CityNews open titles, 2005

CityNews are local newscasts on the Citytv system in Canada. Previously seen on all five Citytv stations, it is currently only seen on Citytv Toronto, Citytv Calgary, Citytv Edmonton and on CP24. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Citytv is a Canadian English language privately owned television system owned by CHUM Limited. ... In accordance with Wikipedia convention for articles on television stations, this article is titled with the stations official government-assigned call sign. ... CKAL is a television station owned by CHUM Limited and based in Calgary, Alberta. ... CKEM is a television station owned by CHUM Limited and based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... CablePulse 24 is a 24-hour Canadian television channel which broadcasts local and international news for the Toronto, Ontario television market, by cable and direct broadcast satellite in southern Ontario. ...

History

CityPulse at Six open titles, 2003

The newscast originated in 1977 in Toronto under its original title CityPulse until August 2, 2005 when it was renamed CityNews. While the station promotes the myth that it was the "first" news show to abandon the traditional anchor desk, this is in fact, not true as CBS News in the United States had done this as early as the 1950s under Edward R. Murrow. Its main contribution and innovation in television news was to inject its reporters into their stories in a more participatory role that is still considered highly controversial by more traditional journalists. CityNews/CityPulse also presents its programs in such a manner to emphasize a more emotional feel to the show to get a reaction out of the audience than most other local news stations (examples include stories related to Paul Bernardo, the Mike Harris Government and the land dispute in Caledonia). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

By the mid-1980s, the newscast's style, pioneered by Moses Znaimer, was promoted as a "format" for local news shows to copy around North America. The show has also been duplicated by other television stations owned by CHUM Limited as well, and its format has been licensed to several television stations around the world such as Citytv Barcelona and Citytv Bogotá. Moses Znaimer (born 1942) is the founder and was the driving creative force behind Torontos first independent television station, Citytv. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... CHUM Limited is a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Noticies 10 Citytv Barcelona was a local station in Barcelona, Spain, run by Grupo Godófrom 2001 to 2006. ... Citytv Bogotá is a local television station in Colombias capital city. ...

Until 1987, the anchors on CityPulse sat behind an anchor desk in a dark studio, accompanied only by the two familiar orange-red-black striped beams and a television set between the two anchors. CityPulse at Six was anchored by Gord Martineau and Dini Petty for much of the years 1980-1987. Weather presenters in that era included CHUM Radio veteran Jay Nelson, Brian Hill, Greg Rist, and David Onley. Sports anchors included Jim McKenny, Russ Salzberg, John Saunders, Debbie Van Kiekebelt, and Ann Rohmer. Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England) is a Canadian television and radio host. ... Jay Nelson (Frank Coxe) (died February 18, 2005) was CHFI morning man in 1986, but a year later moved to rival CJEZ as morning host from (1987 to 1990, then as afternoon host from 1990 to early 1990s. ... There have been several people named Brian Hill: Brian Hill, an NBA basketball coach Brian Hill, a chef and contestant on the reality television program Top Chef Brian Hill, Media technology specialist at Claremont Mckenna College in Claremont, CA Brian Hill, Tall Guy in Oregon Brian Hill, Director of Public... David Onley is a Canadian television personality. ... Jim McKenny (born December 1, 1946, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional hockey defenceman and currently a sports anchorman for Torontos CityTV. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft, Third Round, Seventeenth Overall. ... John Saunders, is currently a journalist for ESPN and ABC. Before working for ESPN, he worked in Baltimore for WMAR and for City-TV in Toronto. ... Ann Margaret Rohmer (born March 1958) is a television personality in Toronto, Canada. ...

CityPulse Tonight, originally known as CityPulse at 10 prior to 1981, was anchored by Bill Cameron, later by Gord Martineau, and then Anne Mroczkowski. In 1987, Anne moved to the supper-hour show to co-anchor with Martineau, and J.D. (John) Roberts began his news anchoring career as anchor of CityPulse Tonight after several years as an entertainment reporter and MuchMusic VJ. John D. Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television journalist for CBS, where he has served as Chief White House Correspondent since 1999. ... MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian cable television specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia dedicated to music and music-related programs. ...

On May 4, 1987, CityPulse moved into its current newsroom set at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, following the move of the station's operations from 99 Queen Street East. The set was heavily grey with red accents until late 1990, when it began to darken towards the current look.

