Hit List
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YTV's Hit List was a music video television program that aired on YTV, a specialty television network aimed at children. The series first started in 1991, hosted by Tarzan Dan and had 14 seasons in all. The first 7 seasons of Hit List were hosted by Tarzan Dan, there were numerous hosts to follow...from Aashna, Leslie and Xsan to Rob and Danielle. As of fall 2005, Hit List has gone on an indefinite hiatus.
During the years of the Hitlist...Tarzan Dan worked on the radio in Toronto and was nominated for Canadian Radio Announcer of the Year 5 times and won 4. He was also nominated for a Gemini for his YTV work and Best TV Host of a Music Based Show at the Canadian Music Industry Awards. He has most recently been seen on MUCH MORE MUSIC on the show "Listed"
(2005 to current)DJ/TV HOST Tarzan Dan Freeman hosts the Breakfast Club for Standard Radio in Kelowna BC currently at 99.9 SUN FM. http://www.thesun.net
Danielle McGimsie, the last person to host the Hit List, is now an entertainment reporter for CHUM Limited's Star Daily, and A-Channel News.
Hit List were known for breaking many groups in Canada. Backstreet Boys even performed on the YTV Achievement Awards one year.
The celebrities include Weird Al, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Take That, Smashing Pumpkins, Spice Girls, No Doubt, Britney Spears, Blur, Kim Stockwood, The Moffatts, Hanson, O-Town, Eiffel 65, Aaron Carter, Shawn Desman, Lillix, Simple Plan, Hilary Duff, Busted, Rachel Stevens, Clay Aiken, and many others.
