birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title education birth_name occupation alma_mater
edmonton , alberta , canada 01 july 1958 1988 -- present marilyn denis
 bachelor 's degree of radio , television and advertising marilyn denis daytime talk show host , radio personality university of idaho
marilyn denis

marilyn denis -lrb- born july 1 , 1958 -rrb- is a canadian television and radio personality .
born in edmonton , alberta , she grew up in pittsburgh , pennsylvania and received a bachelor 's degree in radio , television and advertising from the university of idaho .
denis frequently refers on air to her parents , who resided in calgary .
she has been married and divorced .
her only son , adam , was born in april 1988 .
adam is the afternoon drive time host , along with blake carter , at rogers communications ' ckis-fm in toronto .
she lived in scarborough , ontario for a number of years but now resides in downtown toronto .
she began her broadcasting career at a local radio station in moscow , idaho , and later moved to calgary where she worked at cjay-fm .
in addition , she was a sports and entertainment reporter and weather announcer at cfcn-tv and tsn .
from june 1986 until present , denis has been one of the co-hosts of chum-fm 's `` roger , rick and marilyn '' morning show , now the `` roger , darren and marilyn '' morning show after the departure of rick hodge in june 2008 .
from 1989 to may 2008 , she also hosted the syndicated daytime talk show `` cityline '' on citytv and a-channel .
in 2005 and 2006 , she won the viewer 's choice award at the gemini awards .
in 2006 , marilyn was honoured with `` the rosalie award '' , named after canadian radio pioneer rosalie trombley , best known as radio programmer for radio station cklw in windsor .
in 2007 , she won the gemini for best host in a lifestyle/information series for `` cityline '' .
with the ctvglobemedia purchase of chum limited , and the subsequent sale of five citytv stations to rogers media mandated by the canadian radio-television and telecommunications commission , denis temporarily found herself working for two separate media competitors .
to resolve this situation , denis announced that she would be leaving `` cityline '' after 19 years to pursue current and future projects with the ctv television network .
denis hosted her last show on may 23 , 2008 .
in june 2008 , denis announced she would be hosting a new show , `` the marilyn denis show '' , on ctv , which was scheduled to premiere in fall 2010 .
however , due to studio construction , the program premiered on january 10 , 2011 on ctv .
