680News - Lisa Brandt

New to 680News? Welcome aboard and allow me to brag a little about the radio station.

680News has the most listeners of any station in Canada. Long before I joined the 680News team, I was a fan of the radio station and the lightning-quick format of getting the most important information to you, fast.

Besides all of the many talented personalities and voices you hear on the air, there are dozens of others working behind the scenes to make 680News come to life. It’s kind of like a movie set, where the actors get all the attention but it’s the crew that puts them on film. We’re very proud of our accomplished team of Editors, Audio Editors and Writers and everyone else who help us assemble and execute our shows.

Paul Cook and I have been a team on the morning show since the summer of 2003. We call each other Work Husband and Work Wife and in the type of program that we do, we really do have to be able to depend on each other. With our Editor, Elizabeth Harrison, our Senior Writer Jennifer MacDonald, our reporters and the rest of the crew, we truly are a TEAM that works together well.

We get up ridiculously early because we look forward to doing our jobs together. We are like a little tribe of smart (if I may be so bold) kooky people who all live on weird hours and love what we do.

So, what will you read on this page? I hope it will be a bit of everything with a definite news focus. I’ll share some insight into how we do what we do, why we do some things the way we do them and on the news in general. Meanwhile, if there’s any topic you’d like to read about here, please write to me at lisa.brandt@rci.rogers.com. Until next time…

Lisa