Jennifer Beech is a Canadian television host. In the early 1990s she appeared on

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as "PJ Jenn." She left YTV in 1994 to become the host of

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which consisted of a line-up of children's programming from

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. She held that position until 1997 when she left to work on

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. Beech studied theatre at the

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, intending to get into public relations, event marketing, or sports promotion. In 1992, YTV was looking to cast new PJs, the channel's term for Programming Jockeys, meant to parallel the Video Jockeys (VJs) of

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. Beech wasn't interested, but her mother encouraged her to audition, teaching her four guitar chords, and popular Victorian song "Star of the Evening". At YTV, she notes that she learned not only hosting skills, but all the elements dealt with by television crews, from lighting to production. PJ Jen was co-host of '' The Zone'' with PJ Phil, albeit appearing infrequently. Primarily, she was host of weekend morning programming. Beech moved to the Baton Broadcasting System's then unnamed and conceptless children's programming block in 1995, feeling she had professionally grown as much was possible at YTV. Executives

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and Suzanne Steves were listed as behind her hiring. The program, eventually named ''Master Control'', featured Jenn between Disney-produced television programs, and out in the Greater Toronto Area in taped segments. In fall 1996, Beech launched a show called ''Road Crew'', aired late in the Saturday lineup. The series was an outdoor adventure series for pre-teens. When appearing at the CNE in 1996, she was still referred as PJ Jenn Beech. In 1997, Beech left the program to work at

; her hosting duties were taken over by former child actress

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. Her parents are singer

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and advertising executive

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, and her uncles are

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and George Millar of

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