Ross Porter (Canadian broadcaster)
Ross Porter is a Canadian broadcast executive and music writer.[1] Formerly a producer and host for CBC Radio 2, where he was associated with programs including Night Lines, Latenight and After Hours,[2] since 2004 he has been president and CEO of the Toronto non-profit jazz radio station CJRT-FM (JAZZ.FM91).[3]
During his time with the CBC, he was also a pop culture reporter for CBC Television's The National and CBC Newsworld's On the Arts.[4] He was named vice-president of the jazz television channel CoolTV in 2003.[4]
Porter also published a consumer guide to jazz recordings, The Essential Jazz Recordings: 101 CDs, in 2006.[5]
He is a two-time winner for Broadcaster of the Year at Canada's National Jazz Awards, in 2002[6] and 2004.[7] In the spring of 2009, the Jazz Journalists Association nominated Porter for the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting.
References
- ↑ "Variety key to new show covering all forms of popular music". Ottawa Citizen, March 29, 1992.
- ↑ "CBC radio must renew itself or stagnate, top official says". Montreal Gazette, June 17, 1993.
- ↑ "Porter to head CJRT-FM". National Post, June 8, 2004.
- 1 2 "Ross Porter joins CanWest: CBC jazz expert". National Post, May 27, 2003.
- ↑ "The essential 101 for jazz lovers; A starting point for collections". Toronto Star, November 2, 2006.
- ↑ "Hogtown grabs the spotlight". The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2002.
- ↑ "Porter picked for jazz award". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, February 26, 2004.