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Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England) is a Canadian television and radio host. At 22, wearing a trademark pink jumpsuit and working for Toronto radio station CKEY, she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own helicopter. She clocked 5,000 hours as pilot-in-command of a Hughes 300. Later, at Citytv Toronto, she worked as a writer, reporter and co-anchor, with Gord Martineau, of evening newscast City''Pluse'''' at 6''. There she hosted an afternoon program, ''Sweet City Woman''. Petty also anchored CITY-TV's short-lived 5:30 p.m. news and current affairs program ''CityWide'' from May 1987 until 1989 when she left for CFTO-TV. On Citytv's daily talk show ''CityLine'', Petty established herself as one of Canada's foremost television talk show hosts.〔Cronenberg, David; Irwin, Mark (Spring/Winter 2004). ''David Cronenberg/Mark Irwin Commentary'' (DVD; Audio Track 2 ). Criterion Collection. Los Angeles, California; Toronto, Canada. 〕 She left her news anchor position to concentrate on ''CityLine''. In 1989, Petty moved to CFTO and the Baton Broadcasting System. Her hour-long general interest talk show, ''The Dini Petty Show'', aired until 1999. In the 2000s, Petty hosted ''Weekends with Dini Petty'', a syndicated weekly radio program focused on health and wellness for baby boomers. Sheila Copps succeeded her as host of ''Weekends''. In August and September 2010, Petty returned to guest-host several episodes of ''Cityline'' while host, Tracy Moore, was on maternity leave. ==Personal Life== In 1980, a documentary camera followed her pregnancy and the birth of her son Nicholas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dini Petty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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