EPISODE · Jan 30, 2025 · 52 MIN
Valerie Pringle, Broadcaster
from Toronto Legends · host Andrew Applebaum
Broadcaster Valerie Pringle talks about getting her start at radio station CFRB while still a Ryerson student, her mentor Andy Barrie creating a microphone device called the ‘Shrill Filter,’ her move to CBC television [Midday], sharing a dressing room with Barbara Frum, her move to CTV [Canada AM and W5], why she considers being called ‘perky’ a pejorative, how receiving the Order of Canada makes two recipients in the SAME household, working with Kevin Newman/Lloyd Robertson/Peter Mansbridge/ Ralph Benmergui/Bill Cameron/Keith Morrison/Rod Black/Dan Matheson, taking the good interviews [Robin Williams/Oscar Peterson/Oprah Winfrey/Dalai Lama] with the bad interviews [Joan Collins/Morley Safer/Helen Hunt], and why covering the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer Norway was the greatest experience of her career! Please enjoy Valerie on her 30 minute interview show CANADA FILES...full details are at https://canadafiles.ca/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Broadcaster Valerie Pringle talks about getting her start at radio station CFRB while still a Ryerson student, her mentor Andy Barrie creating a microphone device called the ‘Shrill Filter,’ her move to CBC television [Midday], sharing a dressing room with Barbara Frum, her move to CTV [Canada AM and W5], why she considers being called ‘perky’ a pejorative, how receiving the Order of Canada makes two recipients in the SAME household, working with Kevin Newman/Lloyd Robertson/Peter Mansbridge/ Ralph Benmergui/Bill Cameron/Keith Morrison/Rod Black/Dan Matheson, taking the good interviews [Robin Williams/Oscar Peterson/Oprah Winfrey/Dalai Lama] with the bad interviews [Joan Collins/Morley Safer/Helen Hunt], and why covering the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer Norway was the greatest experience of her career! Please enjoy Valerie on her 30 minute interview show CANADA FILES...full details are at https://canadafiles.ca/ TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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