Ross Porter C.M. is a Canadian former broadcast executive and music writer.^[1]

Career

Porter was a producer and host for CBC Radio 2, where he was associated with programs including Night Lines, Latenight and After Hours,^[2] from 2004 to 2018 he was president and CEO of the Toronto non-profit jazz radio station CJRT-FM (JAZZ.FM91).^[3] Porter was a pop culture reporter for CBC Television's The National and CBC Newsworld's On the Arts.^[4] He was named vice-president of the jazz television channel CoolTV in 2003.^[4]

Porter published a consumer guide to jazz recordings, The Essential Jazz Recordings: 101 CDs, in 2006.^[5] He is a two-time winner for Broadcaster of the Year at Canada's National Jazz Awards, in 2002^[6] and 2004.^[7] In 2009, the Jazz Journalists Association nominated Porter for the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Broadcasting.^[8]

In June 2014, Porter was made a member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to broadcasting and developing Canadian talent over a forty-year career.^[9]

Allegations

In 2018, after a group of employees, past employees, and contractors made allegations of sexual misconduct and workplace harassment against Porter, who denied these allegations but stepped down as President and CEO of JAZZ.FM.^[10] The board of directors was overthrown the following year.^[11] While donors expressed strong support of the station, some were reportedly "angry" Porter was still employed at JAZZ.FM.;^[12] Porter made his final broadcast on April 27, 2019.

References

External links

• JAZZ.FM91 Website

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