Ted Woloshyn (born December 1953) is a

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broadcaster. He hosted ''The Ted Woloshyn Show'', mornings from 5:30 to 8:30 on CFRB-AM in

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from 3 November 1996 until 15 December 2006. He hosted ''Saturdays with Ted'' from 12 to 3pm on Newstalk1010 from 2010 until 2021. He previously worked for Toronto area stations

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and

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. Woloshyn currently lives in

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. Woloshyn started his radio career in 1974 at CHIC in Brampton. He moved on to work in Peterborough, Montreal, Hamilton, and finally Toronto. He hosted various shows on

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's Toronto affiliate

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in the 1980s including ''Off the Wol'', and ''It's Only Rock'n Roll'' and also contributed to CBLT's local news program. He was also a contributor to ''

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'' and '' The Journal'' on the full CBC network and to

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on the

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. In 1981, Woloshyn released the comedy album ''It's Not the Heat...It's the Humility''. The following year, he received a

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nomination for Comedy Album of the Year.Comedy Album of the Year

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. He began hosting the CFRB morning show in November 1996, following in the footsteps of the legendary

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. Little more than a month after celebrating his tenth anniversary on ''The Ted Woloshyn Show'', he announced his leaving because it was time to move on. CFRB announced on air that Woloshyn was retiring to spend more time with his family. He subsequently revealed that he had actually been fired by CFRB and was not retiring. Woloshyn has written a monthly opinion column in the ''

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'' since 2007. Woloshyn hosted ''Saturday with Ted Woloshyn'' on Newstalk 1010 ( CFRB-AM) from 2010 until 2021. On February 1, 2021, Woloshyn was one of at least 210 people laid off by Bell Media from its properties across Canada. Woloshyn is Ukrainian-Canadian.

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Ted Wolosyhn at the ''Toronto Sun''
1953 births Living people Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Canadian talk radio hosts Canadian columnists People from Toronto {{Canada-radio-bio-stub