World Report (CBC)

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World Report is a Canadian radio news program, which airs weekdays at 5, 6, 7 and 8 AM, and Saturdays and Sundays at 6, 7, 8 and 9 AM, on CBC Radio One. It lasts 10 minutes. The program's current weekday anchor as of May 7, 2018 is Nil Köksal,[1] and the weekend anchor is Marcia Young.

Former hosts include Rex Loring,[2] Judy Maddren,[3] Russ Germain,[4] Peter Armstrong[5] and David Common.[6]

The program was originally broadcast on both CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2, but was removed from Radio 2's schedule in 2007.

References

  1. ^ Kyle Duggan, "Politicos on the move: CBC World Report gets new host". iPolitics, March 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Greg Quill, "CBC's Rex Loring is tomorrow's news". Toronto Star, February 4, 1988.
  3. ^ "Former CBC Radio host to be awarded by Governor General". Stratford Beacon-Herald, December 1, 2016.
  4. ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "Broadcaster anchored key CBC radio newscasts". Trail Times, February 4, 2009.
  5. ^ Vanessa Farquharson, "CBC News revamps its TV, radio brand". Regina Leader-Post, October 22, 2009.
  6. ^ David Bradshaw, "Waiting in the wings for CBC's top anchor job". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2016.

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