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Laurie Brown (born 7 October 1957 in Toronto) is a Canadian television journalist. She grew up in Scarborough, Ontario and graduated high school from David and Mary Thomson C.I. Her parents were originally from Nova Scotia, and when Brown was in her late teens, they and her sister Susan moved back to that province. Brown stayed behind in Toronto, and would eventually embark on a career in television and radio broadcasting. Brown currently lives in Toronto with her husband, and two teen-aged children. She also has a second home in Nova Scotia.〔(The Toronto Star: It's back to the basics for Laurie Brown(Google Cache) )〕 ==Broadcasting== She was a host on the Citytv program ''The NewMusic'' from 1985 to 1990. She interviewed numerous musicians for this show, including jazz performer Miles Davis in 1988. As well, Brown worked as a VJ on the Much Music channel. She also hosted ''Pepsi Power Hour'' for the music station. In 1984 Brown had a cameo in the Corey Hart's video for ''Sunglasses at Night''. After leaving Much Music, Brown was a reporter for the CBC Television news show ''The Journal'', and then host of ''On the Arts'' for CBC Newsworld. She was also one of the Canadian hosts of 2000 Today, an ambitious international New Year's Eve broadcast. Brown has also hosted ''Toronto Biographies'' for Rogers Television 〔(Rogers Television: Toronto Biographies )〕 and ''Front Row Fridays'' for Treasure HD.〔(Treasure HD: Front Row Fridays )〕 Since March 2007, Brown hosts ''The Signal'' on CBC Radio 2. Originally she hosted the show from Monday to Friday, after budget cuts forced changes at the CBC, Brown took over the weekend editions of the show as well. After the debut of ''The Strombo Show'' on Sunday evenings, ''The Signal'' now airs 6 times a week, Monday to Saturday at 10 PM until 12 midnight (ON EST), with Brown continuing to be the sole host of the show. She also introduces each show's featured weekly host, a different classical artist who chooses favourites for ''This is My Music'' Saturday mornings on CBC Radio 2 10 AM EST. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurie Brown (broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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