Before "MTV" and "MuchMusic",
there was "Toronto Rocks".
Sadly, the face and voice
of "Toronto Rocks",
John Mahjor,
has died...
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Broadcaster John Majhor, a staple of Toronto radio and TV in the 1970s and '80s, has died at the age of 53.
Majhor died of cancer this morning at his home in Minnesota.
Born in San Bernadino, Calif., he started at Toronto radio station 1050 CHUM in 1975 and was later a familiar face on Citytv, hosting the popular shows "Video Singles"and "Toronto Rocks."
Majhor was later on the CHUM morning show from 1985 to 1986 before he moved to Los Angeles to host a talk and country music show.
In 1990 he returned to Toronto to host the morning show at CJEZ-FM, followed by a talk show at CFRB and a two-year run as host of Lunch Television at Citytv.
He was also the promo voice for Toronto's 680 News from 1993 to 1999.
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DB.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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I heard about this on the radio this morning. They said that the first place many of us probably saw Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video was on Toronto Rocks. I can remember that. I remember watching the show in the afternoons after school and Friday was always the countdown of the most popular videos for the week.
Majhor had a good radio voice and I guess he was kind of handsome so he was good on TV as well.
53. That's awful young.
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