Carl Banas

Carl Banas

Carl Banas was a Toronto radio personality and actor. As a TV actor he appeared in the series Wojeck as police detective Byron James, and provided voices for numerous TV series and features. He is also known as a radio personality on Toronto radio station CKFM 99.9FM (later MIX 99.9 and Virgin999) in the 1970s and 1980s. He mainly hosted weekday evenings, and was known for his deep voice, smooth manner and vignettes about Toronto featured during his show. In 1987 he moved to CJEZ 97.3FM "Easy 97" (later 97.3 EZ Rock) where he continued hosting weekday evenings until he left the station and retired from radio.

Mr. Banas also performed live readings of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" every year before Christmas utilizing his voice skills to play multiple characters. He also recorded voices for numerous TV commercials.


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