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toronto , ontario 1958 samantha taylor.jpg samantha taylor
 samantha taylor television personality , video jockey
samantha taylor

samantha taylor -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- was the host of the cbc television music video program `` video hits '' from 1984 to 1989 .
she was born in toronto , ontario , as myroslava lastivka lydia luciw .
her family moved to pennsylvania when she was three .
she started her broadcast career while a student at pennsylvania state university , using the name myra luciw at the university radio station and the name michele michaels at a commercial station .
after graduation , taylor worked briefly in washington dc before returning to toronto in 1980 , where she was hired as station librarian and part-time disc jockey for q-107 .
at that time she also began hosting cfmt 's metro music show , giving her the video experience that would lead to the job with cbc 's `` video hits '' in 1984 .
while working for the cbc , she also judged some episodes of the network 's 1985 battle of the bands competition series `` rock wars '' .
as a concert promoter , taylor was involved in the early careers of the police and dire straits .
