List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities
This is a list of past and present personalities associated with the television and radio arms of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
A
- Roger Abbott, Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Sandra Abma
- Vik Adhopia
- Rubina Ahmed
- Kate Aitken, radio and television personality of the 1930s to 1950s
- Peter Akman
- Andrew Allan
- Tom Allen
- Steve Armitage, CBC-Sports reporter and play-by-play announcer
- Peter Armstrong
- Adrienne Arsenault
- Geneviève Asselin, first news anchor to appear on RDI
- Bruce Attridge
- Nahlah Ayed
- Dan Aykroyd, Coming Up Rosie, as Purvis Bickle
B
- Randy Bachman
- Jaeny Baik
- Brett Ballah
- Brent Bambury, host of Go, Brave New Waves, Midday
- James Barber, hosted a cooking show called The Urban Peasant
- Kristina Barnes
- Andy Barrie, Metro Morning
- Sandra Bartlett
- Rosemary Barton, Montreal reporter
- 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.
- Dan Bjarnason
- Arthur Black
- Marie-Josée Bouchard
- 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
- Brigitte Bougie
- Walter Bowles, 1950s, CJBC News reader
- Harry Brown
- Ian Brown
- Jim Brown
- Laurie Brown
- Patrick Brown, reporter, long-time China correspondent of CBC News
- Robin Brown
- Yvette Brend
- 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
C
- Spence Caldwell
- Bill Cameron, correspondent and anchor
- Earl Cameron, The National
- Frank Cameron, CBHT's First Edition weather man and sometimes anchor; host of Frank's Bandstand, October 1964 to June 1965
- Cassie Campbell
- John Candy, Coming Up Rosie, as Wally Wypyzypywchuk
- Katherine Canty
- Pat Carrabré
- Rita Celli
- Dzintars Cers
- Michel Chabot
- Henry Champ
- Christiane Charette
- Ron Charles
- Wei Chen
- Don Cherry, Hockey Night in Canada
- Don Chevrier
- Jenna Chow
- Lisa Christiansen
- Natalie Chung
- Natalie Clancy
- John Clark Host Junior Magazine 1956-60
- Portia Clark
- 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
- Michael Colton
- David Common
- Ernie Coombs, Mr. Dressup
- Jim Corcoran, À Propos
- Ward Cornell
- Arisa Cox
- Pierre Craig
- Gregor Craigie, host of On the Island on CBCV-FM
- Gavin Crawford, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Myra Cree
- Alain Crevier
- Mark Critch, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
- Kelly Crowe
- Jim Curray
- Chris Cuthbert, play-by-play sports announcer
- Nick Czernkovich, meteorologist
D
- Brian Dance
- Jason Davidson
- Fred Davis, host of Front Page Challenge
- Garth Dawley
- Gill Deacon, The Gill Deacon Show
- Brooks DeCillia
- Martine Defoy
- Norman DePoe
- Bernard Derome, Le Téléjournal
- Claude Desbiens
- Doug Dirks
- Parker Barss Donham, political commentator on CBHT's First Edition
- 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
- Camille Dubé
- Jonathan Dube
- Errol Duchaine
- Jean-René Dufort
- Katherine Duncan
- Nancy Durham
- Simon Durivage
- Howard Dyck
E
- Yvonne Eamor
- Lorne Elliott, Madly Off in All Directions
- Louise Elliott
- Margaret Evans - CBC
- Michael Enright, The Sunday Edition
- Mary Jo Eustace
- Kevin Evans
F
- François Faucher
- Don Ferguson, Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Max Ferguson, radio and television announcer.
- Gillian Findlay
- Danny Finkleman
- Robert Fisher
- Teresa Fisico (meteorologist)
- 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 1989–1994, starred in the NBC sitcom Newsradio.
- Harry Forestell
- Craig Forrest - MLS match analyst (alongside Nigel Reed, 2007 only), general soccer commentator.
