Brian DePoe
Brian DePoe is a Canadian radio executive. He has been a radio personality, program director, and sales manager.
His father is Norman DePoe, a Canadian broadcast journalist at the Canadian Broadcast Corporation until 1976.
Biography
[edit]DePoe graduated from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1983. He started his radio career at CJAX-FM in Edmonton, Alberta, before moving on to CKRY-FM in Calgary, Alberta. After a brief stint at CJJR-FM in Vancouver, British Columbia, DePoe became Afternoon Drive host and Program Director of CKWX Vancouver. He was Operations Manager and Program Director at 97.3 E-Z Rock, owned by Astral Media.
DePoe has been president of the British Columbia Country Music Association and a member of the board of directors for Canada's Factor Program [1] He has also won the Program Director of the Year award at Canadian Music Week.[2]
In addition, DePoe was Program Director of Corus Montreal's English-language station, CFQR [1]. He held the same title at CINW [2], a second English-language station in Montreal, until it ceased operations on January 29, 2010. [3][4][5]
DePoe has been General Sales Manager for Central Ontario Broadcasting since 2014.
References
[edit]- ^ Factor Canada Archived December 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CMW Industry Awards Archived January 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CTV Montreal
- ^ AM Info690 Montréal and AM940 Montreal's Greatest Hits to cease operation on January 29, 2010, Corus press release, 2010-01-29
- ^ CTV Montreal -- Two stations in Montreal going off the air Friday -- CTV News, Shows & Sport -- CTV Montreal (Received January 29, 2010)
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