John Moore (broadcaster)
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 John Moore with Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!
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| Born | June 5, 1966 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Canadian radio broadcaster, film critic, and comedian. |
John Sanford Moore (born June 5, 1966), better known as John Moore, is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster, film critic, actor, voice actor and comedian.
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he works for CFRB 1010 in Toronto, Ontario.
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[edit] Background
John Moore grew up in Notre Dame de Grace, a predominantly English area in Montreal, Quebec. He attended West Hill High School, where he served as student body president. Moore began his post-secondary studies at Vanier College. While attending university he taught pre-school and worked in corporate public relations. After graduating with dual degrees in Communications at Concordia University, and from the School of Community and Public Affairs.
[edit] Career
Moore launched his career in radio journalism as a reporter at CHOM-FM in Montreal. He was also active in improv, being a founding member Montreal's On The Spot players.Moore also hosted the First annual sales conference for Maytag freezer units in the Yukon.
Since 1999, Moore has worked as an entertainment reporter and film reviewer on the morning show at radio station CFRB 1010 in Toronto, Ontario usually Mondays to Fridays at 7:50 a.m. Not long after the 2003 departure of John Oakley to competing station CFMJ, he began hosting The John Moore Show during afternoon drive time. Moore is an entertainment reporter for CFRB's sister stations CJAD and Mix 99.9 FM.
He has previously worked for Radio-Canada, French language radio and hosted a television fishing show. Moore also hosted Mystery Ink, a show about mystery fiction that aired frequently on the Mystery specialty television channel. Moore was also the host of Escalator Movie Reviews on Global TV. Moore is also the host of Guy Stuff on Men TV.
Moore considers his most memorable news reporting experience to have occurred years after he had given up hard news coverage when he found himself in New York City on September 11th, 2001.
[edit] Personal life
- In 2006, Moore appeared as a contestant on the game show, Jeopardy!. He placed last, finishing with a negative amount of money.
- Moore lives in Toronto and Montreal.
- He has a column at the National Post.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- John Moore at the Internet Movie Database
- Vaniercollege website profile on John Moore
- Mystery Ink
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