- Phillip Forsyth - Co-host, As It Happens
- Mark Forsythe
- Christine Fournier
- Michael J. Fox, The Master, in The Magic Lie series, 1978
- Shane Foxman, sportscaster at CBUT
- Yuani Fragata
- Greg Frers
- Elliotte Friedman
- Russ Froese
- Barbara Frum, host of As It Happens (1971–1981) and The Journal (1982–1992)
- Melissa Fung
G
- Vicki Gabereau
- Denis Gagné
- Gilles Gagnon
- Céline Galipeau
- Margaret Gallagher
- 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
- Anthony Germain
- Jian Ghomeshi
- Bill Gillespie
- David Gilmour
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Bill Good, former anchor for CBUT's NewsCentre (1978–1989)
- Jeff Goods, overnight host on CBC Radio One
- Rob Gordon, news reporter in the Maritimes (CBHT)
- Jurgen Gothe
- Joseph Goudie
- Gilles Gougeon
- Luba Goy, Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Laurie Graham
- Paul Grant
- Alain Gravel
- Arvel Gray
- Lorne Greene, CBC's chief radio announcer (1939–1942), covering much of World War II
- Christopher Grosskurth
- Liz Grogan
- David Gutnick
- Peter Gzowski, prominent journalist and author, host of Morningside.
H
- Cathy Haag
- Aamer Haleem
- Chris Hall
- 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
- Tom Harrington
- Don Harron, host of Morningside
- Jane Hawtin
- Geraldine Heaney
- Chantal Hebert, political commentator on CBC, columnist for Toronto Star
- Larry Henderson
- Neil Herland
- Foster Hewitt
- Heather Hiscox
- Jessica Holmes, Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Dave Hodge, former host of Hockey Night in Canada
- Michael Hornbrook
- Jim Hughson, Hockey Night in Canada
- Paul Hunter
- Tommy Hunter
- Tariq Hussain, CBC Radio 3
- Chris Hyndman, Steven and Chris
J
- Lorna Jackson
- 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
- 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
- Clifton Joseph
K
- Teddy Katz
- Linda Kelly, of CBHT
- Mark Kelley
- Paul Kennedy
- Bob Kerr (Off the Record)
- Wab Kinew (8th Fire, The 204)
- Slawko Klymkiw, director of programming CBC Television (1996–2005)
- Nil Köksal, CBC Newsworld
- Frank Koller
- Leora Kornfeld (Realtime, RadioSonic)
- Ken Kostick
- Kristin Kreuk as Laurel Yeung, in the teen soap Edgemont, 2001.
L
- Doris Labrie
- Adrien Lachance
- John Lacharity
- Eva Langbord Head of drama casting Toronto, early television days
- Amanda Lang
- Fred Langan
- Augusta La Paix
- Karin Larsen
- Marie-Claude Lavallée
- Christina Lawand
- Grant Lawrence, CBC Radio 3
- Matthew Lazin-Ryder
- Patrice L'Ecuyer
- 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
- Marsha Lederman
- Jeannie Lee
- Mark Lee, CBC Sports
- Sook-Yin Lee
- Terry Leibel
- Jean-François Lépine
- Daniel Lessard
- 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
- Ken Lima-Coelho
- Esse Ljungh, Swedish immigrant, leading radio drama producer/director
- Susan Lunn
- Charles Burchill Lynch
- Laura Lynch
M
- Ann-Marie MacDonald, Life and Times
- Irene MacDonald
- Neil MacDonald
- Rick MacInnes-Rae
- Darrow MacIntyre
- Linden MacIntyre
- Ron MacLean host of Hockey Night in Canada
- George McLean former host of The National
- Norma Lee MacLeod, of CBHT
- Ann MacMillan
- Carole MacNeil
- Rita MacNeil, Rita and Friends
- Sheila MacVicar
- Gloria Macarenko
- Bob Mackowycz
- Judy Maddren
- Alan Maitland, As It Happens (1974–1993)
- Shaun Majumder
- Katie Malloch
- Harry Mannis
- Peter Mansbridge
- Karina Marceau
- Jeff Marek
- Claire Martin
- Jarrett Martineau
- Marc-André Masson
- Terry Matte
- Alexis Mazurin
- Michael McAuliffe
- Duncan McCue
- Bruce McCulloch
- Bob McDonald
- Kevin McDonald
- Allan McFee
- David McGuffin
- Terence McKenna
- Bob McKeown
- Mark McKinney, writer and actor in The Kids in the Hall from 1989–1994 and Slings and Arrows from 2003-2006.
- Stuart McLean
- Bernie McNamee
- Susan McNamee
- 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.
- Don Murray
- James Murray
- Mike Myers, Range Ryder and the Calgary Kid, 1977, and a guest role on King of Kensington
N
- Pascale Nadeau
- Knowlton Nash, prominent newsreader and host.
