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Chris Van Vliet 
Chris Van Vliet reporting from the red carpet of the 83rd Academy Awards.Born Christopher Van Vliet
May 19, 1983
Pickering, Ontario, CanadaOccupation Television Personality and Journalist Years active 2005–present Website chrisvanvliet.tv Christopher "Chris" Van Vliet (born 1983 in Pickering, Ontario) is a television personality and an Entertainment reporter for CBS Cleveland Affiliate, WOIO. He is the former co-host of the Sun TV show Inside Jam! and the former co-host of Razer's (now MTV2) 969 program. He currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio.
Van Vliet is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association[1]
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Education and early career
Van Vliet attended Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where he completed the university's communication studies program. While attending he held jobs at Rogers Community Television and AM570 News in Kitchener. His first on-air job was with CHEX-TV in Peterborough, Ontario, where he was a news reporter and videographer immediately following graduation.[2]
969
Main article: 969 (TV series)Following his early days in Peterborough, Van Vliet eventually moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he was hired as a host and producer for Razer Television's (what would eventually become MTV2) 969 program.[3] 969 aired from November 2004 until it was cancelled in 2007. While there, he also hosted Razer News, a celebrity news program. In 2007, Van Vliet was voted as the third favorite Vancouver TV personality by the readers of TV Week Magazine.
Inside Jam!
Main article: Jam!Following 969, Van Vliet returned to Toronto where he co-hosted the program Inside Jam! with Tara Slone on Sun TV. While the program was initially an hour-long daily entertainment news program, on March 23, 2006, it was reported that the program was moving to a 1-hour Saturday format.[4] Inside Jam! has since been scaled down to a half-hour program airing Saturdays and Sundays.[5]
WOIO
In February 2010, Van Vliet announced on air on Inside Jam! that he would be leaving the show, having accepted a position as an entertainment reporter at CBS affiliate WOIO in Cleveland, Ohio.[6] In April 2010 he was voted by Inside Edition as one of Cleveland's hottest bachelors.[7] In 2011, Van Vliet was nominated for an Emmy Award in the "On Camera Talent - Performer/Host/Narrator" category.[8]
In October 2011 Van Vliet was named by Cosmopolitan Magazine as the Bachelor of the Year for 2011 and he donated the $10,000 prize to The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland. [9]
References
- ^ "BFCA Member Directory". Bfca.org. http://criticschoice.com/c/chrisvanvliet. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
- ^ Chris Van Vliet Biography on Inside Jam
- ^ Jesse Kohl (2008-07-17). "CTV rebrands Razer as MTV2". Media in Canada. http://www.mediaincanada.com/articles/mic/20080717/mtv2.html. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ "''Sun down'', Antonia Zerbisias, Toronto Star". Thestar.blogs.com. 2006-03-23. http://thestar.blogs.com/azerb/2006/03/more_blood_on_t.html#comments. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ Inside Jam! on SunTV schedule listing[dead link]
- ^ Warmington, Joe. "''Who do you like in Super Bowl?'', Joe Warmington". Torontosun.com. http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2010/02/05/12765736.html. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ Dawn Masenya. "'Inside Edition' reveals Cleveland's hottest bachelors". cleveland.com. http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2010/04/inside_edition_reveals_clevelands_hottest_bachelors.html. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ "NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter". Nataslgl.org. 2010-11-16. http://www.nataslgl.org/awards_emmy_nominees_2011.php. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ "2011 Cosmo Bachelor of The Year - Interview with Chris Van Vliet". Cosmopolitan. http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/dating-advice/2011-cosmo-bachelor-of-the-year-chris-van-vliet. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
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Categories:- Canadian television journalists
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Canadian television hosts
- People from Pickering, Ontario
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