From http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/Admin/pdf/weekly/BD%20March%2010.pdf :

"Bill Marshall, a 42-year stalwart at Broadcast News/The Canadian Press, has decided upon retirement effective April 3. For the last 37 years, Marshall has been one of the company’s newscasters. He was an original when the hourly BN Report launched in 1979. Before that, he was BN’s Queen’s Park reporter... "

I worked a brief time at BN in the mid-80s, and well remember Mr. Marshall and his "excuse me, are you reading that?" about the newspaper, something he'd say at the exact same time every single night. He was a man of ingrained habits and a nice guy. He was pretty well liked there, if only because he was one of the few who not only worked the overnight shift but wanted to do it - meaning it was unusual anyone else had to staff the graveyard gig. That's rare and I'm sure those toiling there after midnight now miss that.  

Last edited by RadioActive (August 4, 2016 9:41 pm)

Yes, that's what was reported in Broadcast Dialogue. 

The link I posted re Corinne showed her as having left Rogers in May 2016 ... and before that, the link I posted re Bill had showed him as having retired in April 2016 ... Google Fu seems to be having trouble throwing strikes here. 

grilled.cheese wrote:

old guys probably haven't heard of the internet

Thx to Lorne's research skills, we now know that the mystery surrounding Corrine whats-her-name and Bill Somebody has been solved.    Uncle Fester can sleep comfortably.    

A happy ending
 

Lorne wrote:

From http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/Admin/pdf/weekly/BD%20March%2010.pdf :

"Bill Marshall, a 42-year stalwart at Broadcast News/The Canadian Press, has decided upon retirement effective April 3. For the last 37 years, Marshall has been one of the company’s newscasters. He was an original when the hourly BN Report launched in 1979. Before that, he was BN’s Queen’s Park reporter... "

Bill was the last of the original BNR (Broadcast News Report) announcers. The service started in January 1979.

unclefester wrote:

Well I will say that I am overwhelmed by the response to this thread folks . . . Thanks

Keeping an ear out for Mr. Marshall, and am sure I also speak for others including Lorne and grilled.cheese who never disappoint in such matters


K.
 

Dale Patterson wrote:

Lorne wrote:

From http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/Admin/pdf/weekly/BD%20March%2010.pdf :

"Bill Marshall, a 42-year stalwart at Broadcast News/The Canadian Press, has decided upon retirement effective April 3. For the last 37 years, Marshall has been one of the company’s newscasters. He was an original when the hourly BN Report launched in 1979. Before that, he was BN’s Queen’s Park reporter... "

Bill was the last of the original BNR (Broadcast News Report) announcers. The service started in January 1979.

Who were the originals?  When I worked at stations using BN, we had:
Bill Marshall, Roger Ward, Denine Grant (sp?), Bill Draper and Gerrie Smith (sp?).
 

Jody Thornton wrote:

Dale Patterson wrote:

Lorne wrote:

From http://www.broadcastdialogue.com/Admin/pdf/weekly/BD%20March%2010.pdf :

"Bill Marshall, a 42-year stalwart at Broadcast News/The Canadian Press, has decided upon retirement effective April 3. For the last 37 years, Marshall has been one of the company’s newscasters. He was an original when the hourly BN Report launched in 1979. Before that, he was BN’s Queen’s Park reporter... "

Bill was the last of the original BNR (Broadcast News Report) announcers. The service started in January 1979.

Who were the originals?  When I worked at stations using BN, we had:
Bill Marshall, Roger Ward, Denine Grant (sp?), Bill Draper and Gerrie Smith (sp?).
 

Aside from Bill Marshall, at the beginning there was David Lang, Bill Sipple and others that I can't remember. Ward, Grant, Draper and Smith came later.
 

Fab...

Here's hoping Bill will see fit to grace us with his presence...

Love to hear some of his stories now that he is unencumbered by a job...

Of course he'd have to change some names to protect the guilty...lol...















 

Last edited by unclefester (August 6, 2016 8:36 am)

Bill Marshall always sounded like the happiest guy ever to be at BN at 4 in the morning .    In the late 80's when I was doing overnights in Vancouver we'd pick up the reports and his time checks leading up to the top of the hour were always uplifting..  'it's yer broadcast news report for..'  

Is there a particular reason that Bill Marshall preferred overnights?  I admit I have some good overnight radio memories, but many never sought out that shift.