CityPulse launched in Vancouver in 2002 when CKVU-TV was re-branded as Citytv Vancouver. With the expansion of Citytv from two to five stations in August 2005, the newscasts on all five Citytv stations were renamed CityNews. Vancouver (pronounced: ) is a city located in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. ... CKVU (Citytv Vancouver) is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On July 12, 2006, coincident with the announcement of CTVglobemedia's plans to take over CHUM Limited, all primetime CityNews programs, with the exception of those on CITY-TV in Toronto, were immediately cancelled with 281 CHUM employees across the country being laid off. On CKAL-TV and CKEM-TV, CityNews at Six and CityNews Tonight was replaced with a new half-hour newsmagazine called Your City. CHMI-TV had been slated to launch its own version in January according to a news release^[1], however, CHMI-TV has not produced a version of Your City as of June 22, 2007. CKVU-TV's newscast has not been replaced. Calgary and Edmonton still run CityNews at Noon. is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... CHUM Television redirects here, for the defunct television company owned by CHUM, see CHUM Limited. ... CKAL is a television station owned by CHUM Limited and based in Calgary, Alberta. ... CKEM is a television station owned by CHUM Limited and based in Edmonton, Alberta. ... The CHMI Studio as Citytv in August 2005. ... The CHMI Studio as Citytv in August 2005. ... CKVU (Citytv Vancouver) is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

When the show made the transition to CityNews, it lost multiple features, such as the CityPulse Webtest, which had existed since the 1980s as a phone-in contest. The new format on CHMI, which previously was called A-Channel News, had lost nearly half of its audience for the 6 p.m. newscast before its cancellation. CHMI is a television station formerly owned by Craig Media Inc. ...

Ratings for Toronto's CityNews have taken a dramatic nosedive over the past year. The flagship newscast for CityTV is now ranked a distant #4 in the Toronto market, outpaced by CTV, Global and even CH News (which actually focuses its local news coverage on the Hamilton/Halton/Niagara region). In addition, since Global's relaunch of its news package in February 2006, CityNews' numbers are down 15% among 18- to 49-year-olds.^[2] CFTO (also commonly known as CTV Toronto) is a Canadian television station, licensed to, and serving Toronto, Ontario and surrounding areas. ... CIII-TV is a television station owned by CanWest Global that serves most of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... CHCH is a television station in Hamilton, Ontario that is part of the CH system. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

On April 27, 2007, Gord Martineau won a lifetime achievement award for best newscast for 30 years for working at Citytv Toronto and CP24, Gord Martineau was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1948 which he started his career in Halifax andcame back to La Belle Province, and at one point even wound up in Detroit.^[3] April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Gord Martineau (born 1948 in Montreal) is a Canadian television journalist. ... Citytv is a system of two English language television stations in Canada, CITY in Toronto and CKVU in Vancouver. ... CablePulse 24 is a 24-hour Canadian television channel which broadcasts local and international news for the Toronto, Ontario television market, by cable and direct broadcast satellite in southern Ontario. ...

On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia finalizes the purchase of CHUM Limited. And the five Citytv stations could not be sold to CTVgm because they already own these stations in these provinces so they have been sold to Rogers Media (pending Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approval) the owners of OMNI Television and 680 News. Although CP24 has also been taken over by CTVglobemedia, however Citytv Toronto and CP24 will continue to share resources during the three-year transition period. is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... CHUM Television redirects here, for the defunct television company owned by CHUM, see CHUM Limited. ... Rogers Communications (TSX: RCI.NV.B) (TSX: RCI.MV.A) (NYSE: RG) is Canadas largest cable television service provider with approximately 2. ... The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, in French Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors. ... OMNI Television is a Canadian television brand owned and operated by Rogers Communications. ... CFTR, broadcasting under the brand 680 News, is an all-news radio station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 680 kHz on the AM dial. ...

Personalities

Citytv Toronto

Amber MacArthur

• Hugh Burrill, sports anchor
• JoJo Chintoh, features and documentary specialist
• Mark Dailey, co-anchor, CityNews Tonight, The Voice of Citytv
• Laura DiBattista, co-anchor, CityNews at Noon; health specialist, CityNews
• Marianne Dimain, news reporter, Anchor, CP24
• Dwight Drummond, co-anchor, "CityNews at Noon; crime specialist, CityNews; host, The Chief
• Francis D'Souza, anchor, CityNews Weekend, reporter, CityNews
• Merella Fernandez, weekend anchor, CityNews Weekend, reporter, CityNews
• Frank Ferragine, weather specialist, BT-BreakfastTelevision; gardening specialist, CityNews
• Kevin Frankish, host, BT-BreakfastTelevision
• Melissa Grelo, anchