Genzmer Earle "Byng" Whitteker

1914 - 1970  (56 years)

• Name	Genzmer Earle "Byng" Whitteker
  Born	1914	Dundela, , Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233580458
  Interesting	broadcaster, news
  Name	Byng Whitteker
  Occupation	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	radio announcer
  Residence	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-488864
  Died	26 Jan 1970
  Buried	New Union Cemetery, Williamsburg, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I488864	Generations
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Photos

  Whitteker-GenzmerEarleByng-0001-1948-WithPeggyLee.jpg Byng Whitteker had a relaxing and entertaining interview style and here he coaxes stories from Peggy Lee on Aug. 3, 1948. PICRYL.COM photo

  
  

• Notes

  WHITTEKER CBC's Byng Whitteker dies at 56 TORONTO (CP) Byng Whitteker, whose voice became familier to radio listeners in more than 30 years of broadcasting has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 56. Mr. Whitteker joined the CBC in 1937 and appeared on such popular talk and record shows as Audio, Byng's Choice, Court of Opinion and Small Types Club. He also covered many royal tours, often filling long, silent gaps with interesting chatter. In 1956, he, was named chief commentator, special events, for the CBC and later helped develop programming for broadcasters covering 1967's Centennial celebrations. MR. WHITTEKER, born in Dundela, Ont. in the Ottawa Valley in 1914, was christened Genzmer Earl. He discarded the names for the familiar Byng when he was a student at Waterloo College. He began his radio career with CKCR in neighbring Kitchener in 1935. Two years later he moved to the CBC where he remained except for the years from 1943-1945 when the was on loan to the BBC in London. He is survived by his wife, June Dennis, a free-lance broadcaster, two sons and two daughters. The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Wed, Jan 28, 1970 Page 34

  
  

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  Occupation - radio announcer - - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth