Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Van Vliet reporting from the red carpet at the 84th Academy Awards, 2012
Born Christopher Van Vliet
(1983-05-19) May 19, 1983
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Television Personality, Radio Personality and Journalist
Years active 2005–present
Website www.chrisvanvliet.tv

Christopher "Chris" Van Vliet (born 1983) is a Canadian television/radio personality, professional film critic, and competitive sport fisherman currently living and working in Miami, Florida.

He is an entertainment reporter for FOX affiliate WSVN in Miami on the show Deco Drive. Prior to coming to Miami, he worked at WOIO in Cleveland and was a radio personality on WDOK. He is also known for his work in his native Canada as the former co-host of the Sun TV show Inside Jam! and the co-host of Razer's (now MTV2) 969 program.

Van Vliet serves as a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association.[1]

Education and early career

Van Vliet was born in Pickering, Ontario. He attended Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where he completed the university's communication studies program. While attending he held jobs at Rogers Community Television and AM570 News in Kitchener. His first on-air job was with CHEX-TV in Peterborough, Ontario, where he was a news reporter and videographer immediately following graduation.[2]

969

Main article: 969 (TV series)

Following his early days in Peterborough, Van Vliet eventually moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he was hired as a host and producer for Razer Television's (what would eventually become MTV2) 969 program.[3] 969 aired from November 2004 until it was cancelled in 2007. While there, he also hosted Razer News, a celebrity news program. In 2007, Van Vliet was voted as the third favorite Vancouver TV personality by the readers of TV Week Magazine.

Inside Jam!

Main article: Jam!

Following 969, Van Vliet returned to Toronto where he co-hosted the program Inside Jam! with Tara Slone on Sun TV. While the program was initially an hour-long daily entertainment news program, on March 23, 2006, it was reported that the program was moving to a 1-hour Saturday format.[4] Inside Jam! has since been scaled down to a half-hour program airing Saturdays and Sundays.[5]

WOIO

In February 2010, Van Vliet announced on air on Inside Jam! that he would be leaving the show, having accepted a position as an entertainment reporter at CBS affiliate WOIO in Cleveland, Ohio.[6] In April 2010 he was voted by Inside Edition as one of Cleveland's hottest bachelors.[7]

In October 2011 he was named by Cosmopolitan Magazine as the Bachelor of the Year. He donated the $10,000 prize to The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland.[8]

On June 2, 2012 Van Vliet won two Emmy Awards for Best Host and Best Single Sports Story for his report on Gregory Iron, a professional wrestler from Cleveland who wrestles despite being born with cerebral palsy.[9]

On June 7, 2014 Van Vliet won his third Emmy Award for Best Host.

WSVN

Van Vliet began as the entertainment reporter for WSVN's nightly program Deco Drive on January 5, 2015. On January 29, 2016 Van Vliet interviewed Leslie Mann and Dakota Johnson for the film How to Be Single. The interview subsequently became a viral video after the woman spent the entire time hitting on Van Vliet. [10]

On June 27, 2015 Van Vliet won his fourth Emmy Award for Best Host. He has a total of nine nominations.

Outside Interests

Bass Fishing

In addition to his media work, Van Vliet also is involved with competitive bass fishing, having entered numerous Bassmaster and FLW Outdoors tournaments,[11] and even winning an Amateur Division Big Fish of the Day title when the Bassmaster Northern Open took place from September 12–14, 2013 in Sandusky, Ohio with a 6-pound, 7-ounce smallmouth bass.[12] He also has recorded two overall top ten finishes in previous Bassmaster Northern Opens.

Professional Wrestling

Van Vliet is also a professional wrestling fan, having worked as an announcer for Cleveland-based independent promotion Prime Wrestling,[13] as well as several companies in Toronto. He frequently conducts interviews with professional wrestlers from national companies such as WWE and TNA.[14][15]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "BFCA Member Directory". Bfca.org. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  2. ↑ Chris Van Vliet Biography on Inside Jam
  3. ↑ Jesse Kohl (2008-07-17). "CTV rebrands Razer as MTV2". Media in Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  4. ↑ "''Sun down'', Antonia Zerbisias, Toronto Star". Thestar.blogs.com. 2006-03-23. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. ↑ Inside Jam! on SunTV schedule listing Archived April 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Warmington, Joe. "''Who do you like in Super Bowl?'', Joe Warmington". Torontosun.com. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  7. ↑ Dawn Masenya. "'Inside Edition' reveals Cleveland's hottest bachelors". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  8. ↑ "2011 Cosmo Bachelor of The Year - Interview with Chris Van Vliet". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  9. 1 2 "NATAS Lower Great Lakes Chapter". NATASLGL. 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX6rII4HP6Q
  11. ↑ http://www.bassmaster.com/news/van-vliet-top-bachelor-angler
  12. 1 2 http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2013/09/lake_erie_fishing_pro_bass_tou.html
  13. ↑ http://www.primewrestling.com/stars.php
  14. ↑ http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/310789/[VIDEO]-Dolph-Ziggler-to-be-Examined-Sunday-Before-the-Royal-Rumble.htm
  15. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Twy7UAZXFc
  16. ↑ Van Vliet's 3rd Emmy - NATAS Lower Great Lakes chapter
  17. ↑ http://www.bdmotp.com/2013/09/catching-up-with-a-best-dressed-man-chris-van-vliet
  18. ↑ http://chrisvanvliet.tv/bio

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