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.
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 http://www.925theq.com. He held the same title at CINW http://www.940hits.com, 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.