Name Brian DePoe | ||
Education Northern Alberta Institute of Technology | ||
Remembering Kevin Nelson
Brian DePoe is a Canadian radio personality and program director. His father is Norman DePoe, a Canadian broadcast journalist at the Canadian Broadcast Corporation until 1976.
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Biography
DePoe graduated from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1983. He started his radio career at CJAX-FM in Edmonton, Alberta, before moving on to CKRY-FM in Calgary, Alberta. After a brief stint at CJJR-FM in Vancouver, British Columbia, DePoe became Afternoon Drive host and Program Director of CKWX Vancouver. He was Operations Manager and Program Director at 97.3 E-Z Rock, owned by Astral Media.
DePoe has been president of the British Columbia Country Music Association and a member of the Board of Directors for Canada's Factor Program He has also won the Program Director of the Year award at Canadian Music Week.
In addition, DePoe is Program Director of Corus Montreal's English-language station, CFQR [1]. He held the same title at CINW [2], a second English-language station in Montreal, until it ceased operations on January 29, 2010.