Jim Craig:  

Updated: Spring '22 Facts Of Life Thus Far: HOOOOORAY ... We're still here!! Currently, I'm STILL teaching as a full tenured Professor with the Seneca Polytechnic diploma/degree broadcast programs, (I love what I do), I have served as Radio Program Coordinator and Chair of the School of Communication Arts but turned down the permanent positions. Whoda thunk it?...ME, a full-blown academic...hahaha! (Gracie Gray, is spinning in disbelief!) I love and prefer the classroom (twice nominated as Ontario's best lecturer). Turning 79 this January (2024) but hope to continue for another 5 or 10 or 25 years. harharhar Had a four decade plus broadcast career ... 20 years as on-air radio and television personality prior to programming, sales & marketing, station management and ownership. This fall I will mark the 60th anniversary of the day I walked into CJOY to begin my first broadcast job. WOW! That's way more than HALF A CENTURY!!!!! Also worked extensively in corporate communications, advertising, and with charitable agencies. Former shareholder and sign-on Operations Mgr and Programmer of Canada's first smooth jazz radio station in Hamilton. (They turned it into a country station a few years after I left.) As a side-gig, I spent ten years as contract National Programmer of the CBC Galaxie/now Stingray Smooth Jazz channel piped into about 12 million or so homes across the country via satellite and digital cable. (Bell, Rogers, Shaw, etc). Combined teaching post-secondary with broadcasting etc since '85. Still do a bit of CRTC consulting & talent coaching for radio and TV. Married 55 years to Gayle (Bolley-GCVI '66). She retired from the Middlesex Health Unit in '07. Two "children": Son Cameron, 52, Mac U grad, computer IT and Internet Marketing Specialist and recently accepted a full-time position with Cambridge University. Also does projects for Western U School of Music, U of T Conservatory & Koerner Hall and many artists, musicians, etc). He and wife Beth (PhD in Canadian Historical Film & Photography Studies, Project Manager with the Royal Irish Academy) own a lovely Century Victorian in London but live in Dublin Ireland.. Daughter Erin, 49, York U grad, OCADU & Ryerson U post-grad is the Executive Senior Creative Director at Harper Collins Canada and a former part-time Prof at Seneca and Harris Institute. They live in TO's Beach area. She's the mother of scholastically brilliant 16 yr old son Maddoc (grade eleven) who took french, mandarin, and piano lessons, but also played on a provincial champion lacrosse team and school basketball team) ... AND beautiful, brash 2012 leap-yeardaughter Sloane who was skateboarding at 2 1/2 and does gymnastics (crazeee, no-fear, and supreme balance) and competitive swimming. She is fully bilingual and very creative and theatrical. After Collingwood, Sudbury, and 7 years in KW doing radio & television (original host of Bowling for Dollars hahahaha), and studies at WLU ... then a couple out west in Winnipeg and Edmonton, we landed in London in '75. Se...Expand for more