Ross Porter (Canadian broadcaster)
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Porter was a producer and host for CBC Radio 2, where he was associated with programs including Night Lines, Latenight and After Hours,.[2] Porter was a pop culture reporter for CBC Television's The National and CBC Newsworld's On the Arts.[3] From 2004 to 2018 he was president and CEO of the Toronto non-profit jazz radio station CJRT-FM (JAZZ.FM91)[4] before stepping down in wake of sexual harassment allegations in 2018.[5][6]
Porter published a consumer guide to jazz recordings, The Essential Jazz Recordings: 101 CDs, in 2006.[7] He is a two-time winner for Broadcaster of the Year at Canada's National Jazz Awards, in 2002[8] and 2004.[9] In 2009, the Jazz Journalists Association nominated Porter for the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting.[10]
In June 2014, Porter was made a member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to broadcasting and developing Canadian talent over a forty-year career.[11]
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