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'''Mark Elliot''' ([[birth|born]] ca. 1953) is the professional name of '''Nils Johanson''', a late night [[talk radio]] host on [[radio station]] [[CFRB]] 1010 in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] and an [[addictions]] [[Mental Health Counselor|counselor]] in private practice.

From Monday to Thursday from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]] he hosts the general interest talk show ''The Nightside'', as of 2005 the highest-rated late night radio show in Canada. Over the same period on Friday he hosts ''[[People Helping People]]'', dedicated to [[addictions]] and addiction recovery. Elliot is himself a recovering [[alcoholism|alcoholic]], [[drug abuse]]r, and [[compulsive gambling|compulsive gambler]].

As of 2005, Elliot is the only [[coming out|openly]] [[gay]] host on CFRB, where he came out on air. Also on the [[left-wing politics|left wing]] politically, he presents a somewhat challenging figure for the historically conservative station.

Elliot's radio career began at what was then [[CIAO (AM)|CHIC]] radio in [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], a Toronto [[suburb]], in 1974. He moved on to work as a radio [[disk jockey]] at the last English-language commercial radio station in [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec City]], [[Quebec]] and then in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. At his next home, in [[Ottawa, Ontario|Ottawa]], he became a legendary evening [[Top 40]] host and local celebrity on [[CFRA]] and [[CKQB|CFGO]]. In 1987, a sympathetic employer fired Elliot rather than let his position continue to [[enabler|enable]] his addictions. Retrospectively, Elliot praises her.

Elliot moved to [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], Ontario, where he received treatment in a [[Roman Catholic]] treatment centre; inspired by the people who worked with him, he would [[religious conversion|convert]] to the faith himself. He returned to the air with the [[CHUM Limited|CHUM]] radio group serving Windsor and [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]].

With executive producer [[Warren Cosford]], Elliot initiated ''People Helping People'' on Windsor's [[CKLW]], later [[Radio syndication|syndicating]] it to Toronto's [[CFYI|Talk 640]]. Both stations dropped his program before he was picked up by CFRB, Canada's most listened-to commercial talk radio station, first to do ''PHP'' on weekends, and eventually, in 2004, to take on ''The Nightside'' after its longtime host [[Jim Richards (Canadian broadcaster)|Jim Richards]] moved to an earlier timeslot.

While many other electronic media shut down, Elliot was on air during the [[2003 North America blackout|Great Blackout of 2003]], providing information and reassurance to untold numbers of listeners in [[Southern Ontario]].

Elliot has also worked as a counselor with the [[Salvation Army]] Harbour Light Treatment Centre, and he is a member of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]].

Elliot grew up in [[Weston, Ontario|Weston]], then a suburb of Toronto. He now lives in the [[Church and Wellesley]] area of downtown Toronto.

==External links==
* [http://www.markelliot.com markelliot.com]
* [http://www.cfrb.com/content/content_publish/program_details.asp?filename=program_id_50.html CFRB biography]

{{lgbt|Mark Elliot}}

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