Don Maynard 's death has brought tears to many. Bob Baker (Ray Collins)was CKFH's overnight jock from 1969 to 1970. E njoy Lookin' Back with Don Daynard on CKFM from December 6, 1980 (UNSCOPED) here. Son of the late Murray Daynard and late Avis McLeod (Daynard). Maynard, who entered the NFL and AFL wearing his cowboy boots and sideburns his nickname of Country proudly, had a puckish way about him, which manifested itself in a healthy amount of pride in his achievements as one of the game's great pass-catchers, yet a charming laugh and self-effacing nature toward the players and teams and fans he encountered during his career. He joined CKFH as a newsman in 1970 and assumed the post of news director when Marshall Armstrong left for Winnipeg. In 1969, he convinced Bud to join him there. In 2010, shortly after moving back home from LA to Toronto, he began work on the feature film, Bossjock (aka Q 92) a tell-all movie script about 1970s rock radio. In the late 80s, while living in Hollywood, Dick founded Westwood Personalities, an exclusive DJ talent agency and represented some of the best on-air talent in North America. Before very long, the CHUM jocks were drafting him to perform on-air skits utilizing a collection of characters he had created for their off-air amusement. Read full biography, Yes, Don Daynard is still alive Pro Football Hall of Fame wideout Don Maynard, iconic No. From 1960-72, he compiled numbers that still are at the top of the franchise's record-book career entries: 627 receptions, 11,732 receiving yards, 50 100-yard games and 88 TD catches. [5] Together the new duo 'Bob and Erin' continued to maintain the high ratings up until spring 2003, when CHFI station executives decided to take the station in a different direction and released Davis, moving Magee to the "afternoon drive" shift. He co-hosted with Erin Davis on CHFI and the couple became the most popular duo in Toronto radio until they finally split. January 13, 2022 by JoeWise. (17:46) [10] In addition, it was learned that Mike Cooper would be leaving EZ-Rock and joining her as co-host on the morning show at CHFI once his 6-month non-compete clause expired in late October. In 2002, she was named Chatelaine Woman Of Influence. For the rest of the 70s he worked at two stations, CFTR Toronto (1975-1978), and CING-FM Burlington, Ontario, (1978 -1988). And one radio-industry source said that CHFI, by firing Ms. Davis, was banking on driving away its old audience to reposition and attract new, younger listeners. Five years later, I had that dream come true as I started my first radio job in Orillia. ", Maynard even said he coined the phrase "wide receiver," perhaps along with Ramos' PR input, to help a reporter who had some difficulty figuring out if he was a split end or a flanker. Then for more than 200 episodes across two seasons, she hosted a nightly talk show on Rogers Television called The Erin Davis Show. Newcomer Jack (92.5 FM) may add one soon. His autobiography, after all, was titled "You Can't Catch Sunshine," and he said he told Namath upon their first meeting in 1965, "Joseph, I'm going to make you a better quarterback and you're going to make me a great receiver. He also wrote a popular guide to Canadian Skiing. He finished up scholastically at Colorado City (TX) High, where he discovered his athletic talents as a football/basketball/track letterman. As part of his duties for CKFH and its 1981 successor CJCL, he produced the Toronto Maple Leaf and Toronto Blue Jay games. Loving and doting father of Liam, as well as an honorary uncle of Trinity He was the youngest and most amazing brother of Corey and Chris. But Maynard was always thinking about optimizing his game as well, which is why he did things like wear his helmet without a chinstrap, preferring to use special cheek inserts to keep the headgear snug, and spurning the seven-cleat wideout shoes of the day for custom-made 24-cleat Puma soccer shoes. In 1963, he was courted and won by the Toronto Globe and Mail. Some information may no longer be current. Today he runs his own voice-service company out of Windsor and Toronto and boasts a long lineup of regional and national companies who regularly use his powerful voice on their commercials and other media projects. One is Erin Davis, the 15-year veteran and well-liked morning host at adult-contemporary station CHFI. His next stop was in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, in 2009 where he was a show host on KNOW radio. Next to Barry Nesbitt, George had the second longest employment as a CKFH announcer. Perry left radio in 1992. He was born on January 25, 1935, in . We are sad to announce that on April 18, 2020 we had to say goodbye to Isabelle Jean (Daynard) Ridgeway (Niagara Falls, Ontario). Posted Mar 1, 2017 2:30 PM. Maynard (6-0, 180) was drafted by the Giants in the ninth round (109th overall) of the 1957 NFL Draft and bounced around football his first three seasons. His next move wasto CKSL London in July of 1982 to do PM drive and Dicker Q and The Afternoon