Baker (Ray Collins)was CKFH's overnight jock from 1969 to 1970. Ron retired from CFRB in December 2009. He is now retired to Vancouver and has written a book about his five decades in media, "What's on the Air Tonight." Jack immigrated to Canada from Barbados when he was in his teens, graduating from Torontos Central Tech High School. 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. [2][7] And more recently, she has received the Paul Harris fellowship, a Rotary honour recognizing the highest public service. 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. A long silence was eventually met by applause from the crowd. Jem, beloved wife of the late Wallace Danard. 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. Football was a game, Country Don was my name. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. 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. Today, he divides his time between his place in Florida and his home in Barrie. The flamboyant Beddoes attributed his ability to write to a love affair with books. In the 1970s, they switched places. His radio reports on the poor stateof the Winnipeg ambulance service were responsible for the instigationof a province-wide state-of -the-artparamedic emergency service. I just happen to be a guy, I never did drink or anything, but I was tempted after we won that ballgame. ), Jack Lowewas the assistant engineer and he was man most responsible for keeping CKFH on the air, day in and day out. He came to CKFH in 1970 as host of "Open Lid", a show created by American jockGene Thayerin 1968. Don Maynard changed my life when I first met him at Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso, NM, on March 7th, 2018. 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. Later that same year, she also acted as Grand Marshal of the 2006 Toronto St. Patrick's Day Parade. His first attempt was at the age of 6 at Maple Leaf Stadium. "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.". He teamed with Namath in 1965 and one of the great pass/catch tandems in football history was off and flying. For CKFH he took news shifts when he was needed and whenever he could fit them into his busy schedule. 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. Unexpectedly passed away in his sleep at home at the age of 39. Gerry Wilson was the long-time chief engineer at CKFH about 30 years. His "Larry The Loon" was a popular phone in guest on several CHUM shows. At the age of fifteen, he literally fell into broadcasting and continued in this career for close to fifty years. His last move was to CJEZ-FM in Toronto in 1989. A man who was found shot to death on Henry Avenue in Hagerstown Wednesday night has been identified as 40-year-old Daynard Devere Johnson of Waynesboro, Pa., according to the Hagerstown Police. Her last known radio assignment was at CKO-FM 4 inVancouver part of the all news radio network as host of"Bookshelf", a programme ofbook reviews. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family. ", "My thoughts and prayers are with Don's daughter, Teri, his son, Scot, and his entire family," Jets Chairman Woody Johnson said. "We lost someone very impactful, on and off the football field. On EZ-Rock, she joined Mike Cooper hosting the morning show. 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. Maynard the Man Away from the field, Maynard was eccentric, witty, innovative and creative. He finished up scholastically at Colorado City (TX) High, where he discovered his athletic talents as a football/basketball/track letterman. He left CKFH for good in 1974 heading for CHAM in Hamilton, ON. She was fired one June weekend, over the phone while she was at her cottage. Gary died at Tucson in October, 2002 at the age of 61. I need some rest. See and hear Foster Hewitt on hockey, including, the famous Paul Henderson goal against the Russians in 1972. nrl expert tips round 1 2022 Antonia@AntoniaFurtado.com. In 1972, CKFH Toronto PD Duff Roman called him to do afternoon drive and Dick jumped at the chance to return home to Toronto. Dawn Draper joined the CKFH news staff as the mid-day news announcer in 1972-73. Click here for Marshall's obituary. He was a friend to everyone he worked with and occasionally lined up important interviews with top celebrities in the music recording industry such as Dianna Ross and the Supremes and many others. 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. 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." He was forced to look down, fighting back tears. Video and Audio clips from www.rockradioscrapbook.com and private collections of Doug Thompson, CHUM Archives, Charlie Ritenberg, Bud Riley, Westlyn Mather, Don Shuttleworth, Bill Dulmage and others. Heresigned from 680 CFTR in 1978 when Keith Dancy and Chuck Camroux split from Rogers and found jobs at CFNY Toronto and CJJD Hamilton. Aftera year he relocated to CHIC in Brampton for a couple of months.Then, after a short stay at CKLC Kingston as promotion director, he arrived at CKFH in 1971 to do overnights. "Days like this, it's like he's still here.". 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. In October 2012, John was inducted into the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame. (17:46) A quick wit himself, he shared his jokes withDon RicklesandPhyllis Dilleramong others. Jack handled a great many CBC radio assignments including managing the corporation's Canadian music collection and directing the annualOld-Time Fiddlers competition. Click here for Steve's Jan. 8, 1970 CKFH chart More Steve O'Brien radio history Maynard began 1968 with a bang, going off for 203 yards in the opener at Kansas City. Thank you. It has struggled to find a morning show that clicks with listeners, going through several in the past decade -- including a previous stint by Mr. Glassman without Mr. Patterson. If Mr. Fox, someone so young, could achieve so much, surely she, a senior, could make the annual 10-kilometre walk, she said. Skip Dewlingwas at CKFH in 1972, but in 1973, he joined Dick Joseph in re-locating at 1280 CHAM in Hamilton where he hosted the morning show until he left in 1975. Mike died in a car crash on December 30, 1985, while driving between Montreal and Ottawa in a snow storm. In 