Dick Vincent
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Dick Vincent was best known as the announcer and on-air host at KCND-TV
in the 1960s and 1970s.
Dick started his broadcasting career as a news reporter with radio station CKDM
in Dauphin, Manitoba
. He was station announcer at CJOB from 1959 to 1960. KCND signed off and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba as CKND-TV
in 1975. Vincent moved with the station to Winnipeg and remained a station personality, hosting local programs including Town 'n Country.
KCND-TV
KCND-TV was a television station located in Pembina, North Dakota, USA with offices also located at 2031 Portage Avenue in Winnipeg, Canada. KCND-TV was established by the Community Radio Corporation, the parent company of KNOX-TV and KNOX-AM in Grand Forks, N.D., after being granted a...
in the 1960s and 1970s.
Dick started his broadcasting career as a news reporter with radio station CKDM
CKDM (AM)
CKDM AM 730, is a commercial AM radio station located in Dauphin, Manitoba. Owned by Dauphin Broadcasting. The CKDM studios and offices are at 27 Third Avenue in Dauphin....
in Dauphin, Manitoba
Dauphin, Manitoba
Dauphin is a small city in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 7,906 as of 2006. The nearby lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne...
. He was station announcer at CJOB from 1959 to 1960. KCND signed off and moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba as CKND-TV
CKND-TV
CKND-DT is a television station that broadcasts from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the Manitoba outlet for the Global Television Network.-History:...
in 1975. Vincent moved with the station to Winnipeg and remained a station personality, hosting local programs including Town 'n Country.