I only met her once - she half yelled at me for accidentally misspelling her last name on air. (I put two n's in Denis.) And she was right - I should have known. I was usually a lot more careful than that. Anyway, I wish Ms. "One N'" luck in her remaining endeavours, although I doubt she'll need it. She's been doing just fine on her own for several decades. 

Here's her announcement:

MJ Vancouver wrote:

unclefester wrote:

Marilyn Denis has announced she'll be ending her 13 year run as host of her morning show on CTV.

In her announcement the 64 year old said she'll continue her morning show cohosting duties on CHUM FM & that she would also continue with her podcasts.

The end of an era at CTV.

 

She hosted CityLine for a heck of a long time before that - I believe from 1989 to 2008, only leaving because of Citytv being sold to Rogers and her remaining as a CTV employee.

Her move to CTV was probably just as well give the apparent belief at City and Rogers that women should "age out" of broadcasting in their 40s. Bell is much more enlightened, allowung women to continue on the air into their 60s, provided they dye their hair.

Wonder how long she plans to stay on CHUM's morning show.  She did make a point of saying it was her decision on leaving TV.  I think it would have been a bit of a grind getting up early to do radio mornings and then go down the hall with the often live morning TV show.  Her TV show looked like there was a fair bit of effort to it.  

Never hear how her and Jamar are doing in the ratings.  Last that I heard a few years ago sounded like they were doing very well.  Anyone with any info on how Pooja and Gurdeep are doing so far on CHFI?
I would think there would be some morning audience back and forth between CHUM and CHFI.  

AspectRatio wrote:

paterson1 wrote:

I think it would have been a bit of a grind getting up early to do radio mornings and then go down the hall with the often live morning TV show.

That sparks a memory that I once read: Her multi-job commute, of course, was more complicated when Denis was doing CHUM mornings at Yonge & St. Clair (1331 Yonge St.) and had to head down to 299 Queen Street West where "Cityline" was taped, when she hosted that program. Apparently a car and driver would be waiting at 9:00 am once the radio shift finished that would usher her down in time for the 10:00 am taping (or live). Not the worst commute in good weather or light traffic (15-25 minutes) but apparently during winter conditions and traffic snarls (construction, etc.) there were times when she barely made it. I guess compared to that, she'll take down the hall!

If I’m not mistaken CityLine was done live for most of its history prior to CTV/Bell Media taking over. It was, after all, a live call-in show when Dini Petty hosted, and I know it was still live after Marilyn took over (my mom was on the show once as a phone guest - they used to take show topic suggestions from viewers and she had suggested a show that they ended up doing, such was the interactive nature of Citytv in those days).

The intro I have on tape from the episode my mom was on included Marilyn driving to work at CHUM, and then rushing to get to 299 Queen West, arriving just in time for the show to start. All set to Elton John’s I’m Still Standing, of course.

Last edited by MJ Vancouver (April 15, 2023 8:44 pm)

"audience games" ?!? shades of Let's Make A Deal

the whole production sounds good in print, it could turn out to be terrific... dinna you know there's also a beloved, recently "retired" female Toronto morning show host who'd be an exceptional fit for a show like this.

RadioAaron wrote:

She's trading her MG for a white...Chrysler...LeBraron

Why are you making me think of the theme from Chuck?  

(AKA Cake's Short Skirt/Long Jacket)

Last edited by ckg927 (June 8, 2023 6:49 pm)

Thanks for the update. My info was that he'd turn up for her final goodbye, but if he'd been there on Wednesday, there wasn't much point in a repeat performance. I did watch the segment online and boy was that ever a short appearance! I was hoping they'd chat about their past in radio together but it wasn't to be. In case you missed it, you can see it here, around the 42-minute mark. 

However, her final show on Friday did have one surprise guest, as the story below reveals. 

'A privilege': Marilyn Denis says farewell to Canadians with the end of 'The Marilyn Denis Show'

 

She has been complimentary of the crew over the years lets them to their thing at tapings.  If the control room wants an intro redone she just does what they ask, like a pro.