Kim Clarke Champniss

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Kim Clarke Champniss is a Canadian television personality and musician, best known as a VJ for MuchMusic during the 1980s. [1]

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Background

Kim was born in Bahrain and raised in London, England. [2] He was a child actor in his youth, including appearances in the 1960 film Village of the Damned [2] and a television commercial for Quaker Oats. He moved to Canada at age 19, briefly taking a job with the Hudson's Bay Company in Arviat before moving to Vancouver to study at the University of British Columbia. [2] He became a DJ at the city's new wave club Luvafair in 1980, [2] before becoming manager for local band Images in Vogue. [3]

Broadcasting career

He later joined MuchMusic as the host of a daily entertainment news show Rockflash [2] and the alternative rock program City Limits . [4] In addition, he produced music documentaries for the channel, including a tribute special to mark the tenth anniversary of Bob Marley's death, [5] and became a cohost of The New Music in 1993. [6] In this role, Marianne Faithfull, John Lydon and The Bee Gees all walked out of interviews with Champniss because they objected to his interview questions. [7]

After leaving The New Music in 1996, Champniss moved into production roles with MuchMusic and its sister stations within the CHUM Limited media conglomerate, including as a contributing producer for Bravo! and as head of programming for MuchUSA. [8]

In 1997, he released the album A Sound Mind, which was credited to KCC & Dancespeak. [9] His collaborators on the album included Joe Vizvary of Images in Vogue and Dave Rout of Rational Youth and Digital Poodle. [9]

Post-Much career

He left CHUM in 2000 to form his own company, Invisible Republic, [10] which provided music management for artists including Serial Joe and the revived The Grapes of Wrath. [4]

In 2005, Champniss returned to an on-air role, hosting the series The Word This Week on BookTelevision and A-Channel. [11] He has also appeared as a radio host on Toronto radio stations Edge 102 and Boom 97.3. [12]

In 2013, he published the book The Republic of Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Roaring ’80s from Curtis to Cobain. [13]

In 2018, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality Show for his work on the Juno Awards of 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Radio/Video Begin to Embrace Electronic Music". Billboard . February 15, 1997. p. 78. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Music puts glow in his eye now". Windsor Star , February 25, 1989.
  3. ↑ "Images In Vogue". Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. canoe.ca. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. 1 2 "Catching up with old VJs: Much Music alumni create new careers". Ottawa Citizen , December 24, 2002.
  5. ↑ "The 'ambassador' of reggae subject of tribute". Windsor Star , May 8, 1991.
  6. ↑ "CITY's New Music to be seen nationally". The Globe and Mail , January 26, 1993.
  7. ↑ "Looking back on 18 years of alternative music on TV". Victoria Times-Colonist , October 16, 1997.
  8. ↑ "treble charger: MuchMusic won't hit play button in Canada on group's latest video". Windsor Star , January 22, 1998.
  9. 1 2 "The host with the most pops a CD". The Globe and Mail , July 4, 1997.
  10. ↑ "Life at the great crossroads". National Post , June 19, 2004.
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  13. ↑ "Former MuchMusic host Kim Clarke Champniss revisits '80s in new book". Victoria Times-Colonist , March 28, 2013.
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