Years active 2005–present Movies Criminal Activities Role Entertainer | Name Chris Vliet Website www.chrisvanvliet.tv | |
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Full Name Christopher Van Vliet Occupation Television Personality, Radio Personality and Journalist Education Wilfrid Laurier University Profiles | ||
The best of chris van vliet 2014
Christopher "Chris" Van Vliet (born May 19, 1983) is a Canadian television/radio personality, professional film critic, and competitive sport fisherman currently living and working in Miami, Florida.
Contents
- The best of chris van vliet 2014
- Chris van vliet visits miami media school
- Education and early career
- 969
- Inside Jam
- WOIO
- WSVN
- Bass Fishing
- Professional Wrestling
- Awards
- References
He is an entertainment reporter for FOX affiliate WSVN in Miami on the show Deco Drive. Prior to coming to Miami, he worked at WOIO in Cleveland and was a radio personality on WDOK. He is also known for his work in his native Canada as the former co-host of the Sun TV show Inside Jam! and the co-host of Razer's (now MTV2) 969 program.
Van Vliet serves as a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
Chris van vliet visits miami media school
Education and early career
Van Vliet was born in Pickering, Ontario where he attended Pine Ridge Secondary School. He attended Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where he completed the university's communication studies program. While attending he held jobs at Rogers Community Television and AM570 News in Kitchener. His first on-air job was with CHEX-TV in Peterborough, Ontario, where he was a news reporter and videographer immediately following graduation.
969
Following his early days in Peterborough, Van Vliet eventually moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he was hired as a host and producer for Razer Television's (what would eventually become MTV2) 969 program. 969 aired from November 2004 until it was cancelled in 2007. While there, he also hosted Razer News, a celebrity news program. In 2007, Van Vliet was voted as the third favorite Vancouver TV personality by the readers of TV Week Magazine.
Inside Jam!
Following 969, Van Vliet returned to Toronto where he co-hosted the program Inside Jam! with Tara Slone on Sun TV. While the program was initially an hour-long daily entertainment news program, on March 23, 2006, it was reported that the program was moving to a 1-hour Saturday format. Inside Jam! has since been scaled down to a half-hour program airing Saturdays and Sundays.
WOIO
In February 2010, Van Vliet announced on air on Inside Jam! that he would be leaving the show, having accepted a position as an entertainment reporter at CBS affiliate WOIO in Cleveland, Ohio. In April 2010 he was voted by Inside Edition as one of Cleveland's hottest bachelors.
In October 2011 he was named by Cosmopolitan Magazine as the Bachelor of the Year. He donated the $10,000 prize to The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland.
On June 2, 2012 Van Vliet won two Emmy Awards for Best Host and Best Single Sports Story for his report on Gregory Iron, a professional wrestler from Cleveland who wrestles despite being born with cerebral palsy.
On June 7, 2014 Van Vliet won his third Emmy Award for Best Host.
WSVN
Van Vliet began as the entertainment reporter for WSVN's nightly program Deco Drive on January 5, 2015. On January 29, 2016 Van Vliet interviewed Leslie Mann and Dakota Johnson for the film How to Be Single. The interview subsequently became a viral video after the woman spent the entire time hitting on Van Vliet.
On June 27, 2015 Van Vliet won his fourth Emmy Award for Best Host. He has a total of nine nominations.
Bass Fishing
In addition to his media work, Van Vliet also is involved with competitive bass fishing, having entered numerous Bassmaster and FLW Outdoors tournaments, and even winning an Amateur Division Big Fish of the Day title when the Bassmaster Northern Open took place from September 12–14, 2013 in Sandusky, Ohio with a 6-pound, 7-ounce smallmouth bass. He also has recorded two overall top ten finishes in previous Bassmaster Northern Opens.
Professional Wrestling
Van Vliet is also a professional wrestling fan, having worked as an announcer for Cleveland-based independent promotion Prime Wrestling, as well as several companies in Toronto. He frequently conducts interviews with professional wrestlers from national companies such as WWE and TNA.