Kim Edmonds Retires 44-Year Broadcast Career, April 2, 2010 back to recent news    

Mississauga, Ontario - April 2, 2010 – After 15 years of loyal service to Applied Electronics, and 44 years in the broadcast industry, Kim Edmonds retires in March following the completion of his final Special Project with Applied Electronics – the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Kim began his career in the broadcast field in 1966 when he worked for CFQC-TV Saskatoon, CFCN-TV Calgary and CBC-TV Calgary, until he established his own technical management company in 1988 working with NBC, ABC, ESPN, and TSN, among others over the course of 12 years.

Kim joined Applied Electronics in 1995 as a Broadcast Sales Representative and three years later was promoted to Manager of the Broadcast Division. Kim managed and grew the division over the course of 5 years before taking on the challenge of building and managing the specialized Broadcast Systems Group in 2003, a third division formed to cater to the needs of clients requiring turnkey solutions.

During the past 27 years, Kim has been involved in the TV broadcasting of 15 Olympics, 3 Commonwealth Games and 2 Pan Am Games plus dozens of other special broadcast events.

Kim was also honoured with the Western Association of Broadcast Engineers (WABE) Ambassador of the Year Award in 2007, recognizing him for his significant contributions to the association and the industry.

“Susan, John and I would like to thank Kim for his years of service and for his unwavering support of the company and of the three of us,” says Paul Stechly, President of Applied Electronics. “Kim was instrumental in the growth of our specialized design and engineering team, recruiting and retaining many of the key individuals who now make up the core strength of our Broadcast Systems Group. It has distinguished us as a leading systems provider in the broadcast industry, a position we surely would not enjoy without Kim’s efforts.”

Although Kim leaves us to enjoy some much needed R&R, he will not be leaving us forever as he will make appearances now and again to help manage large projects.