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CityLine
''CityLine'' is a Canadian talk show and lifestyle television program hosted by Tracy Moore produced for the Citytv network at Toronto flagship station CITY-DT. Each show has a theme that changes daily. These include "Around the House", "Family Day", "Home Day", and "Fashion Friday". It is Canada's longest running daytime show specifically targeted to women. The show also airs in the United States on the Dabl digital multicast network and is syndicated on local television stations. Originally hosted by Dini Petty, the show was hosted by Marilyn Denis between September 1989 and May 23, 2008. - CityNews.ca, May 23, 2008 (accessed June 11, 2008) Subsequent to Denis's departure to host '' |
CITY-DT
CITY-DT (channel 57) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media alongside Omni Television outlets CFMT-DT (channel 47) and CJMT-DT (channel 40). The stations share studios at 33 Dundas Street East on Yonge–Dundas Square in downtown Toronto, while CITY-DT's transmitter is located atop the CN Tower. The station went on the air on September 28, 1972, by a consortium led by Phyllis Switzer, Moses Znaimer, Jerry Grafstein and Edgar Cowan, as CITY-TV, branded on-air as ''Citytv'' on Queen Street. In 1981, the station was sold to CHUM Limited, who retained Znaimer as an executive and moved to its 299 Queen Street West studios in 1987. For the majority of its early life, CITY-TV operated as an independent station, best known for its unconventional approaches to news and other locally produced programming. After having used syndication to bring its ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Marilyn Denis Show
''The Marilyn Denis Show'' is a Canadian daytime television talk show which debuted on January 10, 2011, on CTV and CTV 2 (formerly A-Channel). Hosted by Marilyn Denis, the show airs weekdays at 10 a.m. on CTV and 11 a.m. ET on CTV 2 (timeslots vary in other time zones). The show has a lifestyle-oriented format similar to Denis's previous Citytv talk show ''CityLine'', but also regularly features celebrity entertainment guests, which are not commonplace on the Citytv program. Denis had left ''CityLine'' in 2008 following the split of the assets of CHUM Limited (Denis was primarily employed as morning co-host on CHUM-FM, which was retained by CTV, whilst her secondary employer Citytv was acquired by Rogers). The current program is produced in the same Toronto building (at 299 Queen Street West) in which ''CityLine'' was based during Denis's tenure, in the same studio as ''CityLine'' which was renovated specifically for the show. On November 17, 2015, the show celebrated its 1000t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mairlyn Smith
Mairlyn Smith is a Canadian actress, author, critic, food blogger, television show host and professional home economist. In Canada, she is well known for her various cookbooks and expert advice on ''CityLine'' and ''Breakfast TV'' in Toronto. Outside of Canada, Smith is well-known mostly for her roles as Mrs. Woodhouse, the morbid wife of Principal Woodhouse in the 1999 film ''The Virgin Suicides'', and as Agnes Thurston, the overly cheerful deceased mother of Karen Thurston and wife of deceased chemical factory worker Mr. Thurston, on the 1990s ''Goosebumps'' film ''Welcome to Dead House''. Smith resides in Ontario, Canada with her partner, Scott, and their son. Early life Little is known about Mairlyn Smith's early life. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Smith graduated in 1976 with a degree in home economics from the University of British Columbia. She then returned to school and completed a teaching certificate before going on to teach home economics and head the Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Denis
Marilyn Denis (born July 1, 1958) is a Canadian television and radio personality. Denis is the host of ''The Marilyn Denis Show'' and co-host of CHUM-FM's ''Marilyn Denis and Jamar''. Early life and education Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and received a bachelor's degree in radio, television and advertising from the University of Idaho. Career Marilyn began her broadcasting career at a local radio station in Moscow, Idaho, and later moved to Calgary where she worked at CHFM & CJAY-FM. In addition, she was a sports and entertainment reporter and weather announcer at CFCN-TV and TSN. From July 2, 1986 until present, Denis has been one of the co-hosts of CHUM-FM's morning show. Originally titled ''Roger, Rick and Marilyn'', co-hosting with Roger Ashby and Rick Hodge, then ''Roger and Marilyn'' after the departure of Hodge in June 2008 (Hodge's replacement, Darren B. Lamb, departed from the station in September 2015) until Ashby's retirement i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dini Petty
Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945) is a Canadian television and radio host. At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter. She clocked 5,000 hours as pilot-in-command of a Hughes 300. Later, at Citytv Toronto, she worked as a writer, reporter and co-anchor, with Gord Martineau, of evening newscast City''Pulse'''' at 6''. There also she hosted an afternoon program, ''Sweet City Woman''. Later, on Citytv's daily talk show ''CityLine'', Petty established herself as one of Canada's foremost television talk show hosts. Cronenberg, David; Irwin, Mark (Spring/Winter 2004). ''David Cronenberg/Mark Irwin Commentary'' 'Videdrome'' DVD; Audio Track 2 Criterion Collection. Los Angeles, California; Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She left her evening news anchor position to concentrate on ''CityLine''. From May 1987 to 1989, Petty also anchored Citytv's short-lived 5:30 p.m. n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-Channel (Craig Media)
