Jill Belland
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Jill Belland is a Canadian
TV personality based in Calgary
, Alberta
. She serves as a host and producer at Citytv Calgary
.
and moved to Calgary at a young age.
She studied classical piano and trained to be a singer.
Belland studied at the University of Calgary
in the Faculty of Communications and Culture with a concentration in Media Studies
.
She joined the Calgary Stampeders
Outriders cheerleading squad
, which she was part of for four years. While with the Stampeders, she sang the national anthem at home games.
Belland has also worked as a stage actress, performing in local productions such as Jesus Hopped the "A" Train, The Full Monty
., and Man Out of Joint.
(CKAL-TV was previously known as A-Channel and is now known as Citytv Calgary).
Her initial job was just to pour coffee for the The Big Breakfast TV show.
She then assisted in production with the Big Breakfast show and the station's news department.
She went on to do hosting on (what was then) MTV Canada entertainment news segments (at the time MTV Canada was the name of a channel with the same owners). She was then promoted to become host and producer of Wired in 2003.
She has also served as a host of Your City, Citytv's weekday evening show.
Belland became the host and producer of The City Show, a weekend show that won the Rosie award for "Best News Information Series" by the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association (AMPIA) in 2006.
Belland was voted "Sexiest Women" in Calgary by Fast Forward Weekly readers in 2009.
The City Show and Your City were cancelled in January 2010.
In 2011 she won another Rosie as Best TV Host for the Breakfast Show.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
TV personality based in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
. She serves as a host and producer at Citytv Calgary
CKAL-TV
CKAL-DT is a television station based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Citytv system as of August 2, 2005, and was previously branded as A-Channel. The station is owned by Rogers Media through its Rogers Broadcasting, Ltd. division...
.
Early life
Belland was born in EdmontonEdmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
and moved to Calgary at a young age.
She studied classical piano and trained to be a singer.
Belland studied at the University of Calgary
University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1966 the U of C is composed of 14 faculties and more than 85 research institutes and centres.More than 25,000 undergraduate and 5,500 graduate students are currently...
in the Faculty of Communications and Culture with a concentration in Media Studies
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
.
She joined the Calgary Stampeders
Calgary Stampeders
The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta and named in reference to the Calgary Stampede. The Stampeders play their home games at McMahon Stadium...
Outriders cheerleading squad
Canadian Football League Cheerleading
Canadian Football League Cheerleading, or CFL Cheerleading, is a professional cheerleading league that follows and supports teams from the Canadian Football League. Cheerleaders in this league must excel in gymnastics and dance...
, which she was part of for four years. While with the Stampeders, she sang the national anthem at home games.
Belland has also worked as a stage actress, performing in local productions such as Jesus Hopped the "A" Train, The Full Monty
The Full Monty (musical)
The Full Monty is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally and score by David Yazbek.In this Americanized musical stage version adapted from the 1997 British film of the same name, six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers, low on both cash and prospects, decide to present a strip act at a local club...
., and Man Out of Joint.
Broadcasting
Belland was hired by Citytv CalgaryCKAL-TV
CKAL-DT is a television station based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Citytv system as of August 2, 2005, and was previously branded as A-Channel. The station is owned by Rogers Media through its Rogers Broadcasting, Ltd. division...
(CKAL-TV was previously known as A-Channel and is now known as Citytv Calgary).
Her initial job was just to pour coffee for the The Big Breakfast TV show.
She then assisted in production with the Big Breakfast show and the station's news department.
She went on to do hosting on (what was then) MTV Canada entertainment news segments (at the time MTV Canada was the name of a channel with the same owners). She was then promoted to become host and producer of Wired in 2003.
She has also served as a host of Your City, Citytv's weekday evening show.
Belland became the host and producer of The City Show, a weekend show that won the Rosie award for "Best News Information Series" by the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association (AMPIA) in 2006.
Belland was voted "Sexiest Women" in Calgary by Fast Forward Weekly readers in 2009.
The City Show and Your City were cancelled in January 2010.
In 2011 she won another Rosie as Best TV Host for the Breakfast Show.