Gail Scott (journalist) explained

Gail M. Scott (born 25 June 1943) is a Canadian television personality. She is a former co-host of Canada AM and was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]

Scott graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor of journalism in 1966 and began her television career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) at CBOT-TV in Ottawa. In 1971, she became the CBC's parliamentary correspondent. In 1972, she became the parliamentary correspondent for CTV Television Network. In 1976, Scott was the field producer and host of W5. She was co-host of Canada AM from 1978 to 1981 with Norm Perry.[2] [3]

Born in Ottawa, Scott became a part-time member of the CRTC in 1987 and was named commissioner in 1993.[2] [4] As commissioner, Scott and fellow CRTC member William Callahan opposed CRTC's 29 July 1997 granting of the last FM broadcast band in Toronto to CBC because "an Afro-Canadian music station would better serve the public interest in Canada's largest city, which has a 200,000-strong Caribbean community".[5]

Scott was a teacher at Ryerson University's School of Journalism in 1989.[6] She was part of the board of directors of the Michener Awards Foundation from 1986 to 1994, and its president from 1991 to 1993.[7] On leaving the CRTC in 1998, Scott became a member of the Ontario Criminal Injuries Compensation Board until 2008. In 2006, she was an independent board member of the Canadian Television Fund. In 2017, Scott was granted a master's degree in theological studies at Trinity College, University of Toronto.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Complete list of CAB Hall of Fame Inductees . Canadian Association of Broadcasters . https://web.archive.org/web/20071020004513/http://www.cab-acr.ca/english/about/awards/hof/complete_hof.shtm#S . 20 October 2007.
    - News: Wedge . Pip . Member of CAB Hall of Fame: Scott, Gail . 7 March 2015 . September 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101709/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.broadcasting-history.ca%2Fpersonalities%2Fpersonalities.php%3Fid%3D378 . 2 April 2015 . dead.
  2. Web site: Great Grads: Gail Scott . 7 March 2015 . Carleton University Alumni Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20140927090033/http://alumni.carleton.ca/grads/scott-gail-m/ . 27 September 2014 . dead.
  3. News: Cobb . Chris . How to be full of fun and info at 6.45 a.m. . 8 March 2015 . Ottawa Citizen . 22 March 1980 . Toronto . 33.
  4. News: Vale . Allison . Perspective: Gail Scott: the CRTC at the crossroads . 25 March 2015 . Playback . Brunico Communications . 1 January 1996.
  5. LeBlanc . Larry . Toronto FM-license Decision Raises Ire . Billboard. 9 August 1997 . 6 . 25 March 2015 . Google Books.
  6. Chadha . Ena . Sins of Omission . 25 March 2015 . Ryerson Review of Journalism . 1 April 1989.
  7. Web site: Board of Directors, Michener Awards Foundation . The Michener Awards Foundation . 25 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140720043517/http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/board.htm . 20 July 2014 .
    - Web site: History of the Michener Awards Foundation . The Michener Awards Foundation . 25 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131128101346/http://www.michenerawards.ca/english/history.htm . 28 November 2013 .

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