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North Vancouver's Vicki Gabereau ties her star to VIV

By Robert Galster

News Reporter
robert@nsnews.com

THE first three letters
of Gabereau spell,
appropriately enough,
gab.

That gift is | Vicki
Gabereau’s specialty and start-
ing Monday, the North
Vancouver resident is transfer-
ring her long-running CBC
Radio act to Vancouver’s

“newest: channel, Vancouver

Television

“CBC Radio is kind of a
dub. I just happened to be
the one who had the he party at
my house,” said Gaberea

“It_was a good solid f pro-
gram. It got better as it went
on, but it ‘was over, it had just
had its day.”

What to do next quickly

Became ap

“These. "people ( Baton

important to be part of a new
station that is going to send
things” across Canada . from
explained
Gabereau.

“I wanted to work in a dif-

: ferent. medium, . something

it her youth :

ie where

long: scugh to : ick aan
re pking 0 off. for ‘Toronto, -.
O°.

“Atv one: point, “ Gabereau
was troduced toa man busi-

through some

nds: d he was starting ay

Inc.) made me
‘an offer and I thought it was

. guests
McLachlan, Jim. Byrnes, sumo
wresticr Akebono, X-Files’

., producer Chris’ Carter and

paper and he needed somcone
to help him, so | did,” said
Gabereau, who put her’ typing
skills to work for the fledgling
publication.

The man with the paper
dream was Peter Speck, who
continues to be the publisher
of these pages. The paper he
was struggling to put out was
the North Shore Shopper,
which later became the North
Shore News.

As Monday's inaugural
show approaches, Gabereau is
in a state of near-panic as fren-
zied activity in and around her
office approaches a feverish
pitch.

Story meetings, lawyers,
haircuts and light tests all play.
a part in a schedule that’s sup-
posed to revolve around pro-
ducing a television show.

“P'm too old for this, No. -

wonder everybody here’ is
25,” said Gabercau.

“eIps exciting to be in the
company of people who are
excited. about things as
opposed to the CBC, euhere
things are getting sad.”

In ite . of leaving. the
troubled ~. Mother .Corp.,
Gabereau is still convinced its

* future is bright...

.. “The cae will come
back,” she

Ie baste but Gabereau
will probably not be a part of
it oo,
Gabereau’s. first. week’s
include Sarah

Joni. Mitchell.
The ..line-up. reeks of a
strong celebrity flavor. that

_+ Gabercau says does not neces-

sarily represent what the show
will be all abour.

“This is an interview ra
gram. That’s not to say.

. won’t. be celebritics, bur ies 's

not going to be celebrity-dri-

ven,”:: said Gabereau. “Pm

interested i in people”: |
“And dogs. A dog:of- “the:

week feature to be included in ©

the show’s format was one "of
her brainstorms. ~ :

“Pm __ only doing. this
because’ I'm - crazy about’
dogs,” “she « said.’ “With: any

: luck we'll have puppies.”

However, the show’s 8

a.m. time slot may affect its

viewership on the very West
Coast i it originates from.

Its live-to-screen format
allows the show to air at 11
am. in Canada’s castern
reaches, while locals must
catch it when many are still
stuck in the morning rush.

Scheduling is not part of
Gabereau’s job though, and
she has enough. things to
worry about. Being untrained
in the art of television, the

next three days will see

Gabereau rehearsing. :
It’s not much of a training

program, but it is, the reality .

of television, which seems to
move at break-neck speed..

“If I can’t do it I’ll go hide
in North Vancouver,” said
Gabereai

Monday morning it ‘will all

_come together one wey ol

‘another — and definit
First up, Joni Mitch i. puts

in. an ap ice. with - the

daughter she gave’ up for

adoption, - making - Monday's
debut a television first on two
counts. .

Come “hell or high water,

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