Brian DePoe explained

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

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.

References

  1. http://www.factor.ca/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=2 Factor Canada
  2. http://www.cmw.net/cmw2004/industry.htm CMW Industry Awards
  3. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/the-q-fires-tasso-and-suzanne-keeps-aaron-rand-1.427222 CTV Montreal
  4. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/29/c5055.html AM Info690 Montréal and AM940 Montreal's Greatest Hits to cease operation on January 29, 2010
  5. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/two-montreal-radio-stations-go-off-the-air-friday-1.478997 CTV Montreal -- Two stations in Montreal going off the air Friday -- CTV News, Shows & Sport