Ray Daniels to be inducted in the Hall of Fame

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Ray Danniels and Jim Waters music legends inducted into Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame at Rogers Wireless CMW 2007 celebrating 25 years

 

www.cmw.net

 

TORONTO, Dec. 14 /CNW/ - Ray Danniels, President and C.E.O. of S.R.O.

Management Inc. and Anthem Entertainment Group will be inducted into the

Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame as well as Jim Waters, Chairman of the

Board of CHUM Limited. The honours will take place at the Canadian Music

Industry Awards on March 8, 2007 during Rogers Wireless Canadian Music Week.

Danniels began his career in the music industry booking bands in Toronto.

In 1971, he took on Canadian rock band Rush as their agent and manager. The

band was turned down by every record company in Canada, so Ray launched Moon

Records (later renamed Anthem) and released Rush's self-titled debut album

with an initial pressing of just 1,500 units.

Today, Anthem Records' recent projects include releasing the Trailer Park

Boys' movie soundtrack and in November 2006, Molly Johnson's major label debut

Messin' Around.

In its 30-year history, Ray and S.R.O. have been extremely active

overseeing the careers of such artists as Van Halen, The Tea Party, and

Matthew Good.

Jim Waters is a career broadcaster with over 30 years of experience

paving the way to leadership of CHUM Limited.

His first full-time position in broadcasting was with 1050 CHUM-AM,

working as music librarian in 1972. Eager to learn the radio business, he

moved to Vancouver to join the radio sales team at CFUN in 1973.

Jim returned to 1050 CHUM as Assistant Program Director in 1979. He was

promoted to Manager and Program Director before becoming Vice President and

General Manager of both CHUM-AM and 104.5 CHUM-FM in 1988. He was also

appointed to CHUM Limited's Board of Directors.

In 1994, Jim was named President of CHUM Radio and by 2000, he became

Executive Vice President of CHUM Limited. Today, Waters acts as Chairman of

the Board of CHUM Limited.

In 2004, CHUM established a significant presence in Western Canada

following its acquisition of Craig Media Inc. In 2006, CHUM was sold to Bell

Globemedia for $1.7 billion. The transaction is pending regulatory approval.

Tickets for the Canadian Music Industry Awards may be purchased now on

the Rogers Wireless CMW web site at www.cmw.net or by calling 905.858.4747

 

 

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Well done Ray and good to see some rewards for your hard efforts.