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Rod Kurtz

Journalist/Radio Active co-host

Rod Kurtz brings 40 years of broadcasting experience to Radio Active. He has worked at radio stations across Western Canada. In 2016, Rod won a National Sports Award from Canada's Radio Television and Digital News Association for a radio piece called "Mad for Manny" telling the story of the excitement in Edmonton's Filipino community over the so-called "Fight of the Century" between Manny Pacquio and Floyd Mayweather. In 2014, Rod won a RTDNA Regional Award for his hosting of Radio Active Live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

    Latest from Rod Kurtz

    'They eat it up': Edmonton screenwriting author discusses power and pitfalls of movie clichés

    Edmonton Screen Industries Office CEO, Josh Miller, writes about the pitfalls of movie clichés in his new book, Stuck! Learn to Love Your Screenplay Again.
    Canada Edmonton

    The woman training MMA fighter Cowboy Cerrone at his New Mexico 'ranch of fun'

    Shara Vigeant has trained MMA fighters for 10 years, but until meeting one called cowboy she'd never been invited skeet shooting.
    Canada Edmonton

    Hockey night in Cree: Announcers preparing for historic NHL broadcast Sunday

    When the Montreal Canadiens face the Carolina Hurricanes this Sunday, the NHL game will be called in Plains Cree during a historic broadcast. Sportsnet and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network say it will be the first NHL game to air in a Cree language.
    Canada Edmonton

    Vintage Wayne Gretzky images going up for sale

    Somewhere in a climate-controlled vault there are 9,000 photo negatives that tell the story of Edmonton's hockey history. Only photographer Bob Peterson and his wife, and a few family members, know where the secret archive is kept.
    Canada Edmonton