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Podcast: Toronto Legends
Episode: Valerie Pringle, Broadcaster
Description: Broadcaster Valerie Pringle talks about getting her start at radio station CFRB while still a Ryerson student, her mentor Andy Barrie creating a microphone device called the ‘Shrill Filter,’ her move to CBC television [Midday], sharing a dressing room with Barbara Frum, her move to CTV [Canada AM and W5], why she considers being called ‘perky’ a pejorative, how receiving the Order of Canada makes two recipients in the SAME household, working with Kevin Newman/Lloyd Robertson/Peter Mansbridge/ Ralph Benmergui/Bill Cameron/Keith Morrison/Rod Black/Dan Matheson, taking the good interviews [Robin Williams/Oscar Peterson/Oprah Winfrey/Dalai La...