- Jill Belland
Infobox Person
name = Jill Belland
caption = Jill Belland covering the 2007Calgary International Film Festival for Citytv
birth_date =
birth_place =Edmonton ,Alberta
residence =Calgary ,Alberta
education = Studied at theUniversity of Calgary in the Faculty of Communications and Culture with a concentration inMedia Studies
occupation = TV host and producer
employer = Citytv Calgary
nationality = CanadianJill Belland is a Canadian TV personality based in
Calgary ,Alberta . She serves as a host and producer at Citytv Calgary.Early life
Belland was born in
Edmonton and moved to Calgary at a young age.cite web|url=http://www.citytv.com/calgary/personalities_11389.aspx|title=Citytv - Personalities - Jill Belland|work=Citytv.com|publisher=Rogers Broadcasting Limited|accessdate=2008-08-02] She studied classical piano and trained to be a singer.Belland studied at theUniversity of Calgary in the Faculty of Communications and Culture with a concentration inMedia Studies .She joined the
Calgary Stampeders Outriders cheerleading squad, which she was part of for four years. While with the Stampeders, she sang the national anthem at home games.Belland has also worked as a stage actress, performing in local productions such as "Jesus Hopped the "A" Train"cite news|url=http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:bBK_VzSHUukJ:gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/11133+%22Jill+Belland%22+calgary+citytv&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=43&gl=ca&client=firefox-a|title=A train worth hopping on, kind of|last=De Vlaming|first=Kevin|date=2007-03-01 |work=Gauntlet|publisher=Gauntlet Publications Society (University of Calgary)|accessdate=2008-08-03] , "The Full Monty"., and "Man Out of Joint".cite news|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/M/Man_Out_of_Joint/2007/05/12/4174403.html|title=Play shines light on Guantanamo|last=Hobson|first=Louis B.|date=2007-05-12 |work=jam.canoe.ca|publisher=Canoe Inc.|accessdate=2008-08-03] cite news|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=181845&x=articles&s=events|title=Pollock production finally set free|last=Hobson |first=Louis B.|work=Calgary Sun |publisher=Canoe Inc.|date=2007-05-04 |accessdate=2008-08-06]Broadcasting
Belland was hired by Citytv Calgary (CKAL-TV was previously known as A-Channel and is now known as Citytv Calgary).Her initial job was just to pour coffee for the "The Big Breakfast" TV show.cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/reallife/story.html?id=0c56cff9-bf43-4bba-a89d-bd02b86dc313&p=1|title=Hectic schedule doesn't hinder TV pro's style|last=Phillip|first=Lincoln|work=
Calgary Herald |publisher=Canwest |date=2008-03-11 |accessdate=2008-08-03] She then assisted in production with the "Big Breakfast" show and the station's news department.She went on to do hosting on (what was then) MTV Canada entertainment news segments (at the time MTV Canada was the name of a channel with the same owners). She was then promoted to become hostcite news|url=http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2005/0707/night1.htm|title=Getting to the bottom of summer cocktails: From performers to politicians, local celebrities reveal their favourite girly drink drunks|last=McDonald|first=Roberta|date=
2005-07-07 |work=Fast Forward Weekly |accessdate=2008-08-03] and producer of "Wired" in 2003.She has also served as a host of "Your City", Citytv's weekday evening show.Belland is currently the host and producer of "The City Show", a weekend show that won the Rosie award for "Best News Information Series" by the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association (AMPIA) in 2006.cite news|url=http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=11843|title=CHUM Television Picks Up 22 Alberta Film and Television Award Nominations|date=2006-03-29 |work=WebWire.com|publisher=CHUM press release|accessdate=2008-08-06] cite web|url=http://www.ampia.org/pdfs/2006RosieAwardsWINNERS.pdf|title=The 2006 Film and Television Award Winners: Class Categories|work=ampia.org|publisher=Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association|accessdate=2008-08-07]References
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