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January 16, 2022 5:34 pm  #1


Peter Dickens RIP

From Dave Agar's twitter Sunday afternoon,      [color=inherit]Dave Agar[/color][/url] [url=https://twitter.com/dave1agar]@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
 

Last edited by Centerline (January 16, 2022 5:39 pm)

 

January 16, 2022 5:49 pm  #2


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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. 

 

January 16, 2022 6:15 pm  #3


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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. 

Last edited by Doug Thompson (January 16, 2022 8:08 pm)

 

January 17, 2022 12:09 am  #4


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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

 

January 19, 2022 5:14 pm  #5


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RIP Peter.  One of the great radio voices!

 

January 20, 2022 12:12 am  #6


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Wasn't he also at CFGM, between CHUM and CFRB?


"Life without echo is really no life at all." - Dan Ingram
 

January 22, 2022 5:15 pm  #7


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"Life without echo is really no life at all." - Dan Ingram
 

January 22, 2022 8:19 pm  #8


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Last edited by Dale Patterson (January 22, 2022 8:20 pm)


"Life without echo is really no life at all." - Dan Ingram