Template:Did you know nominations/Rick Cluff
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:35, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
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Rick Cluff
Cluff in 2014
- ... that radio host Rick Cluff (pictured) accepted a position at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation despite his father's belief it was "full of left-wing communists" and "a dead-end career"? RICK CLUFF: THE VOICE OF VANCOUVER "I started on student radio, and he said, “If I can give you any advice, it’s this: don’t go into radio. And for God’s sake, never work for the CBC.” I said, “Why not?” He said, “Because the CBC is full of left-wing communists. And radio is a dead-end career.”
- ALT1:... that despite being kicked out of high school, radio host Rick Cluff (pictured) entered university and accepted a position at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation after graduate school? RICK CLUFF: THE VOICE OF VANCOUVER " I got kicked out of high school in Grade 10..... From college I went to university to graduate school, and worked in radio along the way... got the gig with the CBC right out of grad school"
- ALT2:... that after covering the 1996 Summer Olympics, Rick Cluff (pictured) was offered a position as host of his own Canadian Broadcasting Corporation show, The Early Edition? Q&A: CBC's Rick Cluff Shares His Most Memorable Broadcasting Moments—and What's Next "When we came back, that’s when one of the vice presidents at CBC said to me, “It’s time for you to do a show."
Created by HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:23, 4 November 2019 (UTC).
New enough and long enough. The hook is interesting and sourced. Is there a QPQ? --evrik (talk) 21:26, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- evrik, QPQ done. HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) 21:41, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
New article meets prose length requirement, reads neutral, hook is interesting and sourced. --evrik (talk) 15:46, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
