Laurie Brown (broadcaster)
| Laurie Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 October 1957 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Known for | The NewMusic |
Laurie Brown (born 7 October 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian television journalist. She grew up in Scarborough, Ontario and graduated from David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute. Her parents were originally from Nova Scotia, and when Brown was in her late teens, they and her sister Susan moved back to that province. Brown remained in Toronto, and eventually embarked on a career in television and radio broadcasting.
Brown currently lives in Toronto with her husband and their two teen-aged children. She has a second home in Nova Scotia.[1]
Broadcasting
She was a host on the Citytv program The NewMusic from 1985 to 1990. She interviewed numerous musicians for this show, including jazz performer Miles Davis in 1988.[2] As well, Brown worked as a VJ on the Much Music channel. She also hosted Pepsi Power Hour for the music station.
In 1984 Brown had a cameo in the Corey Hart's video for Sunglasses at Night.
After leaving Much Music, Brown was a reporter for the CBC Television news show The Journal, and then host of On the Arts for CBC Newsworld. She was also one of the Canadian hosts of 2000 Today, an ambitious international New Year's Eve broadcast.
Brown has also hosted Toronto Biographies for Rogers Television [3] and Front Row Fridays for Treasure HD.[4]
Since March 2007, Brown has hosted The Signal on CBC Radio 2. Originally she hosted the show from Monday to Friday, after budget cuts forced changes at CBC, Brown took over the weekend editions of the show as well. After the debut of The Strombo Show on Sunday evenings, The Signal now airs 6 times a week, Monday to Saturday at 10 PM until 12 midnight (ON EST), with Brown continuing to be the sole host of the show. She also introduces each show's featured weekly host, a different classical artist who chooses favorites for This Is My Music Saturday mornings on CBC Radio 2 10 AM EST.
Writing
Brown has published one book, Success Without College: Days and Nights in Rock & Roll TV, and is currently working on a novel.
Bibliography
- Brown, Laurie, Success Without College: Days and Nights in Rock & Roll TV ISBN 0-14-016536-3 (1994, Penguin)[5]
- Brown, Laurie (6 January 1995). "Taking the mass out of mass medium". The Globe and Mail. pp. A19.
References
- ↑ The Toronto Star: It's back to the basics for Laurie Brown(Google Cache)
- ↑ Haslett Cuff, John (16 July 1988). "Out of Time missed the deadline on creativity (multi-topic article)". The Globe and Mail. pp. C4.
- ↑ Rogers Television: Toronto Biographies
- ↑ Treasure HD: Front Row Fridays
- ↑ Renzetti, Elizabeth (21 May 1994). "Engaging TV writer channel-hops in print". The Globe and Mail. pp. C18.
External links
- Laurie Brown at the Internet Movie Database
- CBC Radio 2: The Signal
- National Arts Centre: Paul Gross and Laurie Brown - A speakers series worth celebrating! The NAC English Theatre Celebrity Speakers Series gets underway