Rock Radio Scrapbook

AIRCHECK OF THE WEEK
For week of September 13, 2015
Edition #851

Talent: BRUCE MARSHALL
Station: CJJD Hamilton
Date: 1981
Time: 4:33

It took Bruce Marshall just seven years to reach the pinnacle of Canadian Top 40 radio.

Marshall got started in radio in 1977 at CJWA Wawa, Ont., soon moved to CKDK Woodstock, Ont., and by 1979 was jocking in his first major market at CJCH Halifax. After about six months in Halifax, he moved to CJJD Hamilton (now CHAM). CHUM was paying attention, as Marshall was hired in 1984 as a jock at the legendary Top 40 station. He moved across the hall to CHUM-FM in 1984 where he stayed for the next 19 years. From there Marshall went to a part-time gig at CJEZ (EZ Rock) until the Toronto station became boom 97.3, Toronto's Greatest Hits in 2009.

In addition to his 30-plus years as a broadcaster, Marshall has also been a voice performer, including serving as the image voice of TSN, and a professor in the media school of Humber College. He also worked for 18 years as a firefighter and taught in the fire service program at Seneca College and in the basic training recruit school at the Ontario Fire College. Marshall's long resume of voicing radio and TV commercials includes Tim Horton's, VW, Hyundai, the Ontario Lottery Corp., the Western Lottery Corp., Mazda, Symantec and Hotels.ca. He also consults on media issues and has developed several radio advertising campaigns through his company MarshallCom Group Inc.

Enjoy Bruce Marshall on CJJD here.

(The Charlie Ritenburg Collection)

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