The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / 80-Yr.-Old Dini Petty Returning To TV With New Talk Show

**Posted by RadioActive** June 12, 2025 8:40 pm

It will be on The News Forum, a cable channel available on most of the big carriers.

Canadian Talk Show Host Dini Petty Returning To TV Aged 80 With ‘Trailblazing Talks’

**Posted by Saul** June 12, 2025 9:18 pm

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

**Posted by Muffaraw Joe** June 12, 2025 9:29 pm

Or when se did traffic reports from a helicopter, Saul

**Posted by cash** June 12, 2025 10:15 pm

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

**Posted by Saul** June 12, 2025 10:16 pm

Muffaraw Joe wrote:
Or when se did traffic reports from a helicopter, Saul

That I only very vaguely recall now that you mention it. I guess with age comes selective memory

**Posted by Radiowiz** June 13, 2025 12:43 am

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/

**Posted by Aytononline** June 13, 2025 10:37 am

I checked out the website, it looks like it has a few shows I might check out, but nothing stands out for me. Its nice that there is a platform for programs like this.

**Posted by Shorty Wave** Yesterday 5:53 am

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.

**Posted by newsguy1** Yesterday 9:06 pm

Wonder if she can still fly a helicopter.
Remember when she did traffic for CITY and Moses insisted she be dubbed the "Traffic Bunny."
Back when a woman who could fly a helicopter was still considered a trivial sex object.

**Posted by RadioActive** Yesterday 9:24 pm

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