George Stroumboulopoulos
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George Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972 in Malton, Ontario), commonly nicknamed Strombo, is a Canadian television and radio personality. He was a fan favourite and one of the most respected of the MuchMusic video jockeys for his musical and political knowledge (a memorable 25-minute interview with U2's Bono ended with Bono stating "George, I am a fan.")
Stroumboulopoulos studied radio broadcasting at Toronto's Humber College. He was a board operator at Toronto sports radio station The Fan 590 when he first emerged as an on-air personality, doing segments with host Jim Richards and Spider Jones. Later a full program host at the Fan in his own right, (entitled Game, with Bob Mackowycz Jr. and Jeff Marek) and then a disk jockey at Edge 102 modern rock radio in Toronto, a move to television as a VJ and entertainment journalist at MuchMusic and Citytv Toronto made him a national celebrity.
In 2004, he was featured on CBC television's The Greatest Canadian series as the advocate for Tommy Douglas. Evidently, his case proved most persuasive, with Tommy Douglas being the first one profiled in depth in the series, starting the contest at #1 and remaining there until the final tally declared him the winner.
In December 2004, Stroumboulopoulos left MuchMusic to host a new live prime time news program on CBC Newsworld: [[CBC News: The Hour|The Hour]]. He also co-hosts a Sunday night talk radio show, The Strombo Show on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal.
In July 2006, Stroumboulopoulos signed on to host the American version of [[The One: Making a Music Star]], to air on ABC and CBC. [link] He has said, however, that he is only taking this as a "summer job", and does not plan to stop hosting The Hour. As well, he has stated that he will not host a forthcoming Canadian version of that show.[link]
External links
- [Strombo.com, his personal website] (currently under construction)
- [CBC News: The Hour]
- [CBC personality profile]
- Maclean's – [Interview]
Related video
- Video [interview] with Peter Mansbridge from 2003. (No longer linked-to in the Video Archive, but still accessible.)
- [Recap of The Hour: Season One], including highlights of clips in the shows [video archive].
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