Kathleen and Colleen (sisters) John and Rose-Marie Dailey (parents)
Mark Edward Dailey (August 1, 1953 – December 6, 2010) was an American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer.[1] He was the host of 11 p.m. weeknight CityNews newscasts in Toronto, Ontario, and a prominent continuity announcer voicing interstitial program announcements on CITY-TV.
Dailey was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, to parents John and Rose-Marie (Genetta) Dailey and was one of three children (sisters Kathleen and Colleen).[2]
Dailey graduated from Ursuline High School and then studied law enforcement at Youngstown State University, in Ohio, worked as a state trooper in the Ohio State Highway Patrol,[3] and became a crime reporter for stations in Ohio (first at WNIO/1540 AM - now known as WYOH - and then ABC affiliate WYTV in the late 1960s) and at radio station CKLWinWindsor, Ontario, before moving to Toronto in 1974.[2] According to musician and Dailey's former co-worker Kurt Swinghammer, Dailey also briefly worked as a security guard for R&B and soul music legend Marvin Gaye in Detroit.[4]
Prior to Citytv, Dailey worked at Q-107 and CHUM-AM and FM. Dailey worked at Citytv for 31 years. He was well-known for voicing the station's slogan: "This is Citytv, Everywhere!".
Dailey is widely credited with delivering the title line during the chorus of the 1982 Rush song "Subdivisions", although he denied this.[5] Neil Peart, who was the drummer of Rush, was actually the person who voiced "Subdivisions" in the chorus of the song.[6]
