TORONTO – Radio broadcasting veteran J. Robert Wood is the 2016 recipient of the Allan Waters Broadcast Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding success in broadcasting. He will be inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame on May 6, 2016 as part of Canadian Music Week.
Wood (pictured) is a radio broadcast management consultant with more than 40 years of experience in programming, operations, management, large-scale project development, network expansion, government lobbying and fund-raising.
Kicking off his career as an on-air deejay at CKSA in Lloydminster, Wood moved to CKOM Saskatoon, CKY in Winnipeg and CHLO in St. Thomas. He moved to CHUM in 1968 where he served as program director, national program director of CHUM Group stations across Canada, and manager of CHUM and CHUM-FM in Toronto. Wood left CHUM in the mid-1980s to apply for a Toronto radio license, and went on to pursue broadcast management consulting, fund-raising and government lobbying activities. From 2000 to 2010, he helped launch the Aboriginal Voices Radio network for which he raised more than $15 million.
Wood has served on various industry committees including CAPAC, the CAB and the United Way's media unit and has played a pivotal role in the launch of FACTOR (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Record.)
“I feel very honoured to be selected for this Award and am grateful to accept it on behalf of the many talented men and women at CHUM whose hard work, dedication and creative brilliance enabled us to create one of broadcasting's great radio stations," Wood said in a statement.
