Former broadcaster, Rick Howe has died of cancer.
He was 69.
Howe began his career in the 1970s at radio stations in New Brunswick where he did hockey play-by-play before becoming a news reporter in Saint John.
In 1978, he joined the CJCH-C100 newsroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
He went on to become the legendary host of The Hotline, one of the longest standing radio talk shows in Atlantic Canada, and later The Rick Howe Show.
Howe, who championed for change, would sign off each show with the catchphrase, “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”
Retiring in 2021 due to health issues, he moved to Nova Scotia’s South Shore with his wife, Yvonne Colbert – also a well-known journalist.
Howe wrote about his nearly 50-year career of covering news in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in his memoir, Behind the Mic.
