Jennifer Valentyne
| Jennifer Valentyne | |
|---|---|
 Valentyne at Breakfast Television Viewer Appreciation Day 2008 | |
| Born | May 31, 1967 |
| Occupation | Broadcasting; City Toronto, Breakfast Television |
| Spouse(s) | Greg Valentyne |
| Website | twitter @jennvalentyne |
Jennifer Elizabeth Valentyne (née Peck; born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian television personality, who worked on Breakfast Television in Toronto, doing "Live Eye" segments and standing in as a co-host.
Jennifer Peck graduated from David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute[1] and earned a Radio & Television Broadcasting Diploma from Toronto's Centennial College. She began work at City Toronto in 1987, as an intern and then a graphics operator with MuchMusic. In the early 1990s she appeared occasionally as "The Prize Queen" on Speakers Corner and hosted 30-second spots called "MuchHappenings". In 1992 she became a regular as the "Singing Weathergirl" on Breakfast Television, where she worked doing "Live Eye" segments and as a fill-in co-host until her position was eliminated in April 2016.[2][3]
She is a former Toronto Argonauts cheerleader and shoe/foot model, and has posed as the Toronto Sun's Sunshine Girl. She is also a singer/songwriter. She sings jazz standards and originals. She released a CD in 2001.
She is married to Greg Valentyne, a camera operator at City. They have two children.[4]
References
- ↑ "Profile Updates: Grads in the Broadcast Media", Thomson Tradewinds Spring 2012, David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute, p. 3 (pdf), retrieved April 6, 2016.
- ↑ Jenny Yuen, "Breakfast Television splits with Jennifer Valentyne", Toronto Sun, April 3, 2016.
- ↑ Greg David, "Jennifer Valentyne exits Breakfast Television Toronto", TV, eh?, April 1, 2016.
- ↑ Jillian Cecchini, "Lights, camera, action! — true love blossoms on set", Post City Toronto, August 29, 2012.
External links
- Jennifer Valentyne at Breakfast Television, archived May 7, 2013.