Peter Gross

Peter Gross

January 5, 2007 @ 09:16

No doubt about it, Peter Gross is great inspiration for former broadcasters who think they might be washed up.

Peter has returned to 680 News where he'll do the Monday-Friday sports run during the morning show.

He replaces Rich Ralph who moves to the Fan, where he replaces Larry Silver who's working with the morning show on Jack.

I love Peter. I loved him in the early days of City-tv sports and I loved working with him at CFNY in the early 90's.

As a matter of fact, Peter helped shape me as a sportscaster. He would fill in for me while I was on holidays, and I'd listen from afar and marvel at this ability to say so much with so few words.

I decided to work on that aspect of my delivery and it really helped considering the evolution of FM radio that called for less and less formal information.

Peter's a great guy, a great writer and definitely a great survivor.

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2 Responses to "Peter Gross"

Peter Gross
April 28, 2007 / 08:00

Fred,

At a high school reunion I was told of your kind comments on this blog. Being a man of no small ego, I had to read for myself and since your words were a few months old, I had to scroll through many other submissions to get to the stuff that pertained to me.

I find it all wonderful stuff. Your longterm involvement with the media gives you a perspective that few have and it's fascinating to get your angle on this business. It's incredible ( yet, sadly, somewhat typical) that a guy like you does not have a mainstream position on air somewhere - what is it about this industry that eats people up and spits them out?

I am so thrilled to be back with 680news and Rogers. My latest tenure with CITY-TV (2000-2004) informed me just what a great company Rogers Broadcasting is (and feel free to read between the lines!).

680News has some terrific people, many of whom I see you are referring to. I really enjoy the concept that I come to work each morning and the only thing that really matters is the work and there are so many great individuals - Paul Cook, Lisa Brandt, Rudy Blair, Scott Metcalfe, John Hinnen, Anne Lavrih, Mike Eppel - who are supportive, creative and explicitly clear about the overall objective.

Which is to make great radio.

Fred - good luck to you and I will be 'subscribing' to your blog on a regular basis.

Peter Gross

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July 23, 2007 / 22:19

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