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Ross Porter is a Canadian broadcast executive and music writer.[1] Formerly a producer and host for CBC Radio 2, where he was associated with programs including Night Lines, Latenight and After Hours,[2] since 2004 he has been president and CEO of the Toronto non-profit jazz radio station CJRT-FM (JAZZ.FM91).[3]

During his time with the CBC, he was also a pop culture reporter for CBC Television's The National and CBC Newsworld's On the Arts.[4] He was named vice-president of the jazz television channel CoolTV in 2003.[4]

Porter also published a consumer guide to jazz recordings, The Essential Jazz Recordings: 101 CDs, in 2006.[5]

He is a two-time winner for Broadcaster of the Year at Canada's National Jazz Awards, in 2002[6] and 2004.[7] In the spring of 2009, the Jazz Journalists Association nominated Porter for the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting.

Porter was named to the Order of Canada in June of 2013 in recognition of his contribution to Canadian culture. Under his leadership the station has received numerous awards including in June of 2016 JAZZ.FM91 was the recipient of best jazz format and the New York Festivals World's Best Radio Program. In the fall of 2016 JAZZ.FM91 was voted best Torontol radio station in Now Magazine's readers poll.

Porter lives on a farm outside of Toronto with his wife Denise, the former publicicist at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and their three dogs. During the summer of 2015, he studied at the Harvard School of Business.

References

  1. ^ "Variety key to new show covering all forms of popular music". Ottawa Citizen, March 29, 1992.
  2. ^ "CBC radio must renew itself or stagnate, top official says". Montreal Gazette, June 17, 1993.
  3. ^ "Porter to head CJRT-FM". National Post, June 8, 2004.
  4. ^ a b "Ross Porter joins CanWest: CBC jazz expert". National Post, May 27, 2003.
  5. ^ "The essential 101 for jazz lovers; A starting point for collections". Toronto Star, November 2, 2006.
  6. ^ "Hogtown grabs the spotlight". The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2002.
  7. ^ "Porter picked for jazz award". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, February 26, 2004.
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