A-Channel (proposed as The Alberta Channel) was a Canadian television system initially owned by Craig Media from September 1997 to 2004, then by CHUM Limited from 2004 to 2005 through A-Channel, Inc. It consisted of Craig's television stations in Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton, and was the company's unsuccessful attempt to build a national network. CHUM Limited, which acquired Craig Media's television broadcasting assets in 2004 (resulting in Craig's re-incorporation to Craig Wireless), merged these stations into CHUM's flagship television network Citytv on August 2, 2005. On the same date, the A-Channel name was transferred to the NewNet stations in Southern Ontario and Vancouver Island, which are currently operated by Bell Media under the CTV 2 banner. The three original Craig Media A-Channel (now Citytv) stations are now owned by Rogers Sports & Media. History Under the "A-Channel" branding, Craig Media sought to develop a national presence; the network was originally propose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Moore (Canadian Journalist)
Tracy Moore (born January 6, 1975) is a Canadian television journalist and host of lifestyle magazine ''Cityline'' on City since October 2008. She previously served as news anchor on Citytv Toronto's ''Breakfast Television'' from 2005 to 2008. She fills in for Dina Pugliese as co-host on ''Breakfast Television'' on an infrequent basis. Growing up in Richmond Hill, Ontario, she went to Langstaff Secondary School. According to host Kevin Frankish, "she spent much of her youth as a Baton Twirler with the Progress Yorkettes in York Region."Inside BT blog:Tracy Shows Us How It Is Done!", 9 August 2006. Moore then earned a BA at McGill University and Masters at the University of Western Ontario. Moore began her career as a videographer for CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The licence of the original Citytv station, granted the callsign of CITY-TV by the CRTC on November 25, 1971 to Cable Television Association executive and former print journalist Phyllis Switzer, who moved with her family from western Canada (Alberta) to Toronto in 1967. The application was granted based on the argument that Toronto needed a locally oriented broadcast television station History CHUM Limited announced plans to sell its broadcasting assets to CTV parent CTVglobemedia on July 12, 2006. CTVgm intended to retain CHUM's Citytv system while divesting CHUM's A-Channel stations and Alberta cable channel Access to get the CRTC to approve the acquisition. On the same day that the takeover was announced, Citytv cancelled its supper-hour, late-night and weekend newscasts at its local Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary & Winnipeg stations, laying off hundreds of new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimo Capra
Massimo Capra (born 1960) is an Italian Canadians, Italian-born Canadian restauranteur, restaurant consultant, cookbook author, and celebrity chef. He is known for his appearances on the television shows CityTV's ''CityLine, Cityline'', Global Television Network, Global's ''The Morning Show (Canadian TV program), The Morning Show'', and Food Network shows ''Restaurant Makeover'', ''Chopped: Canada'', ''Top Chef Canada'', and ''Wall of Chefs''. He based in Mississauga, Ontario; near Toronto. Career Massimo Capra was born May 24, 1960 in Soresina, Lombardy, Italy. He was primarily raised in Cremona. While he was a teenager he left home from 1974 to 1977 to study cooking in Salsomaggiore Terme, Salsomaggiore. Capra began his culinary career in Venice, working in a trattoria. He served in the Italian Army. In 1982, Capra moved to Toronto. He started out working at Archer’s, a family-owned restaurant; followed by work at Prego della Piazza, a celebrity destination. In 2014, Capra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHAN-DT
CHAN-DT (channel 8), branded on-air as Global BC (formerly British Columbia Television or BCTV), is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, serving as the West Coast flagship of the Global Television Network. Owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, the station has studios on Enterprise Street (across from the Lake City Way SkyTrain station) in the suburban city of Burnaby, which also houses Global's national news headquarters. Its transmitter is located atop Mount Seymour in the district municipality of North Vancouver. History The station first signed on the air at 4:45 p.m. on October 31, 1960. Founded by Art Jones' Vantel Broadcasting, it originally operated as an independent station. It acquired several programs from CTV upon that network's launch on October 1, 1961; it would eventually join the network formally in 1965. The station operated from a temporary studio housed at 1219 Richards Street in Downtown Vancouver, unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTV Atlantic
CTV Atlantic (formerly known as the Atlantic Television, or ATV) is a system of four television stations in the Maritimes, owned and operated by the CTV Television Network, a division of Bell Media. Despite the name, it is not available on basic cable or analog in Newfoundland and Labrador even though that province is part of Atlantic Canada. The CTV Atlantic stations are: * CJCH-DT – Halifax, Nova Scotia (flagship station) * CJCB-DT – Sydney, Nova Scotia * CKCW-DT – Moncton, New Brunswick/Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island * CKLT-DT – Saint John, New Brunswick All four stations refer to themselves on air as CTV, not by their call letters. CJCB and CKCW simulcast CJCH for most of the day, but air separate commercials and local telethons. CKLT is a full repeater of CKCW. However, all four stations are separately licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Station information and history is discussed in each station's own arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
