Dini Petty

Dini Petty
Born	15 January 1945
Occupation	Author, tv & radio host
Genres	Children's Literature

Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England) is a Canadian television and radio host. At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter. She clocked five thousand hours as pilot-in-command of a Hughes 300.

Later, at Citytv Toronto, she worked as a writer, reporter and co-anchor, with Gord Martineau, of evening newscast CityPulse at 6. There she hosted an afternoon program, Sweet City Woman. Petty also anchored CITY-TV's short-lived 5:30 p.m. news & current affairs program CityWide from May 1987 until 1989 when she left for CFTO-TV.

In 1980, a documentary camera followed her pregnancy and the birth of her son Nicholas.

On Citytv's daily talk show CityLine, Petty established herself as one of Canada's foremost television talk show hosts. She left her news anchor position to concentrate on CityLine.

In 1989, Petty moved to CFTO and the Baton Broadcasting System. Her hour-long general interest talk show, The Dini Petty Show, aired until 1996.

In the 2000s, Petty hosted Weekends with Dini Petty, a syndicated weekly radio program focused on health and wellness for baby boomers. Sheila Copps succeeded her as host of Weekends.

Petty wrote a children's book, The Queen, the Bear, and the Bumblebee.

In August and September 2010, Petty will be returning to guest host several episodes of Cityline while current host, Tracy Moore, is on maternity leave.

External links

• Dini Petty at the Internet Movie Database