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Cal George and Nina
Nina Anthony – News Director CJOR
1942-1943; Program Director CKMO Vancouver late 1940s; women's editor then host
‘Our Neighbour Nina’ CKWX
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Nina Faith Anthony was born in
Australia, later lived in England, France and the
Nina says she joined radio station
CJOR (1942-1943) as news director
being paid $13.75 a week and hosting a
daily program before working for an advertising agency (Lovick) where she wrote
speeches for federal, provincial and municipal politicians.
In the late 1940s, she joined
radio station CKMO as program director before moving to CKWX as copy chief and
the host of Neighbor Nina, a daily interview program that had the highest
rating in its time period.
She also served as a director of
Theatre Under the Stars, was a vice-president of the Canadian Mental Health
Association, and was a member of the Vancouver Art Gallery publicity committee,
a founder member of the Vancouver Ballet Society and a member of the Empire
Games women's committee.
In 1961 she moved to the
After retiring from her public relations
career in 1975, she returned to work as a columnist with the West Ender
newspaper
Mrs. Anthony is survived by her
son, Finley, a well-known city advertising executive; three grandchildren and
two great grandchildren.
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Rehearsal time for "Our
Neighbour Nina" finds WX staffer Nina Anthony and Cal George in the CKWX
kitchen. Their project: pre-test a
recipe for their daily afternoon show, from
BC Radio History