Brad Giffen
Brad Giffen | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | news anchor, radio personality, disc jockey, VJ, television reporter, television producer |
| Years active | 1980s – present |
| Children | 2 |
Brad Giffen is a retired Canadian news anchor who has worked on television in both Canada and the United States.
Over his broadcasting career he has also worked as a radio personality, disc jockey, VJ, television reporter, television producer and voice-over artist.
Broadcasting career
[edit]Giffen studied at the Poynter Institute for Advanced Journalism Study.[1] In the late 1980s he was a broadcaster on CHUM-FM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He previously was John Majhor's successor veejay on CITY-TV's music video program Toronto Rocks.[2][3] and he hosted the CBC Television battle of the bands competition Rock Wars.[4]
In 1990, Giffen pivoted to news journalism and became a reporter for CFTO's nightly news program World Beat News (later rebranded as CFTO News in early 1998, and CTV News in 2005).[2]
In 1993, Giffen moved to the United States and became co-anchor of the nightly news on the Fox affiliate KSTU, in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1][5][6] Giffen left that post in 1995 to accept a tv news anchor-reporter position in New Orleans.[7]
Giffen anchored ABC affiliate WGNO in New Orleans, Louisiana until 2002. While in New Orleans he also hosted and produced the program ABC26 News This Week.[1]
From 2003 to 2008 he anchored the 5:30PM newscast at ABC affiliate WWSB in Sarasota, Florida.[1]
Giffen returned to Canada in 2008 to work as a news presenter for CTV News Channel.[1] He retired from news broadcasting in 2018 to become a full-time voice-over artist working under the professional name Brad Avenyou.
Personal life
[edit]Giffen has two children Ajala and Jordan.
Awards
[edit]Giffen was awarded "Best In-Depth News Reporting" by the Utah Broadcaster's Association and "Best Newscast with Special Distinction" by the Louisiana Broadcaster's Association.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Brad Giffen's bio on CTV News Channel's website Archived August 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Last retrieved Aug 4, 2010
- ^ a b "Viewers invited to box with Battered Brian", Toronto Star, Nov 2, 1990, pg D16
- ^ Hume, Christopher. "Farm crisis probed on special", "Toronto Star", Aug 24, 1987, pg B3
- ^ "CITY-TV rocks host revamps pop video show". Toronto Star, February 18, 1988.
- ^ Rolly, Paul. "ROLLY & WELLS ...", Salt Lake Tribune, Sep 22, 1993, pg D1
- ^ Peterson, Randy. "STOP THE INSANITY, CBS!", Salt Lake Tribune, Oct 20, 1993, pg C7
- ^ Pierce, Scott D. "FOX 13 HIRES BOB EVANS AS ITS NEW CO-ANCHORMAN", Deseret News, Aug 30, 1995 Last retrieved Aug 4, 2010