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STAR STRUCK AT HAL-FM BY DR. JOHNNY FEVER CHRIS LAWRENCE, THE ANCHOR OF THE NEW HAL-FM MORNING TEAM, SAYS ON HIS RESUME THAT HE IS LOOKING TO “ALIGN WITH A FORWARD-THINKING TEAM CENTRIC BROAD- CAST COMPANY.” Boy, has he come to the right place. I don’t know about the team centric part, but I do know that Maritime Broadcasting System boss Robert Pace always looks forward to making his next million. A Halifax native, MBS promotions manager Diana MacDonald tells me that Chris is an actor, along with being a television and radio host. Diana says he comes to us from Ottawa, where he hosted a “five-market morning show” on a station called MyFM. Unfortunately, Chris himself was unavailable to speak to me before my deadline, as he is currently “swamped” with interviews. I can only imagine the demands placed upon the new morning man at the lowest-rated private radio station in the city. Making him sound a bit Hollywood, Diana advised that Chris wanted to get together for a “face-to-face” at some point (Perhaps over a watercress salad and mineral water at Spago? — ed.). It turns out that while Chris did indeed host a five-market morning show, none of those markets was Ottawa. The My Broadcasting Corporation operates a series of radio stations in towns along the 401, and starting in 2008 listeners in Renfrew (pop. 7,846), Pembrooke (pop. 13,930), Exeter (pop. 4500), Arnprior (7,158) and Brighton (pop. 10,253), woke up to Chris. According to a former colleague, Chris left the company’s employ earlier this year after a stint of leave, which employees understood to be for some sort of medical or stress issue. Chris’s exworkmate describes him as a “prep genius,” meaning he did plenty of preshow research and preparation, and never opened up the mic without having something intelligent to say. Might be a breath of fresh air for around here, no? His resume also says he spent some time doing television reports for the A Channel out of Ottawa, but my chatty new friend didn’t know anything about that. He also apparently spent two years, between 2006 and 2008, holding down the evening slot at BOB-FM in Ottawa. Although promotions gal Diana says Chris refuses to give out his age, his online resume says he graduated high school in Ottawa in 1989. As far as his acting career, his resume lists a number of credits, including the 2004 Vin Diesel disaster Chronicles of Riddick. His Internet Movie Database profile is less detailed, giving him credit for a small role in a U.S. network TV movie, an episode of The Dead Zone in 2003, and some video game voiceover work. He spent a year studying acting at Vancou- OUT WITH THE OLD, AND IN WITH THE NEW DOZENS OF HAL-FM’S FAITHFUL LISTENERS WILL AL- READY KNOW THAT BROCK MCNAMARA, WHO FOR 18 MONTHS SERVED AS THE CLASSIC ROCK STATION’S MORNING SHOW HOST, HAS BEEN PUSHED ASIDE TO MAKE WAY FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED CHRIS AND ELLA T. “They wanted a change and I didn’t fit into their plan,” explains Brock in a brief email, who admirably manages to shoehorn a dig about his former employer while answering a query about his replacement. 12 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 Brock McNamara “I have no idea who Chris Lawrence is, but he’ll realize his mistake as quickly as everyone else does,” he says (boo-ya! — ed.). Big Brock, who arrived at HAL in February of 2009 after a stint in the traffic department over at Z-103, says he’s biding his time before deciding on his next career move. RADIO DAZE Chris Lawrence & Ella Traversy ver Film School in 1994. His new show is being billed as The Morning Jam with Chris Lawrence and Ella T. His sidekick is the sublimely beautiful, almost Pocahontas-esque Ella Traversy, an alumnus of the NSCC Waterfront Campus broadcasting program and former HAL weekend host. It’s been said the relative newbie, 21ish, has a bright future in radio. Whether or not she, or Chris, has a bright future at HAL-FM remains to be seen. Stay tuned. Does Frank Know? atlanticfrank@eastlink.ca PACE’S 2IC DEPARTS THERE’S EVEN MORE UPHEAVAL TO REPORT FROM IN- SIDE ROBERT PACE’S SACKVILLE STREET INNER SANC- TUM. Todd Coombs, who for some three years served as the Maritime Broadcasting System mogul’s right-hand man, has left the building. My sources agree that his departure was voluntary, and the Kidston Estates resident simply left in favour of a higher-paying, lower-stress position with the Worker’s Compensation Board. Although I was able to confirm that the Toddster has indeed ensconced himself at the WCB’s South Street headquarters, a message I left for him was unreturned before I went to press. Todd’s official title with MBS was “special projects manager”; at least one of his special projects included canning the talented and fragrant Katey Day (Frank 590, 591).
THE DUDESTER IS A DADSTER I’M OVERJOYED TO ANNOUNCE THAT RUTHANN RICHARDSON, THE 30-YEAR-OLD GALPAL OF UBERCOOL RADIO HIPSTER RON YOUNG, GAVE BIRTH TO PEYTON RAYNE YOUNG, A SEVEN POUND, ONE OUNCE BABY GIRL AT 9:13 P.M. ON SEPTEMBER 4, THE DAY HURRICANE EARL GAVE N.S. POWER ANOTHER EXCUSE TO LEAVE THOUSANDS OF NOVA SCOTIANS IN THE DARK FOR DAYS ON END. Ruthann, who is on maternity leave from her gig as an account executive for a non-profit in Toronto, anounced the birth on her “Becoming a Mom” blog (groan — ed.) the following day. Ron’s girlfriend of about 16 months, Ruthann moved to Halifax to be with her surfer-dude guy in July, days after he scored a gig as the afternoon drive guy on 89.9 HAL FM, the lowest-rated private radio station in the city. If you recall, Maritime Broadcasting System hired 40ish Ronnie, who also does voiceover work for Sirius Satellite Radio, seconds after “laying off” talented and fragrant midday host Katey Day on July 7 (Frank 590, 591). Meantime, Katey is back on her feet again, as THE NEWLY MINTED CHRIS LAWRENCE AND ELLA T. SHOW ON HAL-FM COULD JUST AS EASILY HAVE BEEN THE BOBBY MAC AND ELLA T. SHOW, HAD NEWCAP NOT COME ACROSS WITH MORE MONEY FOR THE Q104 MIC JOCKEY, SAYS A SOURCE. I’m advised that Maritime Broadcasting System made some serious overtures toward Bobby earlier this summer, which he in turn leveraged into a pay raise, bringing the 44-yearold dullard’s gross annual salary up to nearly $80,000. I hereby christen Bobby Mac the luckiest man if she was ever really off them in the first place. One month after the “lay off,” Rogers hired the Saint John native to host afternoon drive BIG BUCKS FOR BOBBY MAC? in the world. Q104 program director J.C. Douglas will neither confirm or deny the rumour. “This market is full of rumours about talent these days,” says J.C., obviously in a bit of a cryptic mood. “You never know which ones are true.” The Q104 morning show third banana’s current gig involves providing a laugh track for whichever B.J. happens to be sitting next to him in the morning — B.J. Wilson is sitting in for B.J. Burke while he battles non-Hodgkins lymphoma — and dumbing down the public airwaves in general. Frank News Tips Hotline Ruthann, Ron, and Peyton, and a nurse. 1-888-335-5505 www.atlanticfrank.ca Who’s that dude? on Lite Rock 92.9. Katey’s girlfriend, singer Theresa Malenfant, informed the world of the development via Facebook last month. Is this man worth $80,000? SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK 13
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