1988 Builder Inductee
Ted Daigle
Born in Jacquet River, NB, in 1937, Ted Daigle has enjoyed successful careers on the
Canadian music scene as a recording artist/performer, Radio Personality, Music
Director and Program Director.
Ted's radio career began at CKBC in Bathurst in 1956, and it
was here, in the station's studios that his very first recording session took
place. After stints at CJLX in Thunder Bay and CFGM in Toronto, Ted settled in
at CKOY and CKBY in Ottawa, where, in 1972, he founded the first full-time
country radio station in the Nation's Capital. CKBY-FM would go on to become the
most listened to country music station in Canada. His 25-year tenure at CKBY
included the introduction of many special projects benefiting Canadian country
music artists and the music industry, as well as the community at large, and he
is recognized for his outstanding leadership in the visioning, creation,
production and execution of the award-winning Christmas In The Valley radio
series and album releases.
Ted's relentless efforts to promote country music in Canada
have made him one of the Nation's most honored broadcasters, with Program
Director of the Year, Music Director of the Year, Deejay of the Year and Radio
Station of the Year awards from the Canadian Country Music Association, as well
as induction into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian
Country Music Hall of Fame and the New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame. He
is also a member of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Half Century Club.
In his dual role as both performer (numerous albums, charted
singles) and radio personality, Ted has interviewed and shared the stage with
most of country music's legendary artists, many of whom credit him for their own
early career radio success. Ted currently programs Country Classics for CBC's
continuous music network, now heard in over six million homes across Canada.