John Derringer

John Derringer (born John Hayes) is a radio personality for CILQ-FM (Q107) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Derringer lives in nearby King City. He hosts a weekday morning show, Derringer In The Morning. Throughout the early 2000's, Derringer's opinions also appeared in the form of a regular column in the Toronto Sun. As of 2016, Derringer has been named "Radio Personality of the Year" by Canadian Music Week 10 times, and has been named "Favourite Toronto Radio Personality" by the Sun, Eye Weekly, "Now Magazine" and Top Choice Awards.

In March 2012, Derringer received the Allan Waters Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame at Canadian Music Week in Toronto.

Also in 2012, he received the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work with the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness.

Derringer was born September 21, 1962. While attending St. Michael's College School, Derringer started as an operator in 1979 at CFTR (AM) in Toronto. That was followed by on-air work at CKJD in Sarnia, CFGO in Ottawa and K97 in Edmonton. He joined Q107 for the first time in 1984 and stayed until 1993. From 1993-1995 he was the morning host at CHOM-FM in Montreal. He went on to host Jock and Roll, a 90-second segment which featured a pre-recorded interview with an athlete or a rock musician. Jock and Roll was syndicated to more than 20 radio stations throughout Canada. In 1995, he took over Bob McCown's morning show at Toronto's sports radio station The Fan 590. For almost 5 years he hosted the Fan morning show with Pat Marsden.

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