Alex Frame
The Globe and Mail has referred to Alex Frame as “legendary” in the context of his work with CBC Radio.
Mr. Frame’s career with the CBC began over 40 years ago when he left work in a Yellowknife gold mine to work as an announcer-operator at the local radio station.
During those 40 years, his contributions have included the development of a series of ground-breaking programs for CBC Radio and Television, including Gerussi and This Country in The Morning with Peter Gzowski—programs that set the stage for Morningside and CBC Radio's current morning schedule.
For CBC Television, Mr. Frame created 90 Minutes Live, also with Peter Gzowski, a late-night program that became celebrated for its originality as well as its ultimate lack of success.
As a manager of programs for CBC Television, Mr. Frame stimulated the development of a series of successful regional programs that included children’s programs, dramas, breakfast shows, newsmagazines, and current affairs programs.
In 1983, he returned to CBC Radio, where he held positions as head of Current Affairs and Features, executive director of programming, and, eventually, Vice-President, a position he held until his retirement at the end of 2002.
As a manager at CBC Radio, Mr. Frame once again dedicated himself to ensuring that CBC Radio continued to effectively reflect Canada through a series of innovative and successful programs, which included Outfront, a program of new and diverse voices; C'est La Vie, a program reflecting French Canada; Definitely Not The Opera; Vinyl Cafe with Stuart McLean; and The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright.
Throughout his career at the CBC, Mr. Frame had been involved in a variety of Bahá’í services, one of which was his support of Bahá’í radio stations in Africa, Latin America, and the United States. He also acted as executive producer of the Bahá’í World Congress program in New York in 1992 and served the same role a few years later during the dedication of the Bahá’í Terraces in Haifa.
Mr. Frame chose to take early retirement from the CBC in 2002 in order to more fully devote himself to Bahá’í service.
Through a small non-governmental organization that he established, he is currently working on the development of Bahá’í radio in Latin America as well as various other Bahá’í arts initiatives. He is consulting with Bahá’í communities in Africa, India, South America, and Australia as their work in developing and implementing internal and external communications strategies grows.
Alex Frame has been married to Dyanne Frame for over 35 years. They have three children: Sarah, a high-school teacher, Angus, editor of globeandmail.com, and Nuri, a lawyer.