Meet the team

Todd Smith News Director

Todd has been the News Director at Quinte Broadcasting stations 800 CJBQ, Mix 97 and Rock 107 since 2006. The native of Riverview, New Brunswick attended Loyalist College and has been with QBC since 1993. Todd, Tawnya and their two girls Payton and Reagan spend a lot of time at the rink with the Belleville Bearcats Girls Hockey teams and Stirling Minor Soccer. When not chatting with a local politician or digging up news, Smitty can be found at the Bay of Quinte Golf Club or helping out numerous charities.

Todd can be heard anchoring morning newscasts on Mix 97 and Rock 107 and during his regular Monday Morning Round Table on the Lorne Brooker show on 800 CJBQ. He's also the play-by-play voice of the Belleville Bulls on the OHL Tonight on TV Cogeco.

Email Todd: todd@mix97.com

Jack Miller Sports Director

Jack started at Quinte Broadcasting back in the 1970's and has made quite an impression on our community. The Cornwall native started as the host of CJBQ's afternoon show and moved into the Sports Director's Chair in 1979. Jack has been the play-by-play voice of the Belleville Bulls since 1981 and spends his Christmas Break working with Team Canada on the National Radio Broadcasts at the World Junior Tournament. He was also elected to Belleville City Council in 2006.

Jack can be heard weekday mornings bringing you the latest sports scores on 800 CJBQ, Mix 97 and Rock 107. Or shouting "He Scores" at an OHL rink near you

Email Jack: jack@mix97.com

Bill Holland

Bill has been bringing Quinte the news since 1979. The Belleville native is a Quinte Secondary School graduate and knows the area like the back of his hand. If you have a local news tip contact him at billholland@cjbq.com.

Bill can be heard anchoring the morning news on 800 CJBQ and reporting on the latest Quinte Healthcare news.

Email Bill: billholland@cjbq.com

John Spitters

John was born in Belleville in 1956 and has been committed to bringing Quinte the local news for most of the last thirty years. John graduated from Centennial Secondary School in 1975 and Ryerson in 1978. After a stint in radio sales John returned to his favorite department full-time in 2006. When he's out of the Newsroom John can often be found enjoying a round of golf.

John can be heard weekday afternoons anchoring the news on 800 CJBQ, Mix 97 and Rock 107. John also covers Quinte West Council and its various committees.

Email John: johnspitters@cjbq.com

Mary Thomas

Mary has been a member of the Quinte Broadcasting news team since 1976. The longtime journalist worked at newspapers in Sudbury and Toronto and has also had three books published. For more information on her books go to behindenemy@hotmail.com. Mary's work has taken her to Bosnia, Honduras, South Korea and Canada's Arctic.

Mary can be heard reporting on Belleville City Council Meetings and many other news stories in the Quinte region. Mary is also host of Newsmaker Sunday on 800 CJBQ.

Email Mary: marythomas@cjbq.com

David Foot

David is a native of Newmarket and graduated from the Broadcast Journalism program at Loyalist College in 2006. An avid sports fan, David was the play-by-play voice for the Loyalist Lancers basketball teams on Loyalist Radio. When he's not at work David umpires baseball and watches sports on TV.

David can be heard anchoring weekend news on 800 CJBQ, Mix 97 and Rock 107.

Email David: davidfoot@rock107.ca

Jennifer Lester

Jennifer joined the Quinte Broadcasting news team in the spring of 2008 and serves you as a reporter and your regular news anchor on Sunday mornings.

Jennifer's broadcasting career has taken her to radio and TV stations all over the Quinte and Northumberland regions as well as Timmins, Ontario and the southern United States.

In addition to traveling, Jennifer spends her time off enjoying her newly built house in Prince Edward County

Jennifer has a fine arts degree from York University and two journalism diplomas from Loyalist College.

Joyce Cassin

Joyce is a freelance reporter for Quinte Broadcasting. Although her full-time job is covering the news for the Port Hope Evening Guide she has been contributing stories on newsmakers in Brighton to CJBQ, Mix 97 and Rock 107 for several years.

Joyce reports on Brighton Council meetings and keeps us up to date on news from the Brighton Health Services Centre.