Howard Glassman has been a national radio host for
CHAB (Moose Jaw),
CFOX (Vancouver),
CKIK (Calgary),
CJFM (Montreal), co-host of The Humble and Fred Morning Show at CFNY-FM (Edge 102.1) and
Mix 99.9 in Toronto. A veteran stand-up comic, Glassman is a versatile performer who has done everything from hosting
Switchback on
CBC Television, national TV commercials for
Coors, a movie of the week for CBS (a very small part) and appeared as fixture and host on other TV shows including
The Dini Petty Show on
CTV and ''
Ed's Night Party'' on
Citytv. Glassman's longest continuous on-air job was the
Humble & Fred Show which he and
Fred Patterson started in 1989 before leaving CFNY for
CKFM-FM in May 1991 (which became
Mix 99.9 later that year), only to return 19 months later at the end 1992. In April 2001, the team moved to
Mojo 640 before leaving for Mix 99.9 in August 2003. Glassman hosted the show until July 2006, He was replaced by Mad Dog and Billie. In August 2008, Glassman returned to the airwaves as co-host of the new morning show on Toronto's CJEZ-FM, which has since been renamed
boom 97.3. His co-host on the program was Colleen Rusholme. Glassman and Rusholme were fired from the Boom morning show on May 3, 2011. On October 15, 2011 Humble & Fred began a weekday podcast show. in addition to still offering a podcast version of the show online. Glassman can be seen in the 2003 documentary film
Flyerman. The movie shows him interviewing a guest live on air. As further testament to his talents, Glassman continues to perform stand up comedy at local events, corporate functions and for charity. ==Personal==