# Dini Petty > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dini_Petty > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dini_Petty.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dini_Petty > Source revision: 1312775091 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian television and radio host (born 1945)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Dini Petty | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|1|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = [Kingston upon Thames](/source/Kingston_upon_Thames), [Greater London](/source/Greater_London), [England](/source/England), UK | death_date = | occupation = Helicopter Pilot, TV & Radio Host, Author | genre = Children's Literature }} '''Dini Petty''' (born January 15, 1945) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) television and radio host. At 22, wearing a trademark pink [jumpsuit](/source/jumpsuit) and working for [Toronto](/source/Toronto) radio station [CKEY](/source/CHKT_(AM)), she became the first female traffic reporter to pilot her own [helicopter](/source/helicopter). She clocked 5,000 hours as pilot-in-command of a [Hughes 300](/source/Schweizer_(Hughes)_300). [[File:Dini Petty, J D Roberts, Jeanne Beker - City TV.jpg|alt=Three people sitting up on the back seat of a corvette, most likely participating in a parade or procession.|thumb|Petty, left, beside fellow [Citytv](/source/CITY-DT) personalities [J. D. Roberts](/source/John_Roberts_(journalist)) and [Jeanne Beker](/source/Jeanne_Beker) at a parade in Toronto during March 1982.]] Later, at [Citytv Toronto](/source/CITY-TV), she worked as a writer, reporter and [co-anchor](/source/news_anchor), with [Gord Martineau](/source/Gord_Martineau), of evening newscast [City''Pulse''](/source/CityPulse)'' at 6''.{{Cite news |date=November 1985 |title=CITYPULSE: Tabloid TV news |volume=58 |pages=12 |work=Chatelaine |issue=11 |issn=0009-1995 |id={{ProQuest|1715423051}} }} There she also hosted an afternoon program, ''Sweet City Woman''. Later, on Citytv's daily [talk show](/source/talk_show) ''[CityLine](/source/CityLine)'', Petty established herself as one of Canada's foremost television talk show hosts.{{Cite news |last=Zerbisias |first=Antonia |date=1989-12-14 |title=Champions of breakfast fight for early TV audience |pages=C4 |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ont., Canada |issn=0319-0781 |id={{ProQuest|436118877}} }} She left her evening news anchor position to concentrate on ''CityLine''. From May 1987 to 1989, Petty also anchored Citytv's short-lived 5:30 p.m. news and current affairs program ''CityWide''. In 1989, Petty moved to [CFTO](/source/CFTO-TV) and the [Baton Broadcasting System](/source/Baton_Broadcasting_System).{{Cite news |last=Zarzour |first=Kim |date=1990-01-18 |title=Dini Petty Stronger than ever Fame has cost her several marriages along with her privacy and safety but the girl with the pink helicopter is flying high with a new TV show |pages=L1 |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ont., Canada |issn=0319-0781 |id={{ProQuest|436114913}} }} Her popular hour-long general interest talk show, ''[The Dini Petty Show](/source/The_Dini_Petty_Show)'', aired until 1999. In the 2000s, Petty hosted ''Weekends with Dini Petty'', a [syndicated](/source/radio_syndication) weekly radio program focused on health and wellness for [baby boomer](/source/baby_boomer)s. [Sheila Copps](/source/Sheila_Copps) succeeded her as host of ''Weekends''. In August and September 2010, Petty returned to guest-host several episodes of ''Cityline'' while host, [Tracy Moore](/source/Tracy_Moore_(Canadian_journalist)), was on maternity leave. In 2016, Petty relaunched a product called Luuup Litter Box, partially through using a [Kickstarter](/source/Kickstarter) platform.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/retire-working-in-retirement/former-tv-host-dini-petty-is-starting-a-business-again-at-71/article29073404/|publisher=The Globe and Mail |title=Former TV host Dini Petty is starting a business again ... at 71|date=March 9, 2016 |accessdate=20 July 2017 }} ==Personal life== Petty is the daughter of Gordon Petty, a film producer, and Molly, a Scottish war bride. Molly Petty ran a talent and modeling agency, Producers' Services in Toronto.{{Cite news |last=McCabe |first=Nora |date=February 1990 |title=Dini's dynamite! As her new morning talk show wins raves I across the country host Dini Petty--bright, funny and down-to-earth--proves it helps to have the common touch to queen it on daytime TV |volume=63 |pages=44–46, 48 |work=Chatelaine |issue=2 |issn=0009-1995 |id={{ProQuest|1715432129}} }} In 1980, a documentary camera followed her [pregnancy](/source/pregnancy) and the [birth](/source/childbirth) of her son Nicholas.{{Cite news |last=Bot |first=Ellen |date=1987-03-05 |title=Petty's style more sophisticated than in her helicopter pilot days |pages=B7 |work=Toronto Star |location=Toronto, Ont., Canada |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/435562142 |accessdate=2023-08-27 |issn=0319-0781 |id={{ProQuest|435562142}} }} She also has a daughter, Samantha. ==Publications== Petty has written a [children's book](/source/children's_book), ''The Queen, the Bear, and the Bumblebee'', published in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781552851517|website=www.isbns.net |title=The Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee (First Edition) |accessdate=2 February 2015}} Joanne Findon (professor of English literature at Trent University, Ontario){{cite web |url=http://www.trentu.ca/englishma/faculty.php|website=www.trentu.ca|title=English M.A. (Public Texts) Faculty|publisher=Trent University |accessdate=2 February 2015 }} described the book as "a charming fable about the value of being yourself and recognizing your own strengths."{{cite web |url=http://www.quillandquire.com/review/the-queen-the-bear-and-the-bumblebee/|website=www.quillandquire.com |title=Reviews: The Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee|date=December 2000 |publisher=Quill and Quire |accessdate=2 February 2015 }} [Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly) was less flattering: "Despite a bumblebee protagonist, there's little to buzz about in this didactic picture book."{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58270-036-6 |website=www.publishersweekly.com |title=The Queen, the Bear and the Bumblebee |publisher=PWxyz LLC |accessdate=12 July 2015 }} In 2014, the book was staged at a theatre at the [Banff Centre](/source/Banff_Centre).{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2015/01/15/dini_petty_enters_her_70s_still_flying_high.html|work=The Star |title=Dini Petty enters her 70s, still flying high|date=January 15, 2015 |accessdate=20 July 2017 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Children's literature}} * {{IMDb name|id=0678781|name=Dini Petty}} * [https://atom.library.yorku.ca/index.php/dini-petty-fonds Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University] – Archival assets from the ''Dini Petty'' fonds. * [http://www.dinipetty.com/ dinipetty.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730085356/http://www.dinipetty.com/ |date=2017-07-30 }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Petty, Dini}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian television talk show hosts Category:Canadian radio personalities Category:Canadian children's writers Category:Canadian aviators Category:Writers from Toronto Category:People from Kingston upon Thames Category:Canadian women television personalities Category:CTV Television Network people Category:Citytv people Category:Canadian women radio personalities --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dini Petty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dini_Petty) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dini_Petty?action=history)). 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