Jennifer Valentyne
Jennifer Valentyne | |
|---|---|
 Valentyne at Breakfast Television Viewer Appreciation Day 2008 | |
| Born | May 31, 1967 |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Spouse | Greg Valentyne |
| Website | www.jennifervalentyne.com |
Jennifer Elizabeth Valentyne (née Peck, born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian television personality. Her longest running role was on Breakfast Television in Toronto, where she hosted the "Live Eye" and was the stand in co-host. As of fall 2016, she is the host of The Bachelor & Bachelorette Canada After Show on W Network and a co-host on Derringer in the Morning on Q107 in Toronto.
Education and career
Valentyne graduated from David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute[1] and earned a Radio and Television Broadcasting Diploma from Toronto's Centennial College. She began work at City Toronto in 1987, as an intern and then a graphics operator with MuchMusic. In the early 1990s she appeared occasionally as "The Prize Queen" on Speakers Corner and hosted 30-second spots called "MuchHappenings". In 1992 she became a regular as the "Singing Weathergirl" on Breakfast Television, where she worked doing "Live Eye" segments and as a fill-in co-host until her position was eliminated in April 2016.[2][3]
She is a former Toronto Argonauts cheerleader and has posed as the Toronto Sun's Sunshine Girl. She is also a singer-songwriter. She sings jazz standards and originals; she sings on BT Holiday Favourites, a CD released by City Toronto in 2007.[4]
In fall 2016 she became the host of The Bachelor & Bachelorette Canada After Show on W Network,[5][6] and since February 2017 she has also been a co-host on Derringer in the Morning on Q107.[7]
Personal life
She is married to Greg Valentyne, a freelance producer/camera operator and founder of Heroes Beer. They have two children, Jackson and Georgia Valentyne.[8]
References
- ^ "Profile Updates: Grads in the Broadcast Media", Thomson Tradewinds Spring 2012, David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute, p. 3 (pdf), retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ^ Jenny Yuen, "Breakfast Television splits with Jennifer Valentyne", Toronto Sun, April 3, 2016.
- ^ Greg David, "Jennifer Valentyne exits Breakfast Television Toronto", TV, eh?, April 1, 2016.
- ^ BT Holiday Favourites, OCLC WorldCat, retrieved July 30, 2017.
- ^ "The Bachelorette Canada After Show", W Network.
- ^ John Doyle, "How low will The Bachelorette Canada go?", The Globe and Mail, September 12, 2016, updated September 18, 2016.
- ^ Andrej Ivanov, "Jennifer Valentyne joins Q107's 'Derringer in the Morning' show", Toronto Star, February 14, 2017.
- ^ Jillian Cecchini, "Lights, camera, action! — true love blossoms on set", Post City Toronto, August 29, 2012.
External links
- Jennifer Valentyne at Breakfast Television, archived May 7, 2013.
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