birth_date genre article_title name occupation
15 january 1945 children 's literature dini petty
 dini petty tv & radio host , author
dini petty

dini petty -lrb- born january 15 , 1945 in kingston upon thames , greater london , england -rrb- is a canadian television and radio host .
at 22 , wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for toronto radio station ckey , she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter .
she clocked 5,000 hours as pilot-in-command of a hughes 300 .
later , at citytv toronto , she worked as a writer , reporter and co-anchor , with gord martineau , of evening newscast city `` pluse '' '' at 6 '' .
there she hosted an afternoon program , `` sweet city woman '' .
petty also anchored city-tv 's short-lived 5:30 p.m. news and current affairs program `` citywide '' from may 1987 until 1989 when she left for cfto-tv .
on citytv 's daily talk show `` cityline '' , petty established herself as one of canada 's foremost television talk show hosts .
she left her news anchor position to concentrate on `` cityline '' .
in 1989 , petty moved to cfto and the baton broadcasting system .
her hour-long general interest talk show , `` the dini petty show '' , aired until 1999 .
in the 2000s , petty hosted `` weekends with dini petty '' , a syndicated weekly radio program focused on health and wellness for baby boomers .
sheila copps succeeded her as host of `` weekends '' .
in august and september 2010 , petty returned to guest-host several episodes of `` cityline '' while host , tracy moore , was on maternity leave .
