CJLS Staff
President & GM: Ray Zinck
Ray is co-owner of CJLS Radio and a veteran broadcast journalist who started his career at CFDR in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 1971. Later that same year he moved to Yarmouth to join CJLS. Born in Lunenburg County and a graduate of Dalhousie University, Ray returned to CFDR as news editor and reader in 1972. In 1973 he moved to Nelson, British Columbia and worked at CKKC as News Director. In 1975 he returned to CJLS, where he has remained. Ray is a multi national journalism award winner having filed stories from home and abroad. His foreign reporting has taken him to Europe, including war zones, China, Africa, India, and Canada's high Arctic. In 1998, Ray published a book on the Second World War. Ray's present duties include general administration and news reporting.
Vice President: Chris Perry
Chris is a co-owner of CJLS Radio and is responsible for administration, programming and technical services. His career in broadcasting began in 1967 when he graduated from a Broadcast Training program in Ottawa, Ontario and began as a part-time announcer on CHOV Radio and Television in Pembroke, Ontario. In ’72 he brought his family to Yarmouth where he assumed the position of morning announcer and then program director. Later he moved into advertising sales. In 1998 he became a co-owner of CJLS with friends and business partners, Gerry Boudreau and Ray Zinck. Today, Chris continues to handle day-to-day management duties, commercial production and programming. Chris is the current President of the Atlantic Association of Broadcasters and serves as a member of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Small Market Advisory Council.
Operations/Sales Manager: Dave Hall C.R.M.
Dave is the Operations Manager and is responsible for much of the day-to-day administration and schedulling of staff. In addition to administrative duties he is the stations' Sales Manager/ He has been involved in sales most of his working life and for the past 20 years here at CJLS. As Sales Manager he directs all aspects of Local and National sales. Dave loves radio, his work and the people he works with.
Advertising Consultant: Carol Sherman
Carol has been a sales representative for longer than she cares to remember. Highly motivated, well versed in advertising and marketing, she loves to work with her clients to provide the most effective advertising possible.
Advertising Representative: Glenn Thorbahn
Glenn has worked in customer relations while employed in the airline industry and was an advertising writer at CJLS before assuming duties as an advertising sales representative. Glenn brings an eagerness and desire to ensure advertising works for his clients.
