Dave Wright

Who was Dave Wright?

Dave Wright, born in Toronto, Ontario, was a Canadian broadcaster.

Wright started his broadcasting career in 1950 at CHNO in Sudbury, Ontario but soon moved to CKBB in Barrie as sportscaster and play by play announcer for the Barrie Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league. Wright moved to television in 1954 when he joined CHCH-TV in Hamilton.

In 1956 Wright freelanced with CBC Television’s public affairs programs Canadian Magazine and See it Now, as well as the Dominion Network's This is Canada. From 1958 to 1972, as a program consultant, Wright managed radio stations in Kitchener, Cornwall, Toronto and Montreal.

He returned to announcing in 1972 as sports director for CHUM radio in Toronto. In 1976, CHUM management moved him to Halifax, Nova Scotia to host a two hour morning talk show called the Hotline on CJCH. A few years later, Wright added co-hosting duties of CJCH-TV's supper time newscast and news magazine I-D to his workload. Wright would host The Hotline and read the noon news during the day and then prepare for and host I-D at night. I-D eventually became The Notebook with Dave Wright and Wright produced and hosted that program. The Notebook was ATV's first move into regional news programs. Wright left CJCH radio in 1981 to focus on television full-time and this move gave Wright the opportunity to take The Notebook on the road, reporting from places such as Rome and London and communities across the Maritimes.