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Citytv Personality and Canadian Television Icon Mark Dailey to be Honoured with the 2011 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award

TORONTO, March 23 /CNW/ – In recognition of his exceptional journalistic
career, the late CityNews anchor and voice of Citytv, Mark Dailey, will be honoured with the 2011 RTNDA Lifetime Achievement
Award.  The award will be accepted by Mark’s wife, Kim Dailey, and Vice
President, News/Executive Producer, Tina Cortese at the RTNDA Central
Regional Awards Banquet in Waterloo on Saturday, May 7, 2011.

“Mark was an exceptional broadcaster and journalist, a real Citytv
original,” commented Tina Cortese, Vice President, News/Executive
Producer, Citytv. “This posthumous recognition for his admirable body
of work is truly an honour and a testament to his impact on the
industry.”

Mark Dailey’s distinguished career spanned over 30 years with Citytv.  As CityNews anchor, Mark delivered the news that mattered most to the local
community.  His iconic baritone was instantly recognizable as the voice
that helped shape and define Citytv and Toronto. Some of his most notable career highlights include
receiving an RTNDA award for the CityNews serial, I Want Work, and a Letter of Appreciation from the Governor General of Canada for
his active leadership in community service.  He was honoured with the
City of Toronto Civic Award of Merit and named Consumers Choice, Man of
the Year in 2009. Mark was also a multiple winner of the Metro Police
and Toronto Fire department Best Media Coverage of the Year award. In
addition, Mark was named Honorary Chief of the Toronto Police Service.
Prior to his time at Citytv, Mark was known for his work in radio, particularly with the legendary
“Big 8”, CKLW in Windsor in the early 1970s.  His charitable
involvement over the years included work with Big Brothers/Big Sisters,
Salvation Army, St. John Ambulance, the Sick Kids Hospital Therapeutic
Clown Program, Jennifer Ashleigh Foundation, Kinder Foundation,
Alzheimer Society, and many others.

Six years ago, Mark successfully battled prostate cancer. As a tireless
advocate for prostate screening, his award-winning CityNews series on his own treatment helped to increase awareness of the disease
and he was a proud spokesperson for Prostate Cancer Canada.  Sadly,
Mark succumbed to kidney cancer in December, 2010.

The RTNDA Lifetime Achievement Award was created in 2002 to recognize
individuals who have distinguished themselves through outstanding
service and continued excellence during the course of their career in
broadcast journalism.

RTNDA Canada is the voice of electronic journalists and news managers in
Canada.  The members of RTNDA Canada recognize the responsibility of
broadcast journalists to promote and to protect the freedom to report
independently about matters of public interest and to present a wide
range of expressions, opinions and ideas.  The RTNDA Canada Code of
Ethics adopted by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, is used to
measure fairness and accuracy in our profession.

Citytv™ television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and
Winnipeg offer viewers intensely-local, urban-oriented,
culturally-diverse television programming. A distinct alternative to
other conventional television stations, Citytv engages its viewers with dynamic on-air personalities and delivers an
entertaining mix of news, local-interactive formats such as: Breakfast
Television and CityLine; as well as local Canadian and US acquired
prime time entertainment programming. Citytv is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a division of Rogers
Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified
Canadian communications and media company. For more information on Citytv stations and programming, visit Citytv.com.