John Radford is a Canadian broadcaster who briefly served as chairman of

TVOntario TVO (stylized in all lowercase as tvo), formerly known as TVOntario, is a Canadian Public broadcasting, publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It operates ...

. Radford was private broadcaster owning radio stations in eastern Ontario. Radford had served on the board of

for nine years before being appointed the broadcaster's chairmanFraser, Matthew, "Appointment to TVO greeted with enthusiasm Ostry a 'no-nonsense' guy", ''Globe and Mail'', September 10, 1985 of TVO in May 1985Fraser, Matthew, "Ontario shakeup Ostry likely next to go, fired TVO chairman says", ''Globe and Mail'', September 9, 1985 by the short-lived Progressive Conservative government of

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. Radford had links with the Conservative party having been a Tory organizer and manager of

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's campaign in a 1982 federal

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. He was also a close friend of James Auld, a former Tory cabinet minister. Following the defeat of the Miller government, and its replacement by a new

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government led by

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, Radford was fired in September 1985 and replaced by

Bernard Ostry Bernard A. Ostry, (June 10, 1927 – May 24, 2006) was a Canadian author, philanthropist, and civil servant, who is best known for being chair and CEO of TVOntario. Born in Wadena, Saskatchewan, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from th ...

."Ostry chosen to head TVO", ''Globe and Mail'', September 10, 1985

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