When Canadian specialty station MuchMusic launched in August 1984, founders John Martin and Moses Znaimer had about two hours of planned content to fill six hours of airtime. Their strategy? Pack the place with notable faces, create a party atmosphere in the control room “stage,” and let inaugural VJs Christopher Ward and J.D. Roberts figure out the rest as they went along.
Thus, the iconic “Nation’s Music Station” was born.
It was a scrappy, wild atmosphere in which inexperienced but music-loving kids stepped in front of the cameras with free reign to experiment and play the videos they loved. There were no rules and even less structure, but it worked. At the height of its popularity, MuchMusic was the global destination for artists of all genres. And it was led by a diverse and history-making group of hosts who connected those artists with fans in a new way—through the legendary studios at 299 Queen St.
Thus, the iconic “Nation’s Music Station” was born.
It was a scrappy, wild atmosphere in which inexperienced but music-loving kids stepped in front of the cameras with free reign to experiment and play the videos they loved. There were no rules and even less structure, but it worked. At the height of its popularity, MuchMusic was the global destination for artists of all genres. And it was led by a diverse and history-making group of hosts who connected those artists with fans in a new way—through the legendary studios at 299 Queen St.
- 3/13/2023
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
Ten veterans of the Canadian radio and TV industry are to be inducted Oct. 21 into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention in Vancouver. Among the new entrants announced Friday are Denise Donlon, president of Sony Canada, and Trina McQueen, until recently president and chief operating officer of CTV Inc., the national TV network. The inductees also include music star Bruce Cockburn; the late Johnny Lombardi, founder of radio and TV broadcaster Chin Ltd.; and Pamela Wallin, a former CTV and Canadian Broadcasting Corp. broadcaster and currently the Canadian consul general in New York. Also on the honors list are Vision TV broadcaster Rita Deverell; Jim Robson, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Vancouver Canucks; the late Clarence Mack, a Calgary, Alberta, radio broadcaster; Atlantic Canada radio announcer Jerry Lawrence; and Liette Champagne, a senior executive at Telemedia Corp. in Montreal. The 76th annual convention of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters is set to run Oct. 20-22 in Vancouver.
- 10/5/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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