Yikes - 80. I'm old enough to remember her having TV cameras follow her pregnancy...

From what I have seen of that channel, I would bet she is paying for the airtime. 

A little strip runs in rotation
advertising what channel they can be found on with your cable company (ie Rogers 107)
at this link:  https://www.thenewsforum.ca/

 

I have tuned into News Forum a few times quite randomly. Not too bad but it is one of those channels that you can’t rewind if you missed something, which I tend to do! Having worked with Dini years ago, I might tune in to check out her show.

Everyone remembers Dini Petty and the pink helicopter. I wonder how many recall her successor - Dianne Pepper?

Wow. I would have thought if she wanted to be a clown, she would have gone into politics!

Dini Petty in 1969.



 

The Toronto Star profiles her on the eve of her media return. I was a bit surprised that, while the article lists many of her on-air accomplishments, it never refers to her years on air as a co-anchor of CityPulse on City TV. 

It does talk about her infamous time doing traffic from the pink CKEY helicopter, a job that could have cost her everything.  

"She’s had several close calls with death, including the time a male helicopter mechanic refused to listen when her engine kept missing. (After the third time it almost crashed, an investigation revealed the engine was dissolving, and the mechanic apologized.) Then there was the time a handsome stranger pulled a fake gun on her at the CNE right before a broadcast. She calls that one her “certain death” experience."

Dini Petty on her TV comeback at 80: ‘The cheese is still firmly on the cracker’

Dini was also a guest on Friday's "The Morning Show" on Global. Here's the segment.



 

AspectRatio wrote:

Dini was also a guest on Friday's "The Morning Show" on Global. Here's the segment.



 

 
Thanks for sharing AspectRatio. I was fairly impressed with Dini, she is still sharp and has a sense of humour, good on her!