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Shushma Datt was born on 1946 in Kenya, is a Canadian broadcaster. Discover Shushma Datt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Occupation Radio and television broadcaster
Age 78 years old
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Born 1946, 1946
Birthday 1946
Birthplace Kenya
Nationality Kenya

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1946

Shushma Datt (born 1946) is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster.

She is credited as the first Canadian broadcaster of South-Asian descent and is considered a pioneer of ethnic broadcasting in British Columbia.

Datt was born in Kenya in 1946 into a large family.

Her father was an accountant.

Her family moved to India during a period of unrest in Kenya.

During her time in India, Datt studied at Delhi University and worked with the Indian newspaper, The Times of India.

1965

In 1965, Datt's family including her parents and five siblings moved to England where she worked as a broadcaster with the British Broadcasting Corporation.

During her time with the BBC, she interviewed then up and coming artists including Mick Jagger, George Harrison, Jimi Hendrix and also members of the English rock band The Who, as well as Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi.

1972

Datt moved to Vancouver in 1972.

She joined the CJVB radio station in Vancouver and was the station's Punjabi and Hindi language broadcaster.

1978

She remained with the station until 1978 when she started her own radio station, Radio Rim Jhim, an FB sideband broadcaster in the Greater Vancouver region.

She also branched to television producing content for OMNI TV and Shaw TV.

1992

She received the Order of British Columbia in 1992, and is also a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal.

Locally, she is the recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award and was listed among the 100 "most influential Indo-Canadians" by the Vancouver Sun and as one of 150 "most influential British Columbians" by the Royal British Columbia Museum.

2005

In 2005, Datt obtained an AM band license for a station that started as RJ1200, a multicultural radio station in the Vancouver region, which was later rebranded as Spice Radio.

Per a biography in Canadian newspaper, Vancouver Sun, she was the first woman to obtain a broadcasting license from the CRTC.

For her contributions, Datt is considered a pioneer of ethnic broadcasting in British Columbia.