List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities

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This is a list of past and present personalities associated with the television and radio arms of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

A[]

  • Roger Abbott, late member of Royal Canadian Air Farce
  • Vik Adhopia, reporter covering affairs of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Kate Aitken, radio and television personality of the 1930s to 1950s
  • Andrew Allan, national head of CBC Radio Drama from 1943 to 1955
  • Tom Allen, host of Shift on CBC Radio 2
  • Steve Armitage, former CBC-Sports reporter and play-by-play announcer
  • Peter Armstrong; former host of World Report or CBC Radio 1, foreign correspondent for CBC Television and CBC Newsworld; currently the economics reporter for CBC News
  • Adrienne Arsenault, co-host of The National, foreign correspondent
  • Marie-Louise Arsenault, arts journalist
  • Michel C. Auger, former host of CBF-FM, Ici Radio-Canada Le 15-18. As of Fall 2015, host of Midi Info.
  • Nahlah Ayed, host of Ideas, foreign correspondent

B[]

C[]

D[]

E[]

F[]

  • Don Ferguson, Royal Canadian Air Farce
  • Max Ferguson, radio and television announcer.
  • Gillian Findlay
  • Danny Finkleman
  • Robert Fisher
  • Martina Fitzgerald
  • Darren Flutie, CFL colour commentator
  • Ken Finkleman
  • Mary Lou Finlay, former co-host of As It Happens, The Journal
  • Harry Flemming, political commentator on CBHT's First Edition
  • Dave Foley, writer and actor on The Kids in the Hall from 1989 to 1994, starred in the NBC sitcom Newsradio.
  • Craig Forrest - MLS match analyst, general soccer commentator.
  • Phillip Forsyth - co-host, As It Happens
  • Mark Forsythe
  • Michael J. Fox, in The Magic Lie series, 1978
  • Yuani Fragata
  • Greg Frers
  • Elliotte Friedman
  • Barbara Frum, host of As It Happens (1971–1981) and The Journal (1982–1992)
  • Melissa Fung

G[]

  • Vicki Gabereau
  • Céline Galipeau
  • Danny Gallivan, Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play announcer
  • Matt Galloway, host of The Current, former host of Metro Morning
  • Sue Gardner, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, was a producer for CBC Radio and the director of the CBC's online news operations.
  • Hana Gartner
  • Lana Gay
  • Mitsou Gélinas
  • Jian Ghomeshi
  • Bill Gillespie
  • Clyde Gilmour, host of Gilmour's Albums (1956–1997)
  • David Gilmour
  • Jonathan Goldstein
  • Bill Good, former anchor for CBUT's NewsCentre (1978–1989)
  • Rob Gordon, news reporter in the Maritimes (CBHT)
  • Jurgen Gothe, host of CBC Radio 2, national classical music program DiscDrive from 1985 to 2008
  • Joseph Goudie
  • Luba Goy, Royal Canadian Air Farce
  • Arvel Gray
  • Lorne Greene, CBC's chief radio announcer (1939–1942), covering much of World War II
  • Liz Grogan
  • Peter Gzowski, prominent journalist and author, host of Morningside.

H[]

  • Aamer Haleem
  • Geri Hall, This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2004-2011)
  • David Halton
  • Matthew Halton
  • Marie-Lynn Hammond
  • Ian Hanomansing, host on The National, Canada Now
  • Adrian Harewood, CBC News at Six anchor in Ottawa
  • Don Harron, host of Morningside
  • Ali Hassan
  • Jane Hawtin
  • Geraldine Heaney
  • Chantal Hébert, political commentator on CBC, columnist for Toronto Star
  • Larry Henderson
  • Foster Hewitt, Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play broadcaster
  • Heather Hiscox
  • Jessica Holmes, Royal Canadian Air Farce
  • Dave Hodge, former host of Hockey Night in Canada
  • Jim Hughson, Hockey Night in Canada
  • Ross Hull, CBC Toronto meteorologist
  • Paul Hunter
  • Tommy Hunter
  • Tariq Hussain, CBC Radio 3
  • Chris Hyndman, former co-host of Steven and Chris

I[]

J[]

  • Judith Jasmin started working for Radio-Canada in the late 1940s, co-hosted Carrefour with René Lévesque on Radio-Canada/Radio, hosted Reportage and Conférence de presse, she became the first woman named foreign correspondent for Radio-Canada at the UN (1966), and then in Washington, DC.
  • Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada Hosted the documentary series The Passionate Eye and , and produced and hosted individual documentary films
  • Stu Jeffries - Good Rockin' Tonight, Switchback
  • Charles Jennings, journalist
  • Peter Jennings, at age nine, hosted a kids’ program called Peter’s People on CBC Radio in Ottawa
  • Erica Johnson
  • Molly Johnson
  • Cathy Jones, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  • Colleen Jones
  • Daryn Jones
  • Khari Jones

K[]

L[]

  • Amanda Lang
  • Augusta La Paix
  • Karin Larsen
  • Ricardo Larrivée, host of Ricardo on Radio-Canada
  • Grant Lawrence, CBC Radio 3
  • René Lecavalier, war correspondent (World War II), then hosted La Soirée du hockey from its beginning on Radio-Canada television on October 11, 1952 (Montreal Canadiens vs. Detroit Red Wings) until the 1970s
  • Jeannie Lee
  • Mark Lee, former CBC Sports reporter
  • Sook-Yin Lee
  • Terry Leibel
  • René Lévesque - Worked as journalist for Radio-Canada from after World War II (during which he served as war correspondent for the US Army) to 1960, covering such events as the Korean War (1951–1953) and hosting Point de mire. He moved on becoming a prominent cabinet minister in Quebec's Jean Lesage Liberal Government (1960), and later Premier of Quebec (Parti Québécois, 1976).
  • Avi Lewis
  • Dana Lewis - Anchored CBC News Edmonton 1985-1990 also a weekend National reporter, and CBC News Alberta Parliamentary Reporter
  • Sharon Lewis
  • Charles Burchill Lynch
  • Laura Lynch

M[]

N[]

  • Pascale Nadeau
  • Pierre Nadeau, journalist, television and radio presenter and producer having anchored Le Téléjournal and hosted Le Point and Enjeux[1][2]
  • Knowlton Nash, prominent newsreader and host
  • Alan Neal
  • Harry Neale
  • Julie Nesrallah
  • Don Newman
  • Kevin Newman
  • Sydney Newman
  • Lori Nichol
  • Craig Norris

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V[]

WXYZ[]

  • Eleanor Wachtel, Writers and Company
  • Claire Wallace, host of from 1942–1952, first woman broadcaster to learn how to fly a plane
  • Pamela Wallin - Worked as a producer on CBC Radio. Her first TV work was on CTV's Canada AM. She later appeared on CBC TV, as cohost of Prime Time News and later host of Pamela Wallin Live.
  • Mary Walsh, writer, director, comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993-2013)
  • John Warren
  • Morgan Waters
  • Wayne and Shuster
  • Brian Williams, CBC Sports
  • Nancy Wilson, CBC Newsworld
  • Paul Winn
  • David Wisdom
  • Don Wittman, CBC Sports
  • Marcia Young
  • Nora Young
  • Moses Znaimer

References[]

  1. ^ Gosselin, Janie; Duschene, André (3 September 2019). "Le journaliste Pierre Nnadeau s'éteint à 82 ans". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Pierre Nadeau, grand reporter au parcours exceptionnel, s'éteint à 82 ans". Radio-Canada (in French). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "'Mr. Rogers' dies of cancer at 74". Archived from the original on 2004-08-10. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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