Stuart Robert (Stu) Jeffries (born May 10, 1960) [1] is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster. [2] Best known as the host of CBC Television's Good Rockin' Tonite from 1986 to 1993, [3] he is currently the morning host on CHBM-FM (Boom 97.3) in Toronto, Ontario.
Born in Richmond, British Columbia, [1] and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [4] Jeffries worked in radio as program director and midday announcer at CJME in Regina, Saskatchewan, when he was first hired as host of Good Rockin' Tonite. [3] Initially he kept both jobs, flying to Vancouver weekly to tape the television show, [4] but later gave up the Regina position and moved to Vancouver. He also later became host of the CBC's teen series Switchback. [1] By 1989, he was also a radio host on Vancouver's CKXY concurrently with his CBC Television work, [1] and later moved to CKLG. [5]
Following the cancellation of Good Rockin' Tonite in 1993, Jeffries hosted the Vancouver sports magazine series The Score, [6] the entertainment magazine Metro Café [7] and the game show Love Handles, [8] and was a VJ for CMT Canada. [9]
On radio, Stu got his start with Yorkton’s CJGX 940. He worked for CKST in Vancouver [10] and CING-FM in Hamilton, Ontario, [9] before joining Boom 97.3.
Stuart Robert (Stu) Jeffries (born May 10, 1960) [1] is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster. [2] Best known as the host of CBC Television's Good Rockin' Tonite from 1986 to 1993, [3] he is currently the morning host on CHBM-FM (Boom 97.3) in Toronto, Ontario.
Born in Richmond, British Columbia, [1] and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, [4] Jeffries worked in radio as program director and midday announcer at CJME in Regina, Saskatchewan, when he was first hired as host of Good Rockin' Tonite. [3] Initially he kept both jobs, flying to Vancouver weekly to tape the television show, [4] but later gave up the Regina position and moved to Vancouver. He also later became host of the CBC's teen series Switchback. [1] By 1989, he was also a radio host on Vancouver's CKXY concurrently with his CBC Television work, [1] and later moved to CKLG. [5]
Following the cancellation of Good Rockin' Tonite in 1993, Jeffries hosted the Vancouver sports magazine series The Score, [6] the entertainment magazine Metro Café [7] and the game show Love Handles, [8] and was a VJ for CMT Canada. [9]
On radio, Stu got his start with Yorkton’s CJGX 940. He worked for CKST in Vancouver [10] and CING-FM in Hamilton, Ontario, [9] before joining Boom 97.3.