Ross Porter to Head CJRT

Legendary Canadian Jazz Broadcaster Will Join JAZZ.FM91 in July

TORONTO, June 8, 2004 — Ross Porter, known to jazz lovers from coast-to-coast in Canada as a respected jazz authority and national broadcaster, will assume the role of president and CEO at Toronto's CJRT, JAZZ.FM91, in early July. Bernard Webber, chairman of the JAZZ.FM91 board of directors, announced that Porter will relocate from Winnipeg to Toronto.

Webber, who has been directing operations at JAZZ.FM91 throughout the four-month search, cited Porter's "intimate knowledge of the jazz genre, his incomparable experience as an on-air host, superior skills in radio station management, his sensitivity to JAZZ.FM91's charitable status, and the respect in which he is held by the jazz community as a whole" as some of the attributes which led to his selection.

Best-known to jazz aficionados for his distinguished career as a broadcaster and producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's national radio network for many years, Ross Porter more recently developed, launched, and spearheaded programming for Canada's national jazz channel COOL-TV, and also managing day-to-day operations of CanWest's 24-hour jazz station, COOL-FM.

Winner of numerous honors throughout his career, Porter received the 2000 CanWest Award for his "Outstanding Contribution to Jazz". Canada's National Jazz Awards named him "Broadcaster of the Year" in both 2002 and 2004. He is currently Vice President of COOL-TV, COOL-FM and COOL Recordings.

JAZZ.FM91 is an alternative radio voice that covers 95% of Ontario through a combination of on-air coverage from the CN Tower, through most cable systems in the province, via satellite, and the Internet.