Astral Media Radio (The Bear, EZ Rock, The Team) regional VP Marty Forbes will be retiring as of the end of the year, after 17 years with the stations. Astral has named Marty’s successor, Astral’s Calgary operations manager Stewart Meyers.
The hugely respected, longtime mentor and broadcast archivist Marty Forbes comes from a family of broadcasters. Brother Gord, who spent 33 years with Corus Entertainment (and Moffat prior to that) is VP Business Development for the Vancouver Canucks; brother Gerry holds down Mornings at Astral Media’s Radio CJAY 92 in Calgary; and stepson Jeremy Paige, who worked in Red Deer, Lacombe and Drumheller is PD for Astral Media Radio GP in Terrace, BC.
