Jennifer Valentyne

Jennifer Elizabeth Valentyne (née Peck, born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian television personality. Her longest running role was on Breakfast Television in Toronto, where she hosted the "Live Eye" and was the stand in co-host. She was the host of The Bachelor & The Bachelorette Canada After Show on W Network and a co-host on Derringer in the Morning on Q107 in Toronto.

Jennifer Valentyne
Valentyne at Breakfast Television Viewer Appreciation Day 2008
Born (1967-05-31) May 31, 1967
OccupationTelevision personality
Spouse(s)Greg Valentyne
Websitewww.jennifervalentyne.com

Education and career

Valentyne graduated from David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute[1] and earned a Radio and Television Broadcasting Diploma from Toronto's Centennial College. She began work at City Toronto in 1987, as an intern and then a graphics operator with MuchMusic. In the early 1990s she appeared occasionally as "The Prize Queen" on Speakers Corner and hosted 30-second spots called "MuchHappenings". In 1992 she became a regular as the "Singing Weathergirl" on Breakfast Television, where she worked doing "Live Eye" segments and as a fill-in co-host until her position was eliminated in April 2016.[2][3]

She is a former Toronto Argonauts cheerleader and has posed as the Toronto Sun's Sunshine Girl. She is also a singer-songwriter. She sings jazz standards and originals; she sings on BT Holiday Favourites, a CD released by City Toronto in 2007.[4]

In fall 2016 she became the host of The Bachelor & Bachelorette Canada After Show on W Network,[5][6] and in February 2017 she was also a co-host on Derringer in the Morning on Q107.[7]

Beginning in March 2019, Valentyne is with Global Toronto's Global News Morning as co-anchor with Liem Vu and Marianne Dimain.[8]

Personal life

She is married to Greg Valentyne, a freelance producer/camera operator and founder of Heroes Beer. They have two children, Jackson and Georgia Valentyne.[9]

References
  1. "Profile Updates: Grads in the Broadcast Media", Thomson Tradewinds Spring 2012, David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute, p. 3 (pdf), retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. Jenny Yuen, "Breakfast Television splits with Jennifer Valentyne", Toronto Sun, April 3, 2016.
  3. Greg David, "Jennifer Valentyne exits Breakfast Television Toronto", TV, eh?, April 1, 2016.
  4. BT Holiday Favourites, OCLC WorldCat, retrieved July 30, 2017.
  5. "The Bachelorette Canada After Show", W Network.
  6. John Doyle, "How low will The Bachelorette Canada go?", The Globe and Mail, September 12, 2016, updated September 18, 2016.
  7. Andrej Ivanov, "Jennifer Valentyne joins Q107's 'Derringer in the Morning' show", Toronto Star, February 14, 2017.
  8. https://www.corusent.com/news/global-news-morning-toronto-launches-march-4/
  9. Jillian Cecchini, "Lights, camera, action! — true love blossoms on set", Post City Toronto, August 29, 2012.
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