In his early days Bruner sang in Wayne King's Detroit orchestra, but soon found his way into broadcasting by helping to establish the Toronto-based television station CFTO-TV, which went on the air in 1961.
Soble died just a few months after submitting his original proposal, and Bruner took over the application process.
[3] Along with Peter Hill, Bruner then founded Global Communications to continue the network license application.
[4] The new company was ultimately granted a six-transmitter network in southern Ontario, stretching from Windsor to Ottawa, in 1972, but could not obtain a transmitter that would reach Montreal.
However, his ideas never reached fruition as he died in a New York post office of a heart attack in 1987.