About Bill Good
Born 1945. Bill Good is an American journalist.
Bill Good Jr. (born 1945) is a Canadian television personality and host of talk radio shows, all in the province of British Columbia. After 21 years with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, first doing radio before moving to Television news, he hosted talk radio at CKNW for 26 years. He also anchored evening news broadcasts on BCTV and CIVT between 1993 and 2010.
Career He worked for CFPR in Prince Rupert. That led to a permanent job at a newly opened station CHTK-FM in the same city. After a year he went to CFAX in Victoria and joined the CBC in 1967. He returned to the airwaves on 8 September 2015 as host of a daily editorial commentary feature, A Minute with Bill Good on NEWS 1130. He also previously appeared in television advertisements for the home lending company Capital Direct.
Family broadcasting history His father, Bill Good Sr., was also a well-known sports and newscaster in Vancouver, known as "Breathless Bill" for his four- to five-hour commercial-free broadcast coverage of Canadian Open and Amateur golf championships.
His brother, John Good, also worked in radio and television, mostly in Toronto and eastern Canada before returning to Vancouver as part of the on-air talent during the launch of CKVU, a new TV station in the late 1970s. He helped create Sports Page, a longstanding sports program. John Good retired from TV work to enter private business in 1980 and went on to become a stock promoter, but not before he created the business program Venture. John was cited for insider trading by the BCSC while CEO of Abbastar Resources. BCSC Notice 2011 also received a roadside suspension for drunk driving. North Shore News John Good resides in West Vancouver at an Amica facility.
Awards Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award - Jack Webster Foundation ACTRA RTNDA Canada
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Bill Good was born in 1945.
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