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Peter Dickens RIP
From Dave Agar's twitter Sunday afternoon, 
[color=inherit]Dave Agar[/color][/url] [url=]@dave1agar For any longtime radio listeners I have been told by a reliable source who spoke to the family that noted Toronto news anchor and colleague Peter Dickens has passed away at age 93. 1958-1972 at 1050 CHUM. 1977-1994 at CFRB 1010. #radio
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That's a shame. He was a great newsman and he served for a very long time on the Toronto airwaves. The great ones can never be replaced.
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Peter's passing really got to me. I last saw and spoke with Peter at Dick Smyth's memorial service a few months ago. He was my favourite CHUM newsman when I was a teenager listening to the station and when I got to work there in 1965.
This is too sad. Here's one of Peter's CHUM announcements when a Toronto pedestrian was killed. These promos were known as "The Black Flag Is Flying".
You can hear it here.
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I am so very sad hearing this news tonight. I had the pleasure of working with Peter at CHUM & CFRB. I was blessed twice. He was an amazing talent and such a sweet man.
R.I.P. Peter
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Wasn't he also at CFGM, between CHUM and CFRB?
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Dale Patterson wrote:
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Peter Dickens always treated me with respect when our shifts met early mornings on CFRB. I appreciated that a lot.
I have been out of the loop in recent years with a lot of radio colleagues, and only just now have heard of Peter's passing. It seems we just missed each other at CFGM as he left in mid-1977 for CFRB and I came to CFGM at the beginning of August that year.
I must also say the same for another veteran newscaster at the time, Torben Wittrup. I really enjoyed his company when our shifts met in the evenings.
Taylor Parnaby's passing was also something I didn't hear about for quite some time. I was always treated well by him. The last time I spoke to him was by telephone to thank him for giving me the opportunity to work with what I considered the best radio news team in Toronto.