Bill Evanov to be posthumously inducted into OAB Hall of Fame

By Connie Thiessen BILL EVANOV WILL be posthumously inducted into the Ontario Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame this October. The Evanov Communications founder and president (above) passed away in March 2020 at age 77. Nominated by the board, the Ontario Hall of Fame award is annually presented to individuals who’ve demonstrated a commitment to the highest standards of broadcast excellence. The son of Bulgarian immigrants, whose work ethic he carried with him throughout his career, Evanov started in radio in sales in the late 1960s at Johnny Lombardi’s CHIN-FM in Toronto. Within 18 months he’d been named VP of sales, going on to spend 13 years with the company. In...