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This is a list of notable past and present personalities associated with the
television and
radio arms of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .
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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
Madeleine Allakariallak , former anchor of Igalaaq on
CFYK-DT
Andrew Allan , national head of CBC Radio Drama from 1943 to 1955
Tom Allen , host of Shift on CBC Radio 2
Barbara Amiel
Aba Amuquandoh
Steve Armitage , former CBC-Sports reporter and play-by-play announcer
Peter Armstrong ; former host of
World Report on CBC Radio 1, foreign correspondent for
CBC Television and
CBC Newsworld ; currently the economics reporter for
CBC News
Adrienne Arsenault , Chief Correspondent for CBC News, co-host of The National
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
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Randy Bachman , host of Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap
Brent Bambury , host of
Go ,
Brave New Waves ,
Midday
James Barber , hosted the cooking show called
The Urban Peasant
Andy Barrie , former host of
Metro Morning
Alex Barris
Rosemary Barton ,
CBC News Network (former host of
Power & Politics )
Anita Bathe , anchor at
CBUT
David Bazay
Marie-France Bazzo
Claude Beauchamp
Nadira Begg ,
CBC News: Northbeat
Ralph Benmergui , host of Midday
Avril Benoit ,
This Morning
Pierre Berton
Guy Bertrand
Christine Birak , health and science journalist
Jim Bittermann , Toronto-based reporter; now
CNN senior correspondent.
Arthur Black , host of
Basic Black
Ian Black , meteorologist with
CBOT-DT
Tim Blanks
Keith Boag
Denise Bombardier , hosted, among others, the shows Présent international , Le point , Noir sur blanc (1979–1983) and Trait-d'union (1987–1988)
Roy Bonisteel , host of
Man Alive
Susan Bonner ,
The National reporter
Harry Brown , host of
As It Happens from 1968 to 1974
Hilary Brown
Ian Brown
Jim Brown
Laurie Brown
Patrick Brown , reporter, long-time China correspondent of CBC News
Rob Brown
Robin Brown
Maureen Brosnahan
Gilles Brunet
Kim Brunhuber
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
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Spence Caldwell
Bill Cameron , correspondent and anchor
Earl Cameron ,
The National
Cassie Campbell
John Candy ,
Coming Up Rosie
Pat Carrabré
Rita Celli
Henry Champ
Andrew Chang , co-host of The National
Christiane Charette
Piya Chattopadhyay
Wei Chen
Don Cherry ,
Hockey Night in Canada
Don Chevrier
Ify Chiwetelu
Lisa Christiansen
Dinah Christie
Natalie Chung
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
Robert Clothier
Véronique Cloutier
Rick Cluff
David Cochrane , journalist
Saroja Coelho
Nathan Cohen , theatre reviewer and host of Fighting Words in the 1950s and 1960s
Bob Cole ,
Hockey Night in Canada
Leon Cole
Eleanor Collins
David Common
Ernie Coombs ,
Mr. Dressup
Jim Corcoran ,
À Propos
Ward Cornell
Kevin Courrier
Arisa Cox
Andrew Coyne
Gavin Crawford , Because News , This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2002-2010)
Mark Critch ,
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Neil Crone
Kelly Crowe
Bill Cunningham
Sandy Cushin
Chris Cuthbert , play-by-play sports announcer
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Cynthia Dale
Joyce Davidson
Fred Davis , host of
Front Page Challenge
Stu Davis , hosted several CBC radio and television series in 1950s and 60s
Garth Dawley
Gill Deacon , host of Here and Now , former host of
The Gill Deacon Show
Gerry Dee
Rosanna Deerchild
Norman DePoe
Bernard Derome ,
Le Téléjournal
Michel Désautels
Trevor Dineen
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
Raina Douris
Bruce Dowbiggin
Peter Downie
Bronwyn Drainie
Dwight Drummond ,
CBC News at Six anchor in Toronto
Jonathan Dube
Mike Duffy , former reporter on CBC radio and
The National .
Nana aba Duncan , former host of
Podcast Playlist
Nancy Durham
Simon Durivage
Howard Dyck
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Natasha Fatah
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
Joe Flaherty
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 , journalist
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
Whit Fraser - reporter National Radio and TV News, Anchor Newsworld
Greg Frers
Elliotte Friedman
Barbara Frum , host of
As It Happens (1971–1981) and
The Journal (1982–1992)
Melissa Fung
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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 and
Podcast Playlist
Sue Gardner , executive director of the
Wikimedia Foundation , was a producer for CBC Radio and the director of the CBC's online news operations.
