Ashley, Herb
Herb’s interest in the field of communications began early.
From 1954 to 1956, he was the High School Sports Reporter and a News Reporter for the Edmonton Journal. Then he decided to get into the broadcasting business, and went to CFRN-TV, where he remained until 1963. He started out as Audio Operator, and climbed the ladder to reach the position of Senior Television Director.
After a couple of years touring Europe, Herb went to work in 1965 at CFQC, Saskatoon, as Production Manager, moving in 1968 to CKSO-TV in Sudbury, Ontario, in a similar capacity.
In 1972, he assumed the duties of Producer/Director for Video Pack Ltd. in Toronto, but after a couple of years decided on self-employment, and worked as a freelance Television Producer/Director in that Ontario city. Between 1979 and 1981, Herb was co-owner of Ashley/Rosevear Productions, Inc., in both Toronto and Windsor. He carried on his freelancing in Toronto until 1984, when he moved to Edmonton as Producer/Director for the Access Television Network, where he remained for ten years, retiring in 1995. Make that semi-retiring!
