- Samantha Taylor
Samantha Taylor (born 1958) was the host of the
CBC Television music video program "Video Hits" from1984 to1989 .She was born in
Toronto ,Ontario , as Myroslava Lastivka Lydia Luciw. Her family moved toPennsylvania when she was three. She started her broadcast career while a student atPennsylvania State University using the name Myra Luciw at the university radio station and the name Michele Michaels at a commercial station.After graduation, Taylor worked briefly in Washington DC before returning to Toronto in 1980, where she was hired as station librarian and part-time disk jockey for Q-107. At that time she also began hosting
CFMT 's Metro Music show, giving her the video experience that would lead to the job with CBC's "Video Hits" in 1984.As a concert promoter, Taylor was involved in the early careers of
The Police andDire Straits .References
* Smith, Diane "Taylor Made for TV" Toronto Star, April 12, 1986
External links
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=k5a8igm3zV0 1985 clip of Samantha Taylor on "Video Hits"] This video has been removed due to terms of use violation
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