Jill Belland
Jill Belland in 2009
Born	Edmonton, Alberta
Residence	Calgary, Alberta
Nationality	Canadian
Education	Studied at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Communications and Culture with a concentration in Media Studies
Occupation	TV host and producer
Employer	Citytv Calgary

Jill Belland is a Canadian TV personality based in Calgary, Alberta. She serves as a host and producer at Citytv Calgary.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Broadcasting 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Early life

Belland was born in Edmonton and moved to Calgary at a young age.^[2] She studied classical piano and trained to be a singer.^[2][2] Belland studied at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Communications and Culture with a concentration in Media Studies.^[2]

She joined the Calgary Stampeders Outriders cheerleading squad, which she was part of for four years.^[2] While with the Stampeders, she sang the national anthem at home games.^[2] Belland has also worked as a stage actress, performing in local productions such as Jesus Hopped the "A" Train^[3], The Full Monty.^[1], and Man Out of Joint.^[4][5]

[edit] Broadcasting

Belland was hired by Citytv Calgary^[2] (CKAL-TV was previously known as A-Channel and is now known as Citytv Calgary). Her initial job was just to pour coffee for the The Big Breakfast TV show.^[1] She then assisted in production with the Big Breakfast show and the station's news department.^[2]

She went on to do hosting on (what was then) MTV Canada entertainment news segments^[2] (at the time MTV Canada was the name of a channel with the same owners). She was then promoted to become host^[6] and producer of Wired in 2003.^[2] She has also served as a host of Your City^[1], Citytv's weekday evening show. Belland is currently the host and producer of The City Show, a weekend show that won the Rosie award for "Best News Information Series" by the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association (AMPIA) in 2006.^[2][7][8] Belland was voted "Sexist Women" in Calgary by Fast Forward Weekly readers in 2009.^[9]

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Belland, Jill (2009-06-29). "Get outside and enjoy Canada". Metro News (Calgary) (Free Daily News Group Inc.). http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/253570--get-outside-and-enjoy-canada. Retrieved 2009-09-10. 
• Magnan, Michelle (2008-11-18). "Bright lights, bright makeup: Calgary's TV hosts are makeup pros". Calgary Herald (Canwest). http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/reallife/story.html?id=c70eea1a-a04b-4602-bd02-701fb238fe91&p=1. Retrieved 2008-11-18.