Tom Harrington | |
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![]() Tom Harrington with former CBC colleague
Claire Martin. | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | journalist |
Years active | 1980s-present |
Known for | National Sports, Marketplace, The World This Hour |
Tom Harrington is a Canadian radio and television journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is currently the anchor of CBC Radio One's afternoon news program The World This Hour. [1]
A graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland, [2] Harrington joined the CBC as a sports reporter for CBC Calgary before moving to CBC Montreal. [3] He later moved to the national CBC Sports division as anchor of National Sports, a sports news program on CBC Newsworld, [4] and as a sports reporter for The National. His work for the CBC included covering Commonwealth Games, Pan-American Games and Olympic Games events. [2] He was also heard as an occasional guest host on radio news programs such as The Current, The World at Six, As It Happens and Cross Country Checkup. [2] He is a four-time Gemini Award nominee for best sports host. [2]
He joined CBC Television's consumer affairs newsmagazine Marketplace as cohost in 2010, [2] remaining with the program until joining The World This Hour in 2015. [1]
Tom Harrington | |
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![]() Tom Harrington with former CBC colleague
Claire Martin. | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | journalist |
Years active | 1980s-present |
Known for | National Sports, Marketplace, The World This Hour |
Tom Harrington is a Canadian radio and television journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is currently the anchor of CBC Radio One's afternoon news program The World This Hour. [1]
A graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland, [2] Harrington joined the CBC as a sports reporter for CBC Calgary before moving to CBC Montreal. [3] He later moved to the national CBC Sports division as anchor of National Sports, a sports news program on CBC Newsworld, [4] and as a sports reporter for The National. His work for the CBC included covering Commonwealth Games, Pan-American Games and Olympic Games events. [2] He was also heard as an occasional guest host on radio news programs such as The Current, The World at Six, As It Happens and Cross Country Checkup. [2] He is a four-time Gemini Award nominee for best sports host. [2]
He joined CBC Television's consumer affairs newsmagazine Marketplace as cohost in 2010, [2] remaining with the program until joining The World This Hour in 2015. [1]