Brad Giffen | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | news anchor, radio personality, disc jockey, VJ, television reporter, television producer |
| Years active | 1980s – present |
| Children | 2 |
Brad Giffen is a retired Canadian news anchor who has worked on television in both Canada and the United States.
Over his broadcasting career he has also worked as a radio personality, disc jockey, VJ, television reporter, television producer and voice-over artist.
Giffen studied at the Poynter Institute for Advanced Journalism Study. [1] In the late 1980s he was a broadcaster on CHUM-FM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He previously was John Majhor's successor veejay on CITY-TV's music video program Toronto Rocks . [2] [3] and he hosted the CBC Television battle of the bands competition Rock Wars . [4]
In 1990, Giffen pivoted to news journalism and became a reporter for CFTO's nightly news program World Beat News (later rebranded as CFTO News in early 1998, and CTV News in 2005). [2]
In 1993, Giffen moved to the United States and became co-anchor of the nightly news on the Fox affiliate KSTU, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1] [5] [6] Giffen left that post in 1995 to accept a tv news anchor-reporter position in New Orleans. [7]
Giffen anchored ABC affiliate WGNO in New Orleans, Louisiana until 2002. While in New Orleans he also hosted and produced the program ABC26 News This Week. [1]
From 2003 to 2008 he anchored the 5:30PM newscast at ABC affiliate WWSB in Sarasota, Florida. [1]
Giffen returned to Canada in 2008 to work as a news presenter for CTV News Channel. [1] He retired from news broadcasting in 2018 to become a full-time voice-over artist working under the professional name Brad Avenyou.
Giffen has two children Ajala and Jordan.
Giffen was awarded "Best In-Depth News Reporting" by the Utah Broadcaster's Association and "Best Newscast with Special Distinction" by the Louisiana Broadcaster's Association. [1]