Brent Bambury | |
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | radio and television broadcaster |
Known for | Brave New Waves, Midday, Go, Day 6 |
Brent Bambury (born 1960) [1] is a Canadian radio and television personality. He has hosted a number of radio and television programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since the 1980s, and is currently heard as host of the weekly current affairs series Day 6 on CBC Radio One and Public Radio International. [2]
A native of Saint John, New Brunswick, [2] Bambury began his career with the CBC in 1979 as a reporter for CBD-FM in Saint John, [2] later moving to the station in Halifax as a reporter while studying English at Dalhousie University. [3] He then moved to Montreal, becoming a correspondent for CBC Stereo's Brave New Waves while pursuing a master's degree at McGill University, [3] but dropped his studies when he was offered the job of permanent host in 1985. [3] The show, which aired nightly at 11:00 pm, was one of Canada's leading outlets for alternative rock and other countercultural programming in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [3]
In the early 1990s, Bambury was also an entertainment reporter for CBC television's Midday. [2] In 1995, Bambury became the show's cohost, replacing Kevin Newman, [2] and his hosting duties at Brave New Waves went to Patti Schmidt.
In 2000, Midday ended its run. Bambury spent some time as a movie reviewer for Life Network's movie series Flick, [3] as well as acting as a fill-in host for CBC Newsworld and CBC Radio One [3] before hosting a successful short-run game show, Off the Cuff, on CBC Radio One in 2001. [4] In 2002, he moved to Ottawa to take over as host of that station's afternoon current affairs program, All in a Day. [1] That same summer, he also hosted Go, a nationally broadcast summer series which aired on Saturday mornings; [5] following a second summer run in 2003, the show was added to the network's regular year-round schedule that fall. [6]
In 2005, Bambury gave up hosting duties of All in a Day, [7] and moved to Toronto along with the production of Go. [7]
In 2007, Bambury guest hosted an episode of CBC Radio 3's weekly chart show The R3-30. [8] He has also cohosted three episodes of the Canadian version of Test the Nation with Wendy Mesley on CBC Television. [2]
Go broadcast its final episode in June 2010. [2] That fall, Bambury launched the new national current affairs program Day 6. [2] He has also guest hosted a number of episodes of Q.