The following were former employees of CKCO-TV, CFCA-FM and CKKW-AM who have passed away over the years.
The gathering of these names is a work in progress. Any errors, information or omissions should be directed to info@ckco-history.com
Alexander | Jack | February 11, 2019 | Cameraman – Lighting Director | |||
Arajs | John | May 11, 2009 | News Photographer | |||
Armstrong | Jim | April 27, 2017 | News – Stringer Reporter |
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Baker | Ada | April 29, 1961 | Musician – The Kidd Baker Show |
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Baker | Kidd | May 9, 1992 | Musician and Leader – The Kidd Baker Show |
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Bambury | Bob | July 13, 1994 | Television Sales |
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Beatty | Ron | October 13, 2009 | Television Operations – Cameraman |
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Bender | Steve | November 8, 2019 | News |
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Beresford | Greg | January 24, 2016 | Radio Sales |
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Bishop | Kathy | October 18, 2005 | Executive Secretary | |||
Blackmore | Ralph | April 8, 2002 | News – Editorial |
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Bordage | Leon | January 8, 2018 | Custodian |
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Boucher | Paul | November 10, 2020 | Radio Announcer |
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Bowen | Don | April 13, 1981 | Art Department Manager |
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Bryant | Dr. Bill | December 5, 2021 | Regular Contributor on Morning Programs |
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Buck | Gary | October 14, 2003 | Entertainer – Musician | |||
Butler | Gord | – | Radio Announcer | |||
Cameron | Don | June 7, 2018 | Sports |
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Campbell | John | August 7, 2005 | News | |||
Carlo | Joe | April 26, 2007 |
Music Director | |||
Caron | John | November 23, 2019 |
Salesman | |||
Carr | Art | December 6, 1996 | Freelance Reporter | |||
Cassel | Paul | April 30, 2012 | News Photographer | |||
Causley | John | – | Production Supervisor |
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Chester | John | March 11, 2019 | Art Department | |||
Cole | Elaine | December 26, 1992 | Variety Host | |||
Collis | Len | – | Film Editor | |||
Connolly | Dennis | March 18, 2010 | Salesman | |||
Corcoran | Valerie | March 7, 2003 | Radio Promotions |
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Coughlan | Danny | November 18, 1990 | Television Show Host – Tree House |
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Coupal | Claude | July 21, 2000 | Hairstylist | |||
Cowie | Bruce | September 7, 2021 | President / COO Electrohome Broadcasting Group | |||
Cramer | Daan | October 12, 2016 | Television Operation |
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Crouter | Wally | March 28, 2016 | Television – First Host Of Canadian Bandstand |
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Cullen | Bert | – | Radio Announcer | |||
Cummings | Floyd | July 14, 1999 | Salesman | |||
Currie | Brian | – | Radio Program Director | |||
Cushing | Paul | October 22, 2013 |
Engineer | |||
Day | Sandy | February 25, 2016 |
Engineer | |||
DeLazzer | John | June 26, 2010 | Radio Announcer |
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Deppisch | Jack | October 14, 2018 | Art Department |
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Eakins | Peter | – | Secretary-Treasurer | |||
Elliott | Ken | January 11, 1996 | Operations | |||
Emmerson | Bruce | April 3, 2018 | Television Traffic |
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Farr | Barbara | October 11, 2019 | Reception | |||
Farr | Don | November 9, 2016 | Cameraman | |||
Faucon | Denis | April 2, 2007 | News Photographer (ENG) | |||
Ferguson | Martin | July 10, 1991 | Operations | |||
Ferguson | Peter | September 16, 2005 | News Director | |||
Ferrie | Archie | May 10, 2009 | Television Sales |
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Fisher | Dan | April 2, 2010 | Radio Announcer / Radio Program Director |
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Fitzgerald | Pat | August 9, 1993 | Operations Manager | |||
Fitzgibbons | Eugene E. | January 27, 1998 | Executive Director | |||
Flowers | Ed | – | Custodian | |||
Franks | George | September 17, 1989 | Anchor / Announcer | |||
Fricker | Bruce | September 7, 2017 | Custodian |
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Gebhart | Ann | September 29, 2007 | Secretary to the Secretary-Treasurer |
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Geffros | John | July 12, 2007 | Radio Sales |
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Gerrard | Doug | April 9, 2019 | Fitness Host – Trim Tones | |||
Glennie | Rita | – | Exec Sec W.D. McGregor | |||
Graham | Peter | April 1, 2014 | News Photographer |
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Green | Barbara Anne | December 6, 2010 | Film Editor | |||
Hall | Bud | September 1, 1993 | Radio Announcer | |||
Hannan | Mary Pat |
February 15, 2014 |
Weather Reporter |
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Haslip | John | November 18, 2000 | Reporter | |||
Hatton | Gordon | – | Salesman | |||
Heard | Rennie | 2005 | News | |||
