Jack McGaw
Encyclopedia
Jack McGaw is a Canadian
journalist and radio operator. He was a cohost of the consumer newsmagazine Live It Up! in the early 1980s, and subsequently produced and hosted freelance documentary programming.
In the mid-1990s, McGaw launched a tourist
information radio station on Vancouver Island
. He subsequently moved to Halifax in 2001, and currently operates that city's CIRH-FM
, and similar stations in the Information Radio
network in locations across Canada
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
journalist and radio operator. He was a cohost of the consumer newsmagazine Live It Up! in the early 1980s, and subsequently produced and hosted freelance documentary programming.
In the mid-1990s, McGaw launched a tourist
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
information radio station on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
. He subsequently moved to Halifax in 2001, and currently operates that city's CIRH-FM
CIRH-FM
CIRH-FM is a radio station, broadcasting at 107.7 FM and 97.9 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which was part of the Information Radio system. The programming consisted of a frequently updated 15 minute recording containing weather, news, traffic, entertainment information, and Halifax Stanfield...
, and similar stations in the Information Radio
Information Radio
990 6RPH Information Radio broadcasts on 990 kHz AM and is wonded and operated by the Foundation for Information Radio of Western Australia Inc. It aims to provide equity through access to printed information for Western Australians with a print disability. It is a member of RPH Australia...
network in locations across Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.