He caught the eye of news director Bob Durant, and others in the newsroom, like Paul DeCourcey, who is still on the air on 680 News.

John worked as a news writer and public affairs show host for two years, but found he wanted to expand his career and be a radio broadcaster.
That meant perfecting an on air sound and getting experience on the air as a news anchor.

John was coached by some of the best in the business. Ken Shaw, now the main news anchor at CFTO Television, worked in the CHFI newsroom at that time. He was very supportive of John's ambitions.
Bob Durant, then the news director at CHFI Radio, helped John develop his "on air" sound.

John took these skills to Oshawa, where he was a radio news anchor, reporter, and a public affairs show host and interviewer.

Three years later, he and his wife Barb, and new daughter Sara, moved to Peterborough and CHEX - again for a radio career, but television "just happened".

John was asked to continue reporting for television, and perfected his video editing skills.
He was a television reporter for CHEX for more than fifteen years, then moved into assigning and producing.

He then returned to the air with a television news feature called "Local Heroes". These are stories about people who could go out of their way to help others, without asking for anything in return. The segments were broadcast Tuesday evenings during Newswatch at 6. Visit the Local Heroes Classics, and the Healthwatch webpages to view John's segments.