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Don Shafer (born May 25, 1947) is an American-born Canadian broadcaster and radio industry executive. He worked at and managed a number of radio stations in the United States and Canada for over 50 years.
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Early life
Shafer was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and served in the U.S. military from 1965 to 1969 as a communication specialist.
Broadcast career
Shafer began his broadcast career at WEEP AM Pittsburgh, and also with KNAC FM and KPPC FM in Los Angeles. In the late 1960's he immigrated to Canada, and worked on-air with CHOM FM (Montreal) from 1969 to 1972, CHUM FM (Toronto) 1972 - 1976 and The Fox (Vancouver) 1976 - 1986.
Shafer was named Program Director at The Fox in 1980 under Moffat Communications and for the rest of his career he served in management and executive capacity. In 1986, he was hired as the Program Director for Rock 101 in Vancouver. In 1988 he moved to Toronto as the President, and General Manager and WIC Director of Programming at Q107. He was Senior Vice President at Pelmorex Radio Network in Ontario from 1992 to 1997.
Shafer was hired as Torstar Media Group's Vice President and General Manager in 1997. He worked on the development of the Toronto Star TV, which extended the Toronto Star newspaper brand into television.
Shafer moved to SUN FM/AM1150/ CILK FM in the BC Interior as Vice President and Regional Manager in 2003, where he remained until 2013. In 2013 and 2014 he became the interim General Manager at Jim Patterson Broadcasting's Q104 & FAB 94 in Winnipeg, participating in the acquisition of the two stations. He oversaw 22 radio stations and two television stations in the BC Interior, as Vice-President and Regional Manager with Standard Media, and took part in the transition to new ownership by Astral and then Bell Media.
In 2014 Shafer co-founded Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver, and became its President and CEO. In 2015 Shafer is a partner in the independent ownership group of 98.3 Roundhouse Radio Vancouver which was granted a license by the CRTC in August 2014.
Shafer has served on a number of boards and committees including the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, the Radio Marketing Bureau, Television Marketing Bureau, the Small Market Independent Television Group, the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters and FACTOR and is a past President of the Ontario Association of Broadcasters.
Community Service
Shafer has also served on the boards of Variety Club International in Vancouver and Toronto, The Canadian Culinary Championships and the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation. In 2015, he was working with PFLAG and Qmunity Vancouver, the Canadian Red Cross, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and the BC Chiefs of Police Association.
He received the British Columbia Association of Broadcasts 50 Year certificate of service in 2014, and was simultaneously inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame.
Shafer was also presented with the 2015 Allan Waters Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award.