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Dick Smyth

Dick Smyth was an anti-gay news editor of CHUM radio. In 1971 he called homosexuality a “mental and sexual aberration” on-air.

Names Dick Smyth (Main) BE [n71.69]
Related Pages Dick Smyth on LGLC
Dick Smyth on VIAF
Occupations News Editor Radio
1971/08/30

https://lglc.ca/event/n71.69

Associated People

https://lglc.ca/person/P_MARI/
(Spouses)
Personal
Romantic
1955
"Dick Smyth," Muskoka Information Radio, n.d., https://www.muskokainformationradio.com/dick-smyth/

Associated Organizations Organization: Centre homophile urbain de Montreal CHUM (Employee)
1971/08/30

BCE [n71.69]

Organization: Conference of Editorial Writers (Member)

rockradioscrapbook.ca/smyth-bio.doc(http://goo.gl/S8SbKj)

Organization: Canadian Association of Broadcasters (Member)

rockradioscrapbook.ca/smyth-bio.doc

Organization: Radio Television News Directors […] (President)

rockradioscrapbook.ca/smyth-bio.doc

https://lglc.ca/organization/Windsor Press Club/ (President)

rockradioscrapbook.ca/smyth-bio.doc