Richard Garneau
Hana Gartner
Lana Gay
Mitsou Gélinas
Russ Germain
Bruno Gerussi
Jian Ghomeshi
Bill Gillespie
Kevin Gillis
Clyde Gilmour , host of
Gilmour's Albums (1956–1997)
David Gilmour
Dale Goldhawk
Brian Goldman
Jonathan Goldstein
Bill Good , former anchor for
CBUT 's NewsCentre (1978–1989)
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
Elizabeth Gray
Lorne Greene , CBC's chief radio announcer (1939–1942), covering much of
World War II
David Grierson
Liz Grogan
Bill Guest
Peter Gzowski , prominent journalist and author, host of
Morningside .
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Benita Ha
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
Tom Harrington
Don Harron , host of Morningside
Ali Hassan
Jane Hawtin
Geraldine Heaney
Chantal Hébert , political commentator on CBC, columnist for Toronto Star
Larry Henderson
Bill Hewitt ,
Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play broadcaster
Foster Hewitt ,
Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play broadcaster/color commentator
Heather Hiscox
Dave Hodge , former host of Hockey Night in Canada
Jessica Holmes ,
Royal Canadian Air Farce
Bob Homme
Chris Howden
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
Mary Hynes
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Wolfman Jack
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
Erica Johnson
Falen Johnson
Molly Johnson
Andy Jones
Cathy Jones ,
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Colleen Jones
Daryn Jones
Khari Jones
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Amanda Lang
Augusta La Paix
Laurier LaPierre
Kirk LaPointe
Holly Larocque
Karin Larsen
Ricardo Larrivée , host of
Ricardo on Radio-Canada
Emmanuelle Latraverse
Grant Lawrence ,
CBC Radio 3
Roméo LeBlanc
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
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).
Eugene Levy
Avi Lewis
Dana Lewis
Sharon Lewis
Rex Loring , announcer
Charles Burchill Lynch
Laura Lynch
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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
Meredith MacNeill
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 , comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2003-2017)
Eric Malling
Katie Malloch
Greg Malone
Harry Mannis
Peter Mansbridge , former host of The National
Rosa Marchitelli , host Go Public, guest host Marketplace
Jeff Marek
Andrea Martin
Claire Martin
Ginella Massa
Terry Matte
Alexis Mazurin
Trent McClellan , comedian, This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Duncan McCue
Bruce McCulloch
Bob McDonald , host of Quirks and Quarks (1992- )
Kevin McDonald
Marguerite McDonald
Allan McFee
David McGuffin
Terence McKenna , correspondent for
CBC News
Bob McKeown
Mark McKinney , writer and actor in
The Kids in the Hall from 1989 to 1994.
George McLean
Stuart McLean , host of Vinyl Cafe
Bernie McNamee
Marnie McPhail
Casey Mecija , host of
The Doc Project
Ann Medina
Anne-Marie Mediwake ,
CBC News at Six anchor in Toronto
Suhana Meharchand
Rick Mercer , comedian, The Rick Mercer Report (2004-2018), This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1993-2001)
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
Rick Moranis
John Morgan
Jordi Morgan
Keith Morrison
Barry Morse
Terry David Mulligan
Patrick Munro
Rex Murphy
Anne Murray , on Singalong Jubilee , in the 1960s
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Steven Sabados ,
Steven and Chris
Andrew Sabiston
Bernard St-Laurent
Percy Saltzman , weatherman, was the first person to have appeared on
CBLT 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
Tommy Sexton
Shad
Andy Sheppard
Tetsuro Shigematsu ,
The Roundup
Martin Short , Peep Show guest in "Goldberg is Waiting" episode
René Simard
Katie Simpson
Gordon Sinclair
Lister Sinclair ,
Ideas
Stephen Smart
Alison Smith
Brian Smyth
Paul Soles
Shelley Solmes
Evan Solomon ,
CBC News: Sunday Night
Eric Sorensen
Tina Srebotnjak
Brian Stewart
Janet Stewart
Cy Strange , host of
As It Happens and Fresh Air for many decades
George Stroumboulopoulos ,
CBC News: The Hour
Jack Sullivan , head of research for the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Patty Sullivan
Kids' CBC
Donald Sutherland started at age 14 with CBC Radio in
Halifax ,
Nova Scotia
David Suzuki
Diana Swain
Kevin Sylvester
Alexandra Szacka
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Robyn Urback (born 1988), journalist and political commentator
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WXYZ
Eleanor Wachtel , Writers and Company
Connie Walker
Claire Wallace , host of
They Tell Me from 1942 to 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
Patrick Watson
Al Waxman
Wayne and Shuster
Jack Webster , panelist on
Front Page Challenge
Brian Williams ,
CBC Sports
Nancy Wilson ,
CBC Newsworld
Paul Winn
David Wisdom
Don Wittman ,
CBC Sports
Nancy Wood
Paul Workman
Stephen Yan
Marcia Young
Andrew Younghusband
Nora Young
Moses Znaimer
Richard Zussman
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