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[edit]
- 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, foreign correspondent
- Michel C. Auger, former host of CBF-FM, Ici Radio-Canada Le 15-18. As of Fall 2015, host of Midi Info.
- Nahlah Ayed, foreign correspondent
- Dan Aykroyd, Coming Up Rosie, as Purvis Bickle
B[edit]
- Randy Bachman, host of The Vinyl Tap
- Brent Bambury, host of Go, Brave New Waves, Midday
- James Barber, hosted a cooking show called The Urban Peasant
- Andy Barrie, Metro Morning
- Rosemary Barton, CBC News Network (Power & Politics)
- Marie-France Bazzo
- Claude Beauchamp
- Nadira Begg, CBC News: Northbeat
- Ralph Benmergui, host of Midday
- Avril Benoit, This Morning
- Pierre Berton
- Guy Bertrand
- Jim Bittermann, Toronto-based reporter; now CNN senior correspondent.
- Arthur Black, host of Basic Black
- Ian Black, meteorologist with CBOT-DT
- Denise Bombardier, hosted, among others, the shows Présent international, Le point, Noir sur blanc (1979–1983) and Trait-d'union (1987–1988)
- Susan Bonner, The National reporter
- Harry Brown, host of As It Happens from 1968 to 1974
- Ian Brown
- Jim Brown
- Laurie Brown
- Patrick Brown, reporter, long-time China correspondent of CBC News
- Robin Brown
- Maureen Brosnahan
- Dianne Buckner
- Barbara Budd, As It Happens
- Stéphan Bureau participated in Telejeans as a teenager and later hosted Le Téléjournal/Le point (1998–2003).
- Stanley Burke
- Tony Burman
- Gilles Brunet
C[edit]
- Spence Caldwell
- Bill Cameron, correspondent and anchor
- Earl Cameron, The National
- Cassie Campbell
- John Candy, Coming Up Rosie
- Pat Carrabré
- Rita Celli
- Dzintars Cers
- Henry Champ
- Christiane Charette
- Piya Chattopadhyay
- Wei Chen
- Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada
- Don Chevrier
- Lisa Christiansen
- Natalie Clancy
- John Clark Host Junior Magazine 1956-60
- Adrienne Clarkson, former Governor General of Canada hosted shows such as Take 30 and the fifth estate
- Véronique Cloutier
- Rick Cluff
- Nathan Cohen, theatre reviewer and host of Fighting Words in the 1950s and 1960s
- Bob Cole, Hockey Night in Canada
- David Common
- Ernie Coombs, Mr. Dressup
- Jim Corcoran, À Propos
- Ward Cornell
- Arisa Cox
- Gavin Crawford, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Mark Critch, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Chris Cuthbert, play-by-play sports announcer
D[edit]
- Fred Davis, host of Front Page Challenge
- Garth Dawley
- Gill Deacon, The Gill Deacon Show
- Brooks DeCillia
- Norman DePoe
- Bernard Derome, Le Téléjournal
- Michel Désautels
- Gordon Donaldson - covered space exploration
- Joan Donaldson - former journalist and producer of CBC Newsworld
- Terry Donnelly
- James Doohan, Star Trek's "Scotty", worked in both CBC radio and television in the 1940s and 50s
- Jeff Douglas - As it Happens
- Bronwyn Drainie
- Dwight Drummond, CBC News at Six anchor in Toronto
- Jonathan Dube
- Nancy Durham
- Simon Durivage
- Howard Dyck
E[edit]
- Lorne Elliott, Madly Off in All Directions
- Michael Enright, The Sunday Edition
- Margaret Evans, foreign correspondent, former Middle East bureau chief
- Mary Jo Eustace
F[edit]
- 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, 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.
- Harry Forestell
- 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[edit]
- Vicki Gabereau
- Céline Galipeau
- Danny Gallivan, Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play announcer
- Matt Galloway
- 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" (1956–97)
- 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[edit]
- Aamer Haleem
- Geri Hall, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- David Halton
- Matthew Halton
- Marie-Lynn Hammond
- Ian Hanomansing, Canada Now
- Adrian Harewood, CBC News at Six anchor in Ottawa
- Don Harron, host of Morningside
- Jane Hawtin
- Geraldine Heaney
- Chantal Hebert, 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, Steven and Chris
I[edit]
- Jay Ingram hosted Quirks and Quarks from 1979 to 1992
- Mary Ito
J[edit]
- 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 Grands Reportages, 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.[1]
- Erica Johnson
- Molly Johnson
- Cathy Jones, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Colleen Jones
- Daryn Jones
- Khari Jones
K[edit]
- Mark Kelley
- Paul Kennedy
- Wab Kinew (8th Fire, The 204, Canada Reads)
- Nil Köksal, CBC Newsworld
- Frank Koller
- Leora Kornfeld (Realtime, RadioSonic)
- Ken Kostick
- Kristin Kreuk as Laurel Yeung, in the teen soap Edgemont, 2001.
L[edit]
- Amanda Lang
- Augusta La Paix
- Karin Larsen
- 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
- Sharon Lewis
- Charles Burchill Lynch
M[edit]
- Ann-Marie MacDonald, Life and Times
- Irene MacDonald
- Neil MacDonald
- Rick MacInnes-Rae
- Linden MacIntyre
- Ron MacLean host of Hockey Night in Canada
- Carole MacNeil
- Rita MacNeil, Rita and Friends
- Sheila MacVicar, former CBS, CNN and ABC news reporter and now with Al Jazeera America
- Gloria Macarenko
- Bob Mackowycz
- Judy Maddren
- Alan Maitland, As It Happens (1974–1993)
- Shaun Majumder
- Katie Malloch
- Peter Mansbridge
- Jeff Marek
- Claire Martin
- Terry Matte
- Alexis Mazurin
- Duncan McCue
- Bruce McCulloch
- Bob McDonald
- Kevin McDonald
- Marguerite McDonald
- Allan McFee
- David McGuffin
- Bob McKeown
- Mark McKinney, writer and actor in The Kids in the Hall from 1989 to 1994 and Slings and Arrows from 2003 to 2006.
