Astral Radio Personality Chris "Punch"Andrews passes away

A sad day for the Astral Media family, as we mourn the loss of our own.

Chris "Punch" Andrews passed away at 4:30 this morning, losing his battle with lung cancer. He was 43

Punch was our fill in traffic reporter here at CFRB, going by Chris Andrews when Guy Valentine was away, and as Punch he hosted a weekend show on our sister station, 99.9 MIX FM.

Punch started his career working at Cable 10 in Aurora as an on-air host at the age of 17.

While studying radio and television at Ryerson, Punch started working at a radio station in Newmarket, eventually leaving to take on a job as a producer at AM 640.

After 3 months doing that, Punch went to Prince Edward Island  to take on the roll of evening announcer at All-hits CFCY.

Two years later, Punch was hired to do over nights at MIX 99.9 in Toronto. He then moved to evenings 7pm to midnight, moving on to become a swing announcer and host of the Saturday Night Party MIX on 99.9 MIX FM.

Punch also taught Communications Technology classes at Vaughan Secondary School and Humber College.

In Lieu of flowers, Punch had asked that donations be made to Canadian Cancer society

A tribute to Punch is available on our web site at cfrb dot com, and a special tribute will air tonight on CFRB between 9 and 10 tonight

Godspeed Punch, we'll miss you.

 

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Visitation will be held at Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home - 157 Main Street South, Newmarket on Wednesday April 2nd between the hours of 2pm-4pm or 7pm - 9pm.

The Funeral will be held at Trinity United Church in Newmarket (on the corner of Main St. South and Park Ave - right across the street from the funeral home) at 11am on Thursday April 3rd.

In lieu of flowers, Chris and his family requested that donations be made and sent directly to The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation at 610 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9.