Stu Jeffries

Stuart Robert (Stu) Jeffries (born May 10, 1960)[1] is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster.[2] Best known as the host of CBC Television's Good Rockin' Tonite from 1986 to 1993,[3] he is currently the morning host on CHBM-FM (Boom 97.3) in Toronto, Ontario.

Born in Richmond, British Columbia,[1] and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba,[4] Jeffries worked in radio as program director and midday announcer at CJME in Regina, Saskatchewan, when he was first hired as host of Good Rockin' Tonite.[3] Initially he kept both jobs, flying to Vancouver weekly to tape the television show,[4] but later gave up the Regina position and moved to Vancouver. He also later became host of the CBC's teen series Switchback.[1] By 1989, he was also a radio host on Vancouver's CKXY concurrently with his CBC Television work,[1] and later moved to CKLG.[5]

Following the cancellation of Good Rockin' Tonite in 1993, Jeffries hosted the Vancouver sports magazine series The Score,[6] the entertainment magazine Metro Café[7] and the game show Love Handles,[8] and was a VJ for CMT Canada.[9]

On radio, Stu got his start with Yorkton’s CJGX 940. He worked for CKST in Vancouver[10] and CING-FM in Hamilton, Ontario, [9] before joining Boom 97.3.