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33 Years: How long Toronto broadcaster Prior Smith has hosted Canada Calling – a 5.5 minute news summary for snowbirds. The radio show itself has been running since 1954…
‘Canada’s Paul Harvey’ to visit PCB on Friday
Prior Smith will stop by the Convention & Visitors Bureau during the Winter Resident SunCard sign-up Prior Smith, known affectionately as the Canadian version of Paul Harvey, will bring his homespun warmth to the Panama City Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau Friday to sip coffee and share donuts with northern visitors. The event is part […]
Broadcaster still going strong after four decades
A Canadian broadcaster who has been keeping his fellow Canadians up-to-date with the goings on at home while they are abroad For the winter, still gets a kick out of piecing together the news from his first floor home radio studio, after being in the industry for more than four decades. “Canada Calling was first […]
Stronger Canadian Currency Expected to expand visitor counts
A lot more tourists will hum “O Canada” in the next few months. Thats because local tourism officials expect Canadian travel to Central Florida to heat up this winter, thanks to an even exchange rate for Canadian and U.S. dollars – the first time that’s happened since 1976… Prior Smith – Orlando Business Journal
Radio broadcaster keeps Canadian snowbirds dialed in
When Prior Smith tells his radio audience the news of the day, the big story isn’t likely to involve the war in Iraq, the recovery of New Orleans or even the latest gossip from Hollywood. After all, there’s hockey to discuss! For nearly three decades, Smith, a veteran broadcaster based in rural Ontario, has provided […]
Canada Calling turns 50 this month
Radio show keeps Snowbirds aware of Canadian news A popular Canadian newscast is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month and hosted a special live broadcast of Canada AM yesterday morning. The cast and crew of the national TV morning show cooked breakfast with radio host Prior Smith and his wife Allana at Smith’s home studio […]
Prior captures hearts and minds of snowbirds
He’s the most popular Florida radio personality you’ve never heard of: The snowbird’s version of Paul Harvey. Prior Smith’s Canada’s Calling program reaches 2 million listeners. In fact, Canada Calling is the most widely syndicated radio show originating in Canada. Distributed by the Maitland-based Florida News Network, the 5 1/2-minute feature-filled newscast on what’s new in […]
Canadian news remains a hit with snowbirds
Prior Smith has that lyrical, baritone voice you’d expect from an old radio guy. His lilting sentences and warm, optimistic approach is now a familiar friend from home to the thousands of retirees and other Canadians who prefer golf, shuffleboard and late-afternoon buffets in Florida to the often difficult winters back home. Smith is busy […]
Prior Smith’s popular radio program keeps visiting Canadians informed.
If you had been reading the Toronto Telegram 47 years ago, you might have noticed a story about a Canadian broadcaster who was beginning a program aimed at Canadians visiting Florida. The content would be about what was going on in Canada. The broadcaster, Dave Price, had come to the conclusion that Canadian news was […]
CANADIAN SHOW CELEBRATES IN THE PROVINCE OF FLORIDA
To mark 45 years on the air, the news program Canada Calling did what many of its listeners have been doing for years. It came to Florida. This week, host Prior Smith brought Canada Calling to Universal Studios Florida, the Kennedy Space Center and the Florida International Museum in St. Petersburg. For the uninitiated, Canada […]
