Laurie Brown (broadcaster)

Laurie Brown (broadcaster)

Laurie Brown (born 7 October 1957 in Toronto) is a Canadian television journalist.

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. [cite news | first=John | last=Haslett Cuff | pages=C4 | title=Out of Time missed the deadline on creativity (multi-topic article) | date=16 July 1988 | publisher=The Globe and Mail]

She was subsequently 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.

Currently she hosts "Toronto Biographies" for Rogers Television and is a television director. Since March 2007, she has been the weekday host of "The Signal", a new program devoted to contemporary music on CBC Radio Two.

Bibliography

* Brown, Laurie, "Success Without College: Days and Nights in Rock & Roll TV" ISBN 0-14-016536-3 (1994, Penguin) [cite news | first=Elizabeth | last=Renzetti | pages=C18 | title=Engaging TV writer channel-hops in print | date=21 May 1994 | publisher=The Globe and Mail]
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References

External links

* [http://www.rogerstelevision.com/option.asp?lid=13&rid=16&hid=1220 Rogers Television: Laurie Brown profile] (host of "Toronto Biographies")
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