About this episode

Retired Broadcast Journalist Simon Dingley shares stories from his extensive career in television and radio.

Retired Broadcast Journalist Simon Dingley shares stories from 43 years on television with the CBC, Global, CTV as well as his radio time in Montreal and Toronto! Interactions with a diverse group of personalities including Sir Paul McCartney, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Alan Eagleson, President Donald Trump, Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mr Donald S Cherry! Spoiler alert: Simon is not even the only retired CBC journalist in his own household! TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at andrew.applebaum@gmail.com All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Applebaum

Guest: Simon Dingley

Topics covered

• broadcast journalism
• media stories
• celebrity interactions
• Canadian politics
• retired journalists

Keywords

• broadcast journalist
• CBC
• CTV
• Global
• celebrity stories
• politics
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBC, Global, CTV

Places: Montreal, Toronto

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