Paul, Jean
In 1947, Jean walked into the CFRN studios in Edmonton’s old CPR Building to inquire if there was any kind of job in radio for a writer.
As a former news desk editor and occasional feature writer at the Calgary Albertan, she had never written a commercial, nor even seen one on paper! She was hired on spec and thus began a seventeen year stay at ‘RN as a continuity writer, pausing only long enough to have three babies.
Jean then did a short stint as part-time writer at CHED, followed by twenty years at CHQT, retiring in 1987 as Creative Director.
The highlight of Jean’s career was winning three Soundcraft ‘74 awards in the Radio Bureau of Canada National Competition for commercials: Special Recognition, First Place, and one Honorable Mention. She also won two S.A.M. awards.
Jean feels equally attached to CFRN, because it was her first radio job, and to CHQT, because it was her last. She loved them both.
filed 2006
