Former Bayshore Broadcasting announcer and news anchor Dan McLean, has passed away.
He was the morning news co-host on Mix 106.5 in Owen Sound from 2010 to 2013 and was a long time anchor of CHCH news in Hamilton.
After McLean retired in 2013, he remained in Owen Sound and continued to lend his iconic voice to various projects. McLean did charity work for the Hamilton and Burlington United Way, McMaster Children’s Hospital, and the Hamilton Regional Cancer Centre.
His obituary on the Brian E. Wood Funeral Home page says, “Many achievements and accomplishments include OAB Broadcaster of the Year, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, Canwest Spirit of the Community Award, International Red Cross Humanitarian Award, OAB Howard Caine Community Achievement Award, the RTNDA Association of Electronic Journalists lifetime achievement award and was Hamilton’s Distinguished Citizen of the Year in 2001.”
Dan McLean Passed away peacefully at Brightshores Health System in Owen Sound last Friday in his 79th year.