Bill Carroll
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| Bill Carroll | |
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| Born | 1959 Scotland |
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| Occupation | Canadian radio broadcaster. |
| Spouse | Sylvie Lapointe |
Bill Carroll is a Canadian broadcast personality and currently the host of The Bill Carroll Morning Show from 6:00 am to 10:00 am on CFRB 1010 in Toronto.
He is one of the most prominent radio hosts in Canada and many billboards currently show him with Leslie Roberts. It is a promotion for what was then called The New Bill Carroll Morning Show. It can be heard in the Toronto area.[1]
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[edit] Background
Carroll was born in Scotland near Glasgow, and came with his family to Canada in the late 1960s. The family first lived in Scarborough, Ontario in an apartment (later in a townhouse), where he attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute, a few years before Mike Myers.
Carroll became a Canadian Citizen in recent years; his Citizenship Ceremony, on a Canada Day was broadcast over CFRB.
Carroll married his wife Sylvie Lapointe in July 2003 in Quebec City. They had their first child early in 2005, and had their second child in July of 2006.
[edit] Career
Out of high school in 1980, Carroll moved to New Liskeard, Ontario. "My first job was as news director for the station CJTT. This meant I was also the morning news anchor and the news reporter — I was a one-man department. But it was a great place to learn about broadcast journalism. "I hadn't formally studied journalism, so once I got the job I bought every book on broadcast journalism I could find. At night I would study to be a broadcast journalist, and practice during the day." Bill was the co-host of MuchMusic's game show spoof Test Pattern, along with Dan Gallagher. After a stint in Peterborough, Ontario, he joined Q107 in Toronto, on a news program named "Barometer". He subsequently worked at its sister station TALK 640 as morning host, before joining CFRB in 1998; first as a weekend newscaster, then as news director, before assuming his talk show.
In October 2004, Carroll was named to host Global Television's Focus Ontario, a weekly public affairs show. His tenure there lasted until fall 2005, when he was replaced by Sean Mallen.
Carroll also teaches a radio course at Seneca College.
[edit] Increase in listeners
Since CFRB's program changes, they have had a substantial increase in listeners to The Bill Carroll Morning Show.
The radio station gave the unreleased details to their "E Club" members.[2]
- The Bill Carroll Morning Show saw an increase of 11.2% during the Winter BBM Ratings. Female listeners of the show aged 25-54 have increased 36.6% while male listeners aged 25-54 have only increased 25.8%.
- Adult listeners of The Leslie Roberts Show have increased 40.2% in the Fall BBM Ratings. Female listeners of the show aged 25-54 have increased 174% in the Winter BBM Ratings.
[edit] News
[edit] FLICK-OFF Campaign
On April 26, 2007 the Ontario Provincial government launched a new environment campaign with a slogan "FLICK-OFF". The phrase resembled the derogatory phrase fuck off (because the 'L' and the 'I' together could be perceived as a 'U'). Carroll claimed children will see the derogatory word, sending the wrong message. He sarcastically told the government and some callers to Flick-off on live radio.
[edit] Switch over
On December 15, 2006, it was announced on The Six O'clock News Hour that Bill Carroll would be replacing Ted Woloshyn as host of The Morning Show starting January 2007. Woloshyn had announced that very morning that he was resigning, after celebrating his tenth anniversary as CFRB Morning host (following Wally Crouter's 50 year tenure).[1]
However, Carroll unlike Woloshyn, show starts at 6:00 am instead of 5:30 am. His show ends at 10:00 am instead of 8:30 am, and is followed by Leslie Roberts, with whom Carroll appears with on Global News Hour. This was announced on January 3, 2007.
[edit] Impersonation
On February 2, 2007, fellow talk show host Jim Richards found out that an unknown man was impersonating himself and Carroll in chatrooms. Richards later talked to the man during his show. The impersonator, had pictures of Carroll's children, wife, himself and parents. He sent these to people in his chatrooms as verification that it was really Carroll and Jim. There were harsh words exchanged as Jim Richards did not discuss the impersonator with Carroll. Carroll found out from a listener, and had later discussion on and off the air with Richards.[citation needed]
[edit] Lawsuit
In March 2007, Tim Hortons filed a defamation lawsuit against Carroll, Standard Radio, which owns CFRB, and CanWest for his allegations on CFRB and Global TV that the Canadian taxpayers were footing the bill for its well-publicised franchise in Afghanistan.[2]
Carroll said on his Global TV commentary: "Tim Hortons has been sliding by on the great publicity about the Kandahar franchise all these months and then Global uncovers the dirty little secret. You and I, the taxpayers, are picking up $4 or 5 million dollars a year so that they can look good to the public ... Shame on Tim Hortons."
Tim Hortons Inc. is seeking $35 million from all three for the false statement.[3]
