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Kevin Frankish (born March 4, 1964) is a Canadian television presenter and media personality. He co-hosted Breakfast Television Toronto on Citytv Toronto from 1991 to 2018. BiographyFrankish grew up in North Bay, Ontario. He was born to Allan and Vivianne Frankish.[1] After receiving a diploma in radio and television broadcasting at Canadore College, he started his career at CKNY in North Bay. He worked for nine years at CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario. At CKVR, he began a practice of ending every broadcast with a wink, his way of saying "hi" to his wife Beth. He continued signing-off with a wink for the entirety of his career.[2] In 1991, he joined Citytv as the main host of Breakfast Television Toronto. After suffering a panic attack on the air in 2006, Frankish publicly discussed his panic attacks and struggle with depression with viewers.[3] In 2018, Frankish announced he was leaving Breakfast Television Toronto, effective June 1, 2018.[4] In his announcement he mentioned, “Many of you who started watching me as kids, come up to me now with kids of your own. Some of you may remember when I proposed to my wife on air. I have shared with you the birth of all four of my children. When I had that panic attack on air, I shared that with you and we have since gone on a journey of my battle with depression together. Many of you in turn have shared so many of your stories. We are truly family.”[5] He continues to work for Citytv Toronto on documentaries and special projects and is a professor at Seneca College at York University for Journalism. He runs a Kevin Frankish Media, a media content and creation company and has a YouTube channel www.youtube.com/c/kevinfrankishchannel. References1. ^https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/father-of-morning-show-host-passes-in-north-bay-20937 2. ^Inside BT Blog: "The Wink {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509063747/http://www.citynews.ca/blogs/insidebt_2727.aspx |date=2008-05-09 }}", 14 August 2006. 3. ^Inside BT blog: "Panic Attacks {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509074457/http://www.citynews.ca/blogs/insidebt_1911.aspx |date=2008-05-09 }}", 12 July 2006. 4. ^https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/an-announcement-from-kevin-frankish/ 5. ^https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/29/kevin-frankish-leaving-breakfast-television-toronto.html External links
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