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Tom Harrington
Tom Harrington with former CBC colleague Claire Martin.
NationalityCanadian
Occupationjournalist
Years active1980s-present
Known forNational 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "CBC MARKETPLACE'S TOM HARRINGTON MOVES TO RADIO". CBC Media Centre, April 20, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "New CBC Marketplace host a good sport". National Post, August 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "CBC supper-hour news in critical condition". Montreal Gazette, May 22, 1993.
  4. ^ "Network cuts back on sports: Newsworld changes strategy to boost business coverage". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1997.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Harrington
Tom Harrington with former CBC colleague Claire Martin.
NationalityCanadian
Occupationjournalist
Years active1980s-present
Known forNational 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "CBC MARKETPLACE'S TOM HARRINGTON MOVES TO RADIO". CBC Media Centre, April 20, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "New CBC Marketplace host a good sport". National Post, August 27, 2010.
  3. ^ "CBC supper-hour news in critical condition". Montreal Gazette, May 22, 1993.
  4. ^ "Network cuts back on sports: Newsworld changes strategy to boost business coverage". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1997.



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