Home
Introduction
EdmontonBroadcasters.com is the definitive place to find information about Edmonton broadcasters, both past and present. As well attempting to capture the broadcast history of everyone who ever worked on the air or behind the scenes in Edmonton radio and television, this web site is also the new home of the Edmonton Broadcasters Club.
- For more information on the Club, click on Edmonton Broadcasters Club.
- For more information on Edmonton broadcasters, click on Broadcasters by Letter.
- For more information on Edmonton area radio and television stations, click on the Club’s Stations pages.
Bob Layton Honoured
Next year marks Bob Layton’s 40th anniversary with CHED. He is currently News Director for CHED, iNews880 (CHQT), CISN-FM and JOE-FM.
Bob receives a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RTNDA (Association of Electronic Journalists) at their National Conference in June in Edmonton. For more details, see the Club’s Events page.
Recent Passings
Long-time CJCA employee Bob Keith passed away February 13, 2010, after an almost equally long retirement. Click here for more details.
D.E.M. Allen & Associates Ltd. founder Doug Allen passed away on January 17, 2010 after a battle with cancer. Doug’s broadcast engineering firm is known across Western Canada as the primary source for broadcast transmitter coverage studies, including the design of transmitter sites to best meet the signal strength needs of a station. For more details, see this discussion thread at RadioWest.ca: http://www.radiowest.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6961
Len Boscoe passed away January 16, 2010, after working as an Operator at CITV-TV and CBXT-TV. Click here for more details.
Bob Comfort passed away January 8, 2010, of Lewy Body Dementia. Although best known in Hollywood as an Emmy-winning writer, he founded Tinsel and Sham Productions in Edmonton while an afternoon Talk Show Host on CJCA in May 1973, having previously been a writer for CHED and CBC Television. Click here for articles and pictures.