Zoo along with the irreverent 4:30 pm feature Desperate and Dateless. Video and Audio clips from www.rockradioscrapbook.com and private collections of Doug Thompson, CHUM Archives, Charlie Ritenberg, Bud Riley, Westlyn Mather, Don Shuttleworth, Bill Dulmage and others. He started working as an engineer for. He was one of only seven players to play for the same team for the entire decade of the American Football League's existence, and he was elected to the AFL Hall of Fame All-1960s Team, He was the sport's all-time receptions and receiving-yardage leader when he retired after one season with St. Louis in 1973. During his long radio career, Jack was the most loved and admired by a legion of friends in and out of the business. Barry died at 85 in Victoria, B.C. He opened CKFH in 1951. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. It was around that time that he created his own recording company,Airwave Records. And when the members of that Super Bowl team reconvened for a private dinner at MetLife Stadium 50 years later, Maynard said the gathering "brings back great memories. When Gary Palant returned to the US, Duff was back as programme director. More on Gary Palant, CFOR Orillia 1957-1958 CKAR Huntsville 1959 C-HOW Welland 1959-1967, CKPR Thunder Bay 1963-1964 CJRN Niagara Falls 1967-69 CHUM 1968-1969, CKFH Toronto 1969-1974 CJRT - FM Toronto 1974-1985 Freelance 1985-2000. A typical radio nomad, Ray got his start in his home town at CFCO Chatham in 1967 and continuing on to 24 stations across Canada until 1995. He switched to CFRB in 1986 to host theSunday evening sports talk show. My condolences to the family. Keith is now located in Montreal and has become a promoter of the romantic latin dance--The Tango! Click here forSteve's Jan. 8, 1970 CKFH chart. Today he is retired to the Parry Sound area of Ontario but for a time, he took work as a pro shop manager. On the air and off, Don was the most liked of any announcer in the country. In the past year, three other family members, including her husband, have died of the disease. While at CKFH he was a salesman and rarely was heard on the air, but was a regularly featured character when he joined the sales staff at rival CHUM. May you find. "And the next Terry Fox run I went to after that was pretty difficult. Gerry had his own company, Wilson Sports Productions. [2] A quarter of a century ago, more than 10,000 people crowded the square to welcome Mr. Fox. "The amazing thing, I think, about Terry Fox, is the incredible legacy that he built that he probably had no idea he'd be building," Mr. Miller said. was 47 when he starred in this movie. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Curtis Mathew Daynard (Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario), who passed away on September 18, 2022, leaving to mourn family and friends. In 1987, Ms. North lost her 17-month-old granddaughter to cancer. Chuck McCoy, a Rogers vice-president and general manager of its Toronto radio group, said the decision to let Ms. Davis go was necessary to reposition the station. Click here to see how, 680 News (1974-1989) Her next stop was Standard Broadcasting (1991-1995) and closed out herradio career at Classical 96.3 and 103.1 FM. And as Woody Johnson said in his statement, "Rest in Peace, Don. DAYNARD, Curtis Mathew - August 28th, 1983 - September 18th, 2022 Unexpectedly passed away in his sleep at home at the age of 39. He had a wonderful career in football. Print. She was hired at the suggestion of Barrie Bailey who had known her from his days at CJOR in Vancouver. The man could flat play. After polling their listeners for ideas, Davis was an easy choice. Read Full Obituary. Today he is the creator/producer of Salute To Canadian Legends, a 90 minute cross-Canada satellite radio talk show on Sirius XM. ), Jack Lowewas the assistant engineer and he was man most responsible for keeping CKFH on the air, day in and day out. Mike died in a car crash on December 30, 1985, while driving between Montreal and Ottawa in a snow storm. He also began writing jokes for the staff disc-jockeys, particularly morning man, . The lifestyle and wellness program received an award in its second season as Canadas best cable talk show. In 2005, he was located at CHAY radio in Barrie, Ontario, near his summer residence. Very humble, he didn't even reveal he was a Hall of Famer until the end of our conversation. Daynard worked at CFRB as well as CKFM (1969-1975) where he worked for 12 years. Follow us on Twitter: @globeandmailOpens in a new window. Following that, Davis wrote and performed a nightly commentary on CFTO News in 1998 and 1999 called "Just So You Know". Davis regularly appeared at various public events as both M.C. Daynard began his career in Owen Sound in 1953 and went from there to CHEX-television in Peterborough and then to CKCR in Kitchener. Others may do it, but I'm the first, and only one guy can be the first.". This article was published more than 17 years ago. 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