R.J. Smith - Biography

R.J. SMITH (above)

R.J. SMITH is the host of R.J.'s CAFE RADIO SHOW, heard every Monday and Friday, between 12 noon and 1:30 pm Pacific on 95.1 WDCR Community Radio, also streaming live at www.wdcr.ca

The show features great music from the 1980's, 1970's, 1960's, 1950's and 1940's, local news, sports, weather, interviews and talk.

R.J. is the founding General Manager and Program Director of Westbank and District Community Radio Society, the Okanagan's first community radio station and West Kelowna, B.C.'s first radio station.

WDCR is the Okanagan's most successful community radio station of all time, attracting over 255,000 total listeners in eight years of operation.

WDCR officially launched on July 25th, 2013, 10:35 am Pacific, at the Governor's Landing Shopping Center, West Kelowna, B.C., and was witnessed by about half a dozen media, the Mayor of West Kelowna, the local Member of Parliament, the communications manager for Westbank First Nation (W.F.N.) and over 350 concurrent internet listeners.

R.J. SMITH is no "newcomer" to the radio and television business, being a proponent of community radio since 1984, R.J. has trained over 150 individuals for broadcast roles. He has previously served in management for prominent community stations across the country, including CITR Vancouver, CFUV Victoria, and CKDU Halifax, also, community television.

In addition, R.J. has served at 25 licensed radio and tv stations in four Canadian time zones, and nine community newspapers, as News Director, News Editor, Sports Director, Sports Editor, morning deejay, photographer, and senior display advertising executive.

An accomplished broadcast journalist, he has broken over 150 breaking news and sports stories to the national news wire, many from the four Okanagan, B.C. radio stations he has worked at, including CJIB Vernon, CICF Vernon, CKOV Kelowna, and CKLZ Kelowna.

He is a graduate of the Radio Broadcasting program at Columbia Academy (Calgary, AB.), studied Broadcast Journalism and management at British Columbia Institute of Technology, (Burnaby, B.C.), and was a full-time Criminal Justice student at Camosun College, (Victoria, B.C.)

He is also a trained graphic artist and graduate of Pitman Business College, (Vancouver, B.C.)

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