- Alan Neal
- Harry Neale
- Julie Nesrallah
- Don Newman
- Kevin Newman
- Sydney Newman
- Lori Nichol
- Andrew Nichols
- Craig Norris
- Jim Nunn, host of First Edition of CBHT
O
- Catherine O'Hara, Coming Up Rosie, as Myrna Wallbacker
- Kevin O'Leary - Dragons' Den, The Lang and O'Leary Exchange
- Terry O'Reilly
- Scott Oake
- Carol Off
- Susan Ormiston
P
- Murray Parker
- Tony Parsons
- Pat Patterson, 1950s, radio
- Karen Pauls
- Susan Pedler
- Francine Pelletier
- Fred Penner
- Jacquie Perrin, Weekend Anchor
- Holger Petersen
- Saša Petricic
- Anne Petrie
- Curt Petrovich
- Kathleen Petty
- Geoff Pevere
- Chu Anh Pham
- Cameron Phillips
- Christopher Plummer - starred in a CBC TV production of Othello in 1951 [1].
- Daniel Poirier
- Dominique Poirier
- Ross Porter
- Martin "Kinzey" Posen
- Tom Power
- Sue Prestedge
- Valerie Pringle
R
- Fred Rainsberry Head of Children's Department 1950s and 1960s
- Tim Ralfe - interviewer for CBC of Pierre Trudeau when he spoke the famous line,"Just watch me."
- Greg Rasmussen
- Andrea Ratuski
- Judy Rebick
- Nigel Reed - MLS match play-by-play commentator, usually alongside Craig Forrest (2007 only), Bob Lenarduzzi (2008, temporary) and Jason DeVos
- Scott Regehr
- Phil Reimer, former weather anchor at CBUT
- Drew Remenda
- Bill Richardson
- George Rich
- Daniel Richler
- Jo-Ann Roberts
- 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
- Lynne Robson
- 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
- Kas Roussy
- Lynne Russell
- Kelly Ryan
S
- 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
- Doug Saunders, sportscaster of CBHT's First Edition
- Eve Savory
- Lorne Saxberg, original CBC Newsworld anchor
- Joe Schlesinger
- Patti Schmidt, Brave New Waves
- Dave Seglins, The World This Weekend
- Sarika Sehgal
- Jo Lynn Sheane
- Andy Sheppard
- Reg Sherren
- Tetsuro Shigematsu, The Roundup
- Martin Short, Peep Show guest in "Goldberg is Waiting" episode
- Lister Sinclair, Ideas
- Alison Smith
- Bruce Smith, CJBC morning host, 1950s
- Dwight Smith (broadcaster)]
- Raji Sohal
- Shelley Solmes
- Evan Solomon, CBC News: Sunday Night
- Eric Sorensen
- Nick Spicer
- Allen Spraggett, host of Beyond Reason
- Tina Srebotnjak
- Andrée-Anne St-Arnaud
- Brian Stewart
- Briar Stewart
- Bernard St-Laurent
- Derek Stoffel
- Cy Strange, host of As It Happens and Fresh Air for many decades.
- Larry Stout former CBC News reporter and producer. Contributed to CBC Newsmagazine
- 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
- Marie-Josée Taillefer
- Tim Tamashiro
- Karen Tankard
- Jimmy Tapp
- Marivel Taruc
- Dave Taylor
- 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
- Christopher Thomas
- Greg Thomey
- Rosemary Thompson
- Scott Thompson writer and actor in The Kids in the Hall from 1989–1994.
- Charles Tisseyre
- Ziya Tong
- Jonathan Torrens, hosted Jonovision and former host of Street Cents
- Alex Trebek, Reach for the Top co-host, Strategy host, 1969
- Stéphanie Tremblay
- Anna Maria Tremonti
- Dennis Trudeau
- Peter Trueman
- Sheldon Turcott
- Marie-José Turcotte
WXYZ
- Eleanor Wachtel
- Johanna Wagstaffe
- 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
- Cecilia Walters
- 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
- Byng Whitteker; CBC Radio announcer, host CJBC's popular 1950s noon hour Small Types Club, known for his familiar 'Scoooot' sign-off
- Brian Williams, CBC Sports
- Wayne Williams
- Nancy Wilson, CBC Newsworld
- Lance Winn (journalist), CBC Sports, CBC News
- Paul Winn
- David Wisdom
- Paul Withers, CBHT reporter
- Don Wittman, CBC Sports
- Azeb Wolde-Giorghis
- Nancy Wood
- Marcia Young
- Nora Young
- Rebecca Zandbergen
- Robert Zimmerman
- Moses Znaimer
References
- ^ "Jennings remembered as ‘the best of the breed’". CTV.ca. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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