Donald Bastien Appointed Senior Vice-President and General Manager, CFCF Montreal TORONTO,Nov. 21 2001 --Trina McQueen, President and Chief Operating
Officer of CTV Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Bastien
as Senior Vice-President and General Manager of CFCF Montreal, CTV's recently
acquired English-language television station serving Quebec. The appointment
is effective December 1.
"Don Bastien is a Montrealer through and through, with a special
knowledge of this unique community," said Mrs. McQueen. "He has also been a
long-time leader at CTV; and this combination will ensure that CFCF will
flourish as a community leader and as a part of CTV's national operations."
In his new role, Mr. Bastien will oversee all operations of CFCF,
including news, programming, sales, marketing, community relations, operations
and administration. He will also oversee the introduction of a new weekly
community issues program, and the setting up of a development office for
independent producers.
"I am delighted to join such a dynamic and progressive staff," said Mr.
Bastien. "Together, we will extend our community involvement and continue the
development of the excellent television that Quebeckers have come to expect
from CFCF."
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Bastien spent ten years as Senior Vice-
President, Sales, where he ran CTV's national sales office in Quebec. He
joined CTV Inc. (previously known as Baton Broadcasting Incorporated) in 1972
as Director of Sales Radio and held numerous positions including Director of
Sales, Television in Eastern Canada (1976) and Vice-President, Sales (1980).
CTV Inc. is a leader in conventional and specialty broadcasting with 27
television stations across Canada, interests in 33 specialty and pay channels
(three category-1 digital specialty channel licences and 19 category-2 digital
specialty licences), production houses and music publishing. Through its
television operations, CTV reaches 99 per cent of English-speaking households,
offering a wide range of quality news, sports, information and entertainment
programming. CTV Inc., Canada's pre-eminent broadcast communications company,
is owned by Bell Globemedia Inc., Canada's premier multi-media company, which
also owns The Globe and Mail, Globe Interactive and Sympatico-Lycos. More
information about CTV Inc. and its properties are on the company Web site at
www.ctv.ca.
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