| 词条 | Kim Clarke Champniss |
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BackgroundKim was born in Bahrain and raised in London, England.[2] He was a child actor in his youth, including appearances in the 1960 film Village of the Damned[2] and a television commercial for Quaker Oats. He moved to Canada at age 19, briefly taking a job with the Hudson's Bay Company in Arviat before moving to Vancouver to study at the University of British Columbia.[2] He became a DJ at the city's new wave club Luvafair in 1980,[2] before becoming manager for local band Images in Vogue.[3] Broadcasting careerHe later joined MuchMusic as the host of a daily entertainment news show Rockflash[2] and the alternative rock program City Limits.[4] In addition, he produced music documentaries for the channel, including a tribute special to mark the tenth anniversary of Bob Marley's death,[5] and became a cohost of The New Music in 1993.[6] In this role, Marianne Faithfull, John Lydon and The Bee Gees all walked out of interviews with Champniss because they objected to his interview questions.[7] After leaving The New Music in 1996, Champniss moved into production roles with MuchMusic and its sister stations within the CHUM Limited media conglomerate, including as a contributing producer for Bravo! and as head of programming for MuchUSA.[8] In 1997, he released the album A Sound Mind, which was credited to KCC & Dancespeak.[9] His collaborators on the album included Joe Vizvary of Images in Vogue and Dave Rout of Rational Youth and Digital Poodle.[9] Post-Much careerHe left CHUM in 2000 to form his own company, Invisible Republic,[10] which provided music management for artists including Serial Joe and the revived The Grapes of Wrath.[4] In 2005, Champniss returned to an on-air role, hosting the series The Word This Week on BookTelevision and A-Channel.[11] He has also appeared as a radio host on Toronto radio stations Edge 102 and Boom 97.3.[12] In 2013, he published the book The Republic of Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Roaring ’80s from Curtis to Cobain.[13] In 2018, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality Show for his work on the Juno Awards of 2017. References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78&dq=Kim+Clarke+Champniss&hl=en&ei=sZz9TanZB6fiiAL514CLBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Kim%20Clarke%20Champniss&f=false|title=U.S. Radio/Video Begin to Embrace Electronic Music|date=February 15, 1997|work=Billboard|page=78|accessdate=19 June 2011}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Champniss, Kim}}2. ^1 2 3 4 "Music puts glow in his eye now". Windsor Star, February 25, 1989. 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/I/Images_In_Vogue.html|title=Images In Vogue|work=Canadian Pop Encyclopedia|publisher=canoe.ca|accessdate=6 September 2011}} 4. ^1 "Catching up with old VJs: Much Music alumni create new careers". Ottawa Citizen, December 24, 2002. 5. ^"The 'ambassador' of reggae subject of tribute". Windsor Star, May 8, 1991. 6. ^"CITY's New Music to be seen nationally". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1993. 7. ^"Looking back on 18 years of alternative music on TV". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 16, 1997. 8. ^"treble charger: MuchMusic won't hit play button in Canada on group's latest video". Windsor Star, January 22, 1998. 9. ^1 "The host with the most pops a CD". The Globe and Mail, July 4, 1997. 10. ^"Life at the great crossroads". National Post, June 19, 2004. 11. ^"Canada Reads". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 2, 2005. 12. ^"Plan your week with our picks". Vancouver Province, September 9, 2012. 13. ^"Former MuchMusic host Kim Clarke Champniss revisits '80s in new book". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 28, 2013. 10 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|English emigrants to Canada|English male child actors|Musicians from Toronto|Canadian dance musicians|Much (TV channel) personalities|Canadian music journalists|Canadian radio hosts|Canadian music managers |
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