Living on the air
Sabrina Marandola recently launched a new afternoon-drive show on CBC Montreal. John Moore is a top-rated AM radio host in Toronto, while Andrew Carter and Elias Makos have AM morning shows in Montreal. Radio and TV personality Anne-Marie Withenshaw is familiar to French-language listeners and viewers in Montreal.
How did Concordia help prepare them for what can be a gruelling career? And why is it much tougher than most people think?
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Sabrina Marandola lights up the Montreal airwaves
‘I loved my time at Concordia, I thought it was a great program. I loved that teachers were working journalists.’
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Andrew Carter comes out on top
‘Being a journalism student allowed me to intern at CJAD, and that’s how I got my foot in the door and my first job.’
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How John Moore became the toast of Toronto
‘I am a huge Concordia booster and Communications is still everything to me. I loved doing the degree.’
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Elias Makos hits a grand slam
‘When I look at my career, everything came out of Concordia, and all the connections I made there.’
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Courting celebrity with Anne-Marie Withenshaw
‘Concordia gave me a good group of peers I still work with today and really shaped my way of storytelling.’