Mark Sutcliffe (Ottawa)
Mark Sutcliffe (born July 14, 1968) is a Canadian author, broadcaster, entrepreneur and volunteer.
Early life[edit]
Born in Ottawa, Sutcliffe attended St. Pius X high school and Carleton University. While in high school and university, he volunteered at Carleton University’s campus radio station, CKCU, and at the community television channel now known as Rogers TV. As a teenager, Sutcliffe launched his first business, Sportscall, a 24-hour hotline featuring sports scores and news.
Media career[edit]
Sutcliffe worked briefly as an overnight newscaster on CFRA in 1987, then as a sportscaster and newscaster at CHEZ-FM from 1988 to 1990. He worked again at CFRA starting in 1992, as a newscaster and baseball play-by-play announcer for the Ottawa Lynx. Sutcliffe began hosting talk shows on CFRA in 1996. From 2004 to 2006, Sutcliffe left broadcasting to become the executive editor of the Ottawa Citizen. In 2006, he returned to CFRA and began hosting a regular weekday-morning program in 2008.
From 2009 to 2016, Sutcliffe hosted Talk Ottawa on Rogers TV. Also from 2009 to 2016, Sutcliffe was the host of The Week with Mark Sutcliffe, a Sunday-morning Canadian political talk show on CPAC. In 2016, Sutcliffe began hosting Ottawa Today, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, on 1310 NEWS. The program is simulcast on Rogers TV.
Business[edit]
Sutcliffe was one of the founders of the Ottawa Business Journal in 1995. The publication was sold.[1] to Transcontinental Media in 2002 but through their company, Great River Media, Sutcliffe and Michael Curran purchased it from Transcontinental in 2010.[2] Sutcliffe founded the Kitchissippi Times community newspaper in 2003 and iRun magazine in 2008. iRun is now a division of Sportstats Inc., of which Sutcliffe is a shareholder.
Books[edit]
Sutcliffe is the author of four books, including: Why I Run (2011), a collection of essays about running Canada’s Magnificent Marathon (2014), a commemorative book about the Ottawa Marathon, Big Joe and the Return of Football (2014), a children’s book about the mascot of the Ottawa Redblacks, Long Road to Boston (2016), which combines the history of the Boston Marathon with the author’s own quest to qualify for the race
Community involvement[edit]
Sutcliffe has served on and chaired several community boards in Ottawa, including United Way Ottawa, the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, Algonquin College, Invest Ottawa, Run Ottawa and the Ottawa Community Housing Foundation. Sutcliffe was named volunteer fundraiser of the year at the 2008 Ottawa Philanthropy Awards,[3] 2008 volunteer of the year at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, 2016 Ambassador of the Year by United Way Ottawa.[4] He was named a recipient of the Order of Ottawa in 2016.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Powell, Andrew (2002-05-30). "Ottawa Business Journal Sold - Newspapers Canada". Newspapers Canada. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "OBJ acquired by local group - Local - Ottawa Business Journal". www.obj.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ↑ "Community builder profile: Mark Sutcliffe". United Way Ottawa. June 9, 2016.
- ↑ "Mayor Watson announces 2016 Order of Ottawa inductees and Brian Kilrea Award for Excellence in Coaching recipient". City Of Ottawa. November 10, 2016.
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