Ted Daigle
Biography
Born in Jacquet River, NB, in 1937, Ted Daigle has enjoyed successful careers on the Canadian music scene as a recording artist/performer, Radio Personality, Music Director and Program Director.
Teds radio career began at CKBC in Bathurst in 1956, and it was here, in the stations studios that his very first recording session took place. After stints at CJLX in Thunder Bay and CFGM in Toronto, Ted settled in at CKOY and CKBY in Ottawa, where, in 1972, he founded the first full-time country radio station in the Nations Capital. CKBY-FM would go on to become the most listened to country music station in Canada. His 25-year tenure at CKBY included the introduction of many special projects benefiting Canadian country music artists and the music industry, as well as the community at large, and he is recognized for his outstanding leadership in the visioning, creation, production and execution of the award-winning Christmas In The Valley radio series and album releases.
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Teds relentless efforts to promote country music in Canada have made him one of the Nations most honored broadcasters, with Program Director of the Year, Music Director of the Year, Deejay of the Year and Radio Station of the Year awards from the Canadian Country Music Association, as well as induction into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also a member of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Half Century Club.
In his dual role as both performer (numerous albums, charted singles) and radio personality, Ted has interviewed and shared the stage with most of country musics legendary artists, many of whom credit him for their own early career radio success. Ted currently programs Country Classics for CBCs continuous music network, now heard in over six million homes across Canada Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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