TORONTO – Long-time Rogers radio personality Erin Davis said Wednesday that she is retiring from her popular morning show Erin and Darren in the Morning on Toronto’s 98.1 CHFI FM.
Davis (pictured) will return to host future specials and features on the station, but her last day on the morning show will be December 15. Details of a new co-host to join Darren B. Lamb will be announced in the coming weeks.
An Edmonton native, Davis got her start hosting an afternoon radio show on CIGL-FM while attending radio broadcasting at Loyalist College in Belleville, ON. She joined 98.1 CHFI in 1998, where she co-hosted the morning show for nearly 15 years before her brief departure in 2003, when she hosted her own TV show W Live with Erin Davis. Davis returned to CHFI in 2005, where she co-hosted Erin and Mike in the Morning for more than a decade with Mike Cooper, who retired last January and was replaced by Lamb.
“Leaving the CHFI morning show and our incredible, wonderful listeners has been an excruciating decision, but Rob and I have faced much harder things in the past 18 months,” said Davis, in a statement. “Losing our only child, Lauren, last year has made us realize as a couple how very few promises life holds. And so, with gratitude and hope, we begin a new chapter. This isn't goodbye, just a change of address – and a thank-you note 28 years in the writing.”
Davis said that she and her husband have plans to move closer to family in British Columbia.
“Erin has been both a trusted colleague and friend over the years and I cannot thank her enough for the immense contribution she has made to 98.1 CHFI and to the radio industry overall,” added Rogers Radio SVP Julie Adam. “She has inspired so many, myself included, and is beloved by everyone fortunate enough to have worked alongside her. On behalf of the Rogers team, we would like to congratulate Erin on her success and we look forward to continuing to work with her as she begins the next chapter of her career."