- Stuart McLean
- Bernie McNamee
- Casey Mecija, host of The Doc Project
- Ann Medina
- Anne-Marie Mediwake, CBC News at Six anchor in Toronto
- Suhana Meharchand
- Rick Mercer
- Ruby Mercer
- Wendy Mesley
- Don Messer
- Lorne Michaels, The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour (1970–1971)
- Terry Milewski
- Greg Millen
- Gord Miller
- Sean Millington
- Colin Mochrie
- Barry Morse
- Paul Moth (fictional)
- Patrick Munro
- Rex Murphy
- Anne Murray, on Singalong Jubilee, in the 1960s
- Mike Myers, Range Ryder and the Calgary Kid, 1977, and a guest role on King of Kensington
N[edit]
- Pascale Nadeau
- Knowlton Nash, prominent newsreader and host.
- Alan Neal
- Harry Neale
- Julie Nesrallah
- Don Newman
- Kevin Newman
- Sydney Newman
- Lori Nichol
- Craig Norris
O[edit]
- Catherine O'Hara, Coming Up Rosie, as Myrna Wallbacker
- Kevin O'Leary - Dragons' Den, former co-host of The Lang and O'Leary Exchange
- Terry O'Reilly
- Scott Oake
- Carol Off
- Susan Ormiston
P[edit]
- Murray Parker
- Tony Parsons
- Francine Pelletier
- Fred Penner
- Jacquie Perrin, Weekend Anchor
- Holger Petersen
- Saša Petricic
- Anne Petrie
- Curt Petrovich
- Kathleen Petty
- Geoff Pevere
- Cameron Phillips
- Christopher Plummer - starred in a CBC TV production of Othello in 1951
- Ross Porter
- Tom Power
- Sue Prestedge
- Valerie Pringle
R[edit]
- Tim Ralfe - interviewer for CBC of Pierre Trudeau when he spoke the famous line,"Just watch me."
- Sean Rameswaram, host of Podcast Playlist
- Greg Rasmussen
- Andrea Ratuski
- Judy Rebick
- Drew Remenda
- Bill Richardson
- Daniel Richler
- John Robertson
- Lloyd Robertson - hosted CBC Weekend in 1969 and anchored CBC’sThe National from 1970 to 1976; presently CTV cohost of W5.
- Carla Robinson
- Fred Rogers’ Mister Rogers show (CBC, 1962) show became Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on NET (later PBS) in 1968.[2]
- Shelagh Rogers
- William Ronald
- Carlo Rota, Great Canadian Food Show
- Ioanna Roumeliotis
- Lynne Russell, American born former CNN and CBC Newsworld anchor
S[edit]
- Steven Sabados, Steven and Chris
- Aaron Saltzman
- Percy Saltzman, weatherman, was the first person to have appeared on CBC Television in 1952.
- Jeanne Sauvé - The late Governor General of Canada was a freelance journalist for CBC Radio starting in 1952
- Lorne Saxberg, original CBC Newsworld anchor
- Talia Schlanger
- Joe Schlesinger
- Patti Schmidt, Brave New Waves
- Dave Seglins, The World This Weekend
- Sarika Sehgal
- Andy Sheppard
- Tetsuro Shigematsu, The Roundup
- Martin Short, Peep Show guest in "Goldberg is Waiting" episode
- Lister Sinclair, Ideas
- Alison Smith
- Shelley Solmes
- Evan Solomon, CBC News: Sunday Night
- Eric Sorensen
- Tina Srebotnjak
- Andrée-Anne St-Arnaud
- Brian Stewart
- Briar Stewart
- Bernard St-Laurent
- Cy Strange, host of As It Happens and Fresh Air for many decades
- George Stroumboulopoulos, CBC News: The Hour
- Patty Sullivan
- Donald Sutherland started at age 14 with CBC Radio in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- David Suzuki
- Diana Swain
- Kevin Sylvester
- Alexandra Szacka
T[edit]
- Tim Tamashiro
- Jimmy Tapp
- Jowi Taylor
- Jan Tennant was the first woman to host The National when she appeared as a substitute newsreader
- Rich Terfry, also known as the rapper Buck 65 hosts Radio 2 Drive
- Greg Thomey
- Rosemary Thompson
- Scott Thompson writer and actor in The Kids in the Hall from 1989 to 1994.
- Shawn Thompson
- Ziya Tong
- Jonathan Torrens, hosted Jonovision and former host of Street Cents
- Alex Trebek, Reach for the Top co-host, Strategy host, 1969
- Anna Maria Tremonti
- Dennis Trudeau
- Peter Trueman
- Sheldon Turcott
V[edit]
WXYZ[edit]
- Eleanor Wachtel
- 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, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- John Warren
- Morgan Waters
- Al Waxman, star of the 1970s sitcom King of Kensington, starred on CBS drama Cagney & Lacey.
- Wayne and Shuster
- Jennifer Westaway
- Brian Williams, CBC Sports
- Nancy Wilson, CBC Newsworld
- Paul Winn
- David Wisdom
- Don Wittman, CBC Sports
- Marcia Young
- Nora Young
- Moses Znaimer
References[edit]
- ^ "Jennings remembered as ‘the best of the breed’". CTV.ca. Archived from the original on 2006-01-09. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "'Mr. Rogers' dies of cancer at 74". Archived from the original on 2004-08-10. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