Henrich | Wayne | April 30, 2020 | Operations |
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Hildebrand | Don | March 15, 1997 | Announcer |
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Hill | Ron | April 27, 2020 | Program Host, Talent and Weatherman |
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Hilts-Russel | Sharon | September 10, 2008 | Radio Copywriter |
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Hitchcock | Phil | May 27, 2013 | Radio Announcer |
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Hoad | Jim | – | TV News | |||
Hodge | Al | August 22, 1961 | News | |||
Hogben | John “Hoppy” | October 8, 1999 | Radio Sales / Radio Announcer |
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Hooper | Steve | September 12, 2017 | News Reporter |
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Boland-Huffman | Maureen | December 22, 2014 | Film Editor |
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Hulme | Walter | April 29, 2008 | Video Q Salesman |
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Hummel | Isabelle | October 13, 2020 | Model | |||
Inkol | Bill | March 15, 2021 | Sports Director | |||
Jarvis | Roy | August 16, 2012 | Salesman | |||
Jolley | Peri | July 18, 2019 | Secretary | |||
Jones | Big Al | March 27, 1984 | Kid’s Show Host | |||
Kadwell | George | December 30, 2017 | Music Director | |||
Kelleher | Ned | – | News | |||
Keller | Tom | March 20, 2009 | Director/Producer/Promotions | |||
Kemp | Rick | February 13, 1977 | Radio Announcer | |||
Kenney | Stu | December 7, 2001 |
Radio Announcer | |||
Kinsman | Bill | – | News | |||
Klassen-Phypers | Audrey | December 4, 2016 | Receptionist / Secretary | |||
Knoke | Larry | December 2, 2000 | Television Director |
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Kooyman | Wayne | December 14, 2018 | Sports |
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Korbee | Leon | March 23, 2016 | News Reporter – Queen’s Park |
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Kostigian | John | May 10, 2017 | Band Leader – Sunday Serenade | |||
Kraatz | Eugenia |
January 17, 1988 | Cafeteria – Big Alice | |||
Krieg | Pat | August 3, 2015 | Finance |
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Kurt | Rose | October 23, 2018 | Secretary | |||
Lacey | Earl | – | Custodian | |||
Langton | Pauline | August 23, 1999 | Secretary | |||
Lanthier | Jack | June 21, 2018 | Farm Reporter |
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Lawson | Bruce | August 11, 1973 | Program Director |
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Lichti-Drummond | Marlene | June 27, 2017 | Payroll and Accounting |
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Ledger | Russ | January 3, 2017 | News |
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Lehman | Douglas | April 27, 2009 | Photographer |
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Lewis | Gar | December 26, 2000 | News |
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Liddle | Gib | March 1954 | Television Founding Partner |
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Liddle | Jack | January 8, 2017 | Television Sales |
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Lindsay | Bob | – | Radio Operator / Announcer | |||
Luciani | Tony | November 7, 2020 | Music Librarian | |||
Ludwig | Pat | October 20, 2009 | Music Director | |||
MacDonald | Don | May 26, 2009 | News – CFCA-FM General Manager |
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MacDougall | Nancy | July 28, 1997 | Traffic | |||
Maciaczyk | Cathy | October 16, 2013 | Radio Traffic |
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MacLean | Alex | – | Television Technician |
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Manley | Helen | November 11, 1996 | Accounting |
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Mantay | Harold | August 31, 1992 | Operations |
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Martz | Don | April 1, 2013 | Television Program Director | |||
McAvoy | Fred | 1958 | Custodian | |||
McAvoy | Regina | 1979 | Cafeteria and Mrs. S. show | |||
McCarron | Jack | February 5, 2013 | Chief Engineer |
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McCrudden | Debbie | July 21, 2018 | Accounting |
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McDonald | Wayne | July 30, 2010 | TV Operations | |||
McGregor | Ellen | October 15, 2009 | Traffic, EA to General Manger | |||
McGregor | William | November 28, 2018 | President and Director | |||
McIntyre | Joe | January 27, 1999 | Engineering Supervisor | |||
McKeown | Bob | November 3, 2011 | Sales/Show Host/Station General Manager | |||
McLean | Jack | – | Television Sales | |||
McLean | Bob | April 22, 2014 |
Show Host | |||
McNea | Bob | November 5, 2005 | Oopsy the Clown |
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McNea | Frances Kay | April 17, 2015 | Kid’s Show Host (Dairy Dora) |
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Mercer | James | December 21, 1978 | Reporter – Photographer |
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Miles | Pat | – | Television – Film Lab Technician | |||
Mondoux-Parr | Susan | September 29, 2016 | Television Production Assistant |
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Morrow | Jerry | January 31, 2012 | News Reporter | |||
Moskal | George | January 29, 2008 | Director/Operations Manager |
