Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Scruff Connors (born David Jeffrey Newfield, 1952 at Toronto) is a Canadian radio broadcaster known for conducting controversial on-air practical jokes.His career included host duties at various radio stations in Canada and the United States. His most prominent work is with Q107 in Toronto, where he became morning host in 1980. After broadcasting in other cities, he returned to Q107 in the early 1990s to join the "The Q Morning Zoo". In 1980, after Terry Fox was forced to abandon his Marathon of Hope, Connors responded by raising CAD$72,000 for cancer research by continuously hosting a 36-hour "Scruff-a-thon" on Q107.. }
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- Scruff_Connors abstract "Scruff Connors (born David Jeffrey Newfield, 1952 at Toronto) is a Canadian radio broadcaster known for conducting controversial on-air practical jokes.His career included host duties at various radio stations in Canada and the United States. His most prominent work is with Q107 in Toronto, where he became morning host in 1980. After broadcasting in other cities, he returned to Q107 in the early 1990s to join the "The Q Morning Zoo". In 1980, after Terry Fox was forced to abandon his Marathon of Hope, Connors responded by raising CAD$72,000 for cancer research by continuously hosting a 36-hour "Scruff-a-thon" on Q107.".