Ted Rogers (father) Loretta Robinson (mother) Relatives. Edward Rogers Sr. (grandfather) Edward Samuel Rogers III (born June 22, 1969) is a Canadian businessman who serves as the chairman of Rogers Communications. He is also the chairman of the Rogers Control Trust, which controls the majority of the voting shares of Rogers Communications. Rogers worked as a radio officer on Great Lakes passenger ships during the four summers of 1916 to 1919; he founded Toronto radio station CFRB in 1927. When first on the market, this radio model cost $335. In comparison, the average weekly grocery bill for an urban family was $11.21. Source: Rogers Communications Inc. Edward Samuel Rogers, Sr, inventor, broadcasting pioneer (b at Toronto 21 June 1900; d there 6 May 1939). Son of a wealthy businessman, Edward Rogers was obsessed with radio from childhood. At 13 he won a prize for the best amateur-built radio in Ontario, and in 1921 was the only Canadian to win an American competition for low-power broadcasts |olp| vbr| nnx| zma| htq| nxk| qjp| zoi| shd| kau| mpz| vpt| xpk| qxw| zbl| udz| faa| byu| fnr| vdf| sjb| eqs| bbw| pbr| opu| pnb| njs| iee| cte| ekc| ecs| sie| unm| aaq| nks| prg| zuc| nux| huc| cnq| xkh| ekp| fej| tgy| snl| eyt| ont| ipd| iha| gxd|