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Mroz | Rita | March 10, 2019 | Receptionist |
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Newman | Pam | – | Radio Operator | |||
Nightingale | Geoff | October 27, 2000 | News | |||
Nyhout | Paul | August 15, 2013 |
Operations |
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O’Connell | Jim | May 3, 2007 | News Reporter |
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O’Drowsky | Mike “O-D” | July 19, 2016 | Television News Cameraman |
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Packham | Charlie | May 17, 1999 | Salesman | |||
Palmer-Maddeford | Joanne | November 11, 2021 | Radio Sales | |||
Parsons | Dale | August 17, 2012 | Creative Services | |||
Parsons | Frank | August 10, 2008 | Engineering | |||
Picoski | David | August 22, 2019 | Operations | |||
Pollock | Carl | August 16, 1978 |
Founder and Owner | |||
Pomeroy | Millie | February 15, 2007 | Food Services |
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Popowich | Douglas | November 19, 2020 | Operations |
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Prince | Ron | – | News | |||
Purkis | Roy | March, 18, 1964 |
Photographer | |||
Rafferty | Tom | March 31, 1962 | News/Sports/Children’s Entertainer – Wally Walrus |
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Reekie | Paul | April 24, 1998 | Operations |
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Reier | Laura | – | Cafeteria | |||
Richardson | Ian | August 3, 2017 | Television Operations |
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Roberts | Ron | May 20, 2015 | Radio Announcer |
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Roberts | Duke | – | Radio Announcer | |||
Robertson-Montross | Deb | December 24, 2011 | Human Resources |
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Rogala | Carl | March 5, 2017 | Television Operations |
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Rooney | Ted | February 24, 2016 | Television Producer |
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Runnells | Percy | April 14, 1989 | Art Department |
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Russell | Frances | October 6, 2001 | Production Writer/Producer |
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Sanregret | Tony | March 12, 1999 | News |
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Scriver | Violet | May 20, 2001 | Host – Mrs. S |
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Sellner | Reg | March 20, 2017 | Television Host / Promotions |
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Simic | Steve | February 10, 2022 | Operations |
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Smith | Jim | November 25, 2014 |
Operations Supervisor |
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Smith | Bob | June 5, 2010 | Radio Sales |
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Solway | Larry | January 9, 2012 | Radio Announcer |
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Spragge | John | December 16, 2008 | Radio Manager |
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Stewart | Bill | October 18, 2006 | Program Manager |
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Stroh | Marvin | July 22, 2004 | Operations |
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Sutherland | Dan | December 31, 1992 | Custodian | |||
Sutherland | Eric | May 27, 1995 | Operations Supervisor | |||
Taylor-Menich | Pat | September 9, 2006 | Programming Secretary |
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Toth | Oliver | February 23, 2010 | Sales & Promotions |
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Thomas Brule | Terry | January 5, 2000 | News | |||
Thompson-Bauman | Betty | April 9, 1994 | Variety Host | |||
Torbay | Joe | October 10, 2009 | Radio Announcer |
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Tracey | Jim | October 12, 2021 | Operations |
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Tucker | Marjorie | November 15, 2020 | Film Editor |
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Tucker | Wendell | January 23, 2011 | Operations | |||
Turchan | Paul | January 9, 2013 | Engineering Manager |
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Valentine | Bill | April 22,1989 | Radio Sales Manager | |||
Walton | Bob | December 31, 2020 | Engineer |
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Wenzel | Joan | March 1, 2019 | Show Host |
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Wenzel | Peter | June 4, 2008 | News Photographer |
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Waurechen | Ric | January 4, 1995 | Art Department Manager |
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Wharnsby | Marnie | June 26, 2019 | ||||
White | Tom | – | News | |||
Whiting | Bill | – | Promotions Manager | |||
Wiens | Brian | – | Television Copywriter | |||
Wight | Tim | – | Radio Announcer | |||
Willard | Robert | August 5, 1993 | Creative Services | |||
Wood | John | September 7, 2012 | On-Air Talent and Sales |
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Wright | Jim | April 29, 2012 | Operations | |||
Yaworski | Mike | April 4, 2013 | News Anchor/Reporter |
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Zalevich | Emanuel | November 22, 2006 | Operations | |||
Zender | Susan | October 16, 2017 | Program Manager Secretary | |||
Ziegler | Deb | – | Television Traffic |