Fraser Kelly Explained

Fraser Loyal Kelly (1934 – January 19, 2022) was a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and corporate executive.

Biography

Kelly was born and raised in Toronto. He was educated at the University of Toronto, graduating with a degree in political science and economics.[1]

His career as a journalist began with the Toronto Telegram in 1961 where he worked as a reporter and then columnist and ultimately the newspaper's political editor until the Telegrams demise in 1971.[1] He then joined CFTO-TV in Toronto as its political editor and host of Fraser Kelly Reports and a political affairs program "Hour Long" with co-host Isabel Bassett. He also wrote a column for the Toronto Star and contributed to various magazines.[1] [2]

Kelly left CFTO-TV in 1981 and joined CBLT-TV, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Toronto station, where he co-hosted the nightly local news program Newshour with Valerie Elia and, later, Hilary Brown.[3] and also hosted a public affairs show, Fraser's Edge, with Susan Ormiston.[4]

He retired from broadcasting in 1986[3] to found Fraser Kelly CorpWorld, a firm which consults businesses on communications, media relations and crisis management.[5] More recently he has sold the company, now called CorpWord, but remained with it as Senior Associate.[2] Kelly wrote and edited three books on Canadian politics and served as adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of Western Ontario.[1]

Kelly died on January 19, 2022, at the age of 87.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Kelly. Fraser. Business and the Media: Prime Time and the Bottom Line. July 8, 2020. speeches.empireclub.org. en.
  2. Web site: CorpWorld Our Team Fraser Kelly. July 8, 2020. www.corpworldgroup.com.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . September 29, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054016/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Flistings_and_histories%2Ftelevision%2Fhistories.php%3FhistoryID%3D1%26id%3D129 . March 4, 2016 . dead .
  4. http://www.smls.on.ca/mosaic/ks.htm{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  5. Web site: CorpWorld Corporate Profile President's Message. July 8, 2020. www.corpworldgroup.com.
  6. Web site: Fraser Loyal Kelly . Legacy . January 25, 2022 . January 25, 2022.