George Stroumboulopoulos
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George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972 in Malton, the neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ontario), commonly nicknamed Strombo, is a Canadian television and radio personality of Greek and Ukrainian descent.
Stroumboulopoulos studied radio broadcasting at Humber College. He was a board operator at Toronto sports radio station The Fan 590 when he first emerged as an on-air personality, doing segments with host Jim Richards and Spider Jones. Stroumboulopoulos became a full program host at the Fan in his own right (entitled Game, with Bob Mackowycz Jr. and Jeff Marek), then a disc jockey at the 102.1 The Edge modern rock radio in Toronto. His move to television as a VJ and entertainment journalist at MuchMusic and Citytv Toronto made him a national celebrity. (A memorable 25-minute interview with U2's Bono ended with Bono stating “George, I am a fan.”)
In 2004, he was featured on CBC television's The Greatest Canadian series as the advocate for Tommy Douglas. Evidently, his case proved most persuasive, with Tommy Douglas being the first one profiled in depth in the series, starting the contest at Number 1 and remaining there.
In December 2004, Stroumboulopoulos left MuchMusic to host a new live prime time news program on CBC Newsworld: The Hour. He also co-hosts a Sunday night talk radio show, The Strombo Show, on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal.
In July 2006, Stroumboulopoulos signed on to host the American version of The One: Making a Music Star, aired on ABC and CBC [1]. However, due to abysmal ratings, the show was cancelled after just two weeks[2]. Stromboulopoulos stated that he was only taking on the show as a “summer job,” and did not plan to stop hosting The Hour. As well, he has stated that he will not host a proposed Canadian version of that show if it comes to fruition.
Stroumboulopoulos was nominated for the 2006 Gemini Viewers Choice Award. He ended up losing the award to Marilyn Denis the host of Cityline.[3] Stroumboulopoulos did however win the Gemini for Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series.[4]
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[edit] External links
- Grind magazine - interview and profile
- Strombo.com, his personal website
- CBC News: The Hour
- CBC personality profile
- Maclean's – Interview
- Gauntlet Interview
- CBC Article
- Toronto Life Article
- Tyee Interview
- Ryerson Review of Journalism feature
- MySpace.com page
- "The man of the Hour," Humber Et Cetera 11-09-2006
[edit] Related video
- Video interview with Peter Mansbridge from 2003. (No longer linked-to in the Video Archive, but still accessible.)
- Recap of The Hour: Season One, including highlights of clips in the shows video archive.
- Recap of The Hour: Season Two, features highlights from the second season of the show.
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