Dale R. Patterson lives and loves the media, be it print, broadcast or on-line.

A graduate of Ryerson University's journalism program, Patterson started his journalism career in 1975 as an editor at Broadcast News in Toronto. In 1988, after 12-and-a-half years as a sports editor and reporter at BN, the Toronto native moved to the print side of the service at The Canadian Press as an editor on the Business Information Wire (also known as The Canadian Press Information Network). In 1998, Patterson transferred to CP's Editorial Services Desk, where he writes and edits for Broadcast News, cable television and CP Online, the Internet service of The Canadian Press. To that, he added duties on the World Desk on March, 2008.

Patterson first worked in broadcasting as an operator at CKFH Toronto in 1974-75, staying just long enough to witness the switchover from oldies to country. From 1985 to 1990, he hosted a weekend oldies show called "The Gold Mine" at CING-FM (FM 108) in Burlington, Ont. He continued this weekly show at CFMU-FM in Hamilton, Ont. from 1992 to 1994.

Since 1996, Patterson has also published an extensive web site which focuses on the history of Canadian and U.S. rock radio in the '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s. It's Rock Radio Scrapbook, Canada's Aircheck Archive.

Patterson's first book, "What Time of Day Was That?", was published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside in February 2001 and is the culmination of an 11-year project. The book focuses on the time of day events took place in world history, what Patterson calls "the third dimension of history."