Manitoba Organization: Broadcasters Association of Manitoba

This Winnipeg-based organization closed around 2018.

Presidents

Period	President	Station
1969	Rory McClennan	?
1970	Roland Gerard Couture (1910-1993)	CKSB
1971	Jack Davidson	CKY-TV
1972	Elmer Hlidebrand	Golden West
1973	Ted Smith	CJOB
1974	Hugh Dunlop	CKDM
1975	Gary Miles	CKRC
1976	Stuart A. “Stu” Craig (1933-1999)	CKX
1977	Bob Laine	CHUM
1978	Donald Charles “Don” Brinton (1927-2022)	CKND-TV
1979	Red Hughes	CFRY
1980	Jim Purvis	CKY-TV
1981	John Cochrane	CJOB
1982	Peter Michael Liba (1940-2007)	CKND-TV
1983	Elmer Hildebrand	Golden West
1984	Ian Lillie	CKY-TV
1985	Peter Grant	CJOB
1986	Bob McDonald	CKLQ
1987	Stan Thomas	CKND
1988	William Charles “Billy” Gorrie (1950-2011)	CKRC/CKWG
1989	Del Sexsmith	CJOB
1990	David Wiebe	Golden West
1991	Tim Smith	CKY-TV
1992	Elaine Ali	CKND-TV
1993	John Norris	CKRC
1994	Boyd Craig	CKX
1995	Vaugh Tozer	CKY-TV
1996	Bryan Stone	CHUM
1997	Ted Farr	CJOB
1998	Al Friesen	Golden West
1999	Bill Hanson	CKY-TV
2000	Monti Graham	CKND-TV
2001	Done Kile	CKLG
2002	Shane Neufeld	MTN
2003	Bill Hildebrand	Golden West
2004	Wally Comrie	CKY-TV
2005	Richard Kroeker	Golden West
2006	Cam Coei	Citytv
2007	Ken Wiebe	Golden West
2008	Wade Kehler	Golden West
2009	Tim Jones	Global
2010	Chris Stevens	CHUM
2011	?	?
2012	Scott Williams	CTV Bell Media
2013	Wendy Friesen	Golden West
2014	Darren Jopka	Rogers
2015	?	?
2016	Cam Clark	CKLQ 880 / 94.7 Star FM
2017	Darrell Friesen	Golden West

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Broadcasters Hall of Fame

Sources:

Past Presidents, Broadcasters Association of Manitoba [Internet Archive, 12 August 2018].

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 6 January 2026