Bruce Weaver

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Kenneth Bruce Weaver was born on January 18, 1956 in Lancaster, New Brunswick, Canada, as the only child of Ken and Shirley (Burgess) Weaver. He is a 1974 graduate of Saint John High School and a major media personality in and around Saint John, New Brunswick.

While in high school, he began to take an interest in radio, participating in his school's radio show, broadcast on the University of New Brunswick, Saint John radio station. Upon graduating high school, Bruce got involved with the campus radio station once again, and so impressed the local bigwigs that in 1976 he was hired by CHSJ which was, at the time, AM 1150, and a contemporary rock station. While at CHSJ, in 1977, he met high school student and newshound Steve Murphy who later would become anchor of CTV Atlantic's evening news. The night that Elvis Presley died, Bruce and Steve were the only two in the station, and had to cover it alone.

In 1979 he was picked up by the CFBC stations, FM98 and CFBC itself. He did news and DJed on these two stations until 1991 when he was hired by K-100 to do their morning show. This would make him one of the best-known names in New Brunswick radio. Along with Tom Young, Andrew Cromwell, and a host of others, they made K-100 the top-rated station in its market, with an enormous lead over the remainder of the stations in the city. He also held the position of Program Director in his last years in the job.

However, in 2002, he quit his job at K-100 due to conflicting interest with the management, and was hired by Acadia Broadcasting to be Program Director of their stations The Wave and Country 94. Within six months of his switching stations, the Wave became the #1 station in the region, and Country 94 was close behind at #2. As of 2006, Country 94 is #1 in ratings, and the Wave is #2. Bruce currently hosts the midday show from noon to 4:00 PM on the Wave, and is Program Director for both stations.

He married Jane Hopkins in 1983 and has had three sons with her. Christopher Bruce, in 1988, Jeffrey Daniel, in 1992 and Matthew Kenneth Robert in 1997. They currently reside on Saint John's West Side.