Rob Germain Email & Phone Number

Rob Germain is the CEO (Chief Employee-Owner) at CHEK Media Group in Victoria, BC. Germain has been in broadcasting for 30+ years. He was a producer at BCTV (now Global BC) for six years (1989-1995). Germain came to CHEK as Assignment Editor in 1995. He was appointed News Director at CHEK in 2002 - a position he held for 17 years. In 2009, Germain was instrumental in helping to save CHEK, bringing together employees, the union, and community-minded investors in a successful bid to take over the station. CHEK is now the only employee-owned TV station in North America. Germain received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RTDNA in 2019, and was a co-recipient of the Webster Foundation Bill Good Award in 2022. With Germain as CEO, CHEK was named Greater Victoria Business of the Year in 2021. Germain also serves as director and past president of the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters. He is married to Suzanne. They live in Brentwood Bay and have two adult children and two dogs. Germain is a seasoned sailor and an amateur photographer.

Listed skills include Broadcast Journalism, Broadcast Television, Broadcast, Breaking News, and 12 others.

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  British Columbia Institute Of Technology

  Broadcast Journalism