2000 he created and pitched a news television show and, when accepted, became anchor, head writer and executive producer of the program which ran for ten years and was syndicated on over 200 stations. Bud says, "When I was a teenager, I began to listen to a new radio station in Toronto, CKFH, especially the evening disc jockey, Bud was not the only announcer to be influenced to make radio a career by listening to CKFH. Today he is the creator/producer of Salute To Canadian Legends, a 90 minute cross-Canada satellite radio talk show on Sirius XM. Just after that, he was laid off. Apparently, the world's oldest woman, at 116, has "truck-tire flaps on the sides of her head.". It is not a battle without casualties. Emerging in Green and White Baugh's Titans and then coach Weeb Ewbank, Namath and the Jets, were the first franchise to realize Maynard's receiving talents, and Maynard had found a home for 13 Jets seasons. "We really, and I mean this honestly, we never look at what our competition is doing. More on Gardner. Still in media today, John is vice-president of Media Stats Inc. in Toronto. 13, one of the early originals to bring color and legitimacy to the nascent American Football League and one of the greatest receivers not just in Jets/Titans history but in pro football annals, has died at 86, just 15 days shy of his 87th birthday. reached #7 on the CHUM chart. She was predeceased by : her son Logan Reddick. Don Maynard Funeral, Venue, Date, Burial, Obituary. [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. Our compassionate and caring team work hard each and every day to make sure that the members of our community and beyond are taken care of during such a difficult time. He took over the Toronto Maple Leaf games on radio when Foster moved to TV. After 17 years in radio he returned to Tuscon, Arizona to work in the family real estate business. Rob Farina, program director at CHUM-FM, said the market leaders are too busy making radio every morning to look over their shoulders. In 1974, Bud graduated from the University with a B.A. On March 19, 2016, John returned to radio with a show on the University of Toronto community FM station CIUT. Required fields are marked *. 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. She was raised in Ottawa and Trenton, Ontario, and England. He was also the writer for the popular CBC's "Country Hoedown" and later was a consultant for "The Tommy Hunter Show." His fascination with unique, expensive, pocket knives led him to editing a magazine dedicated to that field. I mean he could fly, but with the grace of a great thoroughbred. He was one of only seven players to play for the same team for the entire decade of the American Football League's existence, and he was elected to the AFL Hall of Fame All-1960s Team, He was the sport's all-time receptions and receiving-yardage leader when he retired after one season with St. Louis in 1973. [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. The top eight Toronto morning shows, ranked by share of listening hours among 25-54 year-olds. Within a year CKFH reverted to news on the hour and half hour. But as he said, "The record I'm proudest of is being the first guy to get 10,000 yards in receptions. In 1972, he took his ideas to CFTR which had changed to a rock format where, as assistant p.d. "The success of the [Marathon of Hope]was totally based on the reception we got in Scarborough and Toronto," he said. He was also at WPOP in Hartford and WKNR in Detroit. In 1988 he became sales manager of CFRB. Here is Isabelle Jean (Daynard) Ridgeway's obituary. Three local frequencies have new morning shows: the Mix (99.9 FM), CHFI (98.1 FM) and "guy-talk" Mojo Radio (640 AM). and helped broadcast the Leaf games. ", But being in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday, 25 years to the day after Mr. Fox's triumphant entry into Toronto, was somewhat surreal, Mr. Vigars said. Bob began his career in Quebec while he was studying at Laval University but found his way to Niagara Falls (CJRN) in 1966 and the following year moved to CJOE in London, Ontario. We had a great visit. At Bud's suggestion, Jack Budgell, the producer/director of the afternoon TV show Juliette and Friends, hired him for a regular guest spot. DAYNARD, Curtis Mathew -. 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. 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. (photo:Mike Byfordin background. Four years later he founded his own communications company,Citizen Payne Publishing,which performs various services such as media monitoring and speech writing. 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. 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. That led to a midayshift on CHUM-FM in Toronto where he stayed until 1977. Among the performers he nurtured and recorded were David Clayton Thomas and The Paupers. When he took a leave of absence from radio in 1973, he spent a half a year in Italy but returned when money ran low. Davis regularly appeared at various public events as both M.C. By 1957, Barry was programme and production manager and in 1965 he was assistant manager of the station. From 1970 to 1974 he hosted the Canadian music JUNO Awards. News directorMarshall Armstrong(akaDavid Collison), a self-taught,high school dropout with a masterfulcommand of theEnglish language and a no-nonsense approach to newsreporting. Today he owns and operates ProDJ, a disc jockey service in Brampton. Steve even portrayed Dragnets Jack Webbin an AT&T commercial!. 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 He remained with the station through three ownership changes and one frequency change, moving into semi-retirement in 2002.Jack Lowe, 82, passed away on Jan. 2, 2017. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Curtis Mathew Daynard (Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario), who passed away on September 18, 2022, leaving to mourn family and friends. Don Daynard, Canadian radio personality Birth Place: Toronto Birthday: 1934 Age : 88 years old Birth Sign : Capricorn About Biography Don Danard better known as Don Daynard is a retired Canadian radio personality. He also hosted a country music programme. 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