Who is Dean Rutherford?

[jon]

Broadcaster
DAILY NEWS
May 18, 2012 1:38 PM
Astral RadioPlus Partners with Sears

Astral RadioPlus is proud to announce its Media Creativity partnership with Sears Canada and Vizeum Canada Inc. on 31 radio stations in 23 cities across Canada this Spring. This dual strategy was custom designed to reinforce Sears Canada as the top destination for spring Outdoor items and position Sears as a primary fashion destination.

Lynn Mayer, Vice President of Business Intelligence for Vizeum Canada Inc. says “Our challenge to Astral is to focus on integrated partnerships and smart solutions that will help grow the business” Mayer continues, “We’ve all moved quickly to create programs that marry Astral’s capabilities with Sears’ unique assets. It’s been a very positive and collaborative start.”

Phase One is The Sears Backyard Blitz, an interactive and engaging online game which encourages listeners on 21 radio stations to drag and drop their favorite backyard products from Sears into their virtual backyard and guess the Sears retail value of the items. Hosted on each station’s website, the program is heavily supported with both on air and online messaging driving listeners to play and automatically be entered to win a $2,500 Sears gift card.

The second phase of the Media Creativity partnership is a series of customized Fashion and Trend vignettes called Sears Look Reports airing on 31 Astral RadioPlus-represented radio stations across Canada. These 60-second exclusive and tailored pieces feature Sears Trend Director Cynthia Florek in English and Isabelle Paquette in French.

Dean Rutherford, Vice President and General Manager of Astral RadioPlus says,“Working in partnership with Sears and Vizeum on this project has been extremely rewarding for Astral. Vizeum provided us a very detailed brief on Sears’ objectives this season and the Astral RadioPlus Media Creativity team was given leeway to push the envelope and create engaging, interactive programs that integrate our listener experience both on-air and on line with their key messaging. Sears is one of Canada’s largest radio supporters and we are very proud to have been chosen as their national partner for these two initiatives.”

[jon]

Dean Rutherford is a name I had not heard before. Is he related to Walt Rutherford, the late News Director of CKWX and CJCA before that? Walt, of course, is the father of Doug and Dave.

[isthisthingon]

Yes, you're right. And he is also his own grandfather.

[Jack Bennest]

I have been wrong before -
but I think Dean is an eastern Canada Rutherford and works for Astral. His age could make
him a son of Dave or Doug but don't think so.

[isthisthingon]

In other news, we've learned that Morgan and Tarzan Dan Freeman are related. Since they both do voice-overs it was a giveaway. Clark Kent's great-great-nephew Peter is doing an OK job as Environment Minister. I think it said in Billboard that all the Tom Rivers on radio are related. Ditto the Steve Shannons and many members of Morning Zoos. A bartender at the golf course told me a do-over was named after Terry David Mulligan. I'm looking into whether Charles Adler is related to Debra Messing's Will & Grace TV character - Grace Adler. Still no word about Fred and Ted Rogers, or Homer and Jessica Simpson.

[freqfreak2]

Likely related to Fred Rutherford (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rutherford) who has a son nicknamed "Lumpy."

[isthisthingon]

It was Clarence damnit! The nickname Lumpy hurt his feelings. Eldridge and June Cleaver really had their hands full back then.

[freqfreak2]

Team question: fingers on your buzzers ...

So which real Corus Rutherford is also nicknamed "Lumpy"?

[Big Voice]

Dave.

[Jack Bennest]

A running gag on the show was to have Fred, who always referred to his son as Clarence, call him "Lumpy" when angry. Fred would also call Lumpy a "big boob" or a "big oaf." Lumpy's mother Gwendolyn ("Geraldine", in some early episodes) and his younger sister, Violet (who is about Beaver's age), round out the family.

from wikipedia

Now back to our regular programming - the QR show "Rutherford" with Dave Rutherford - no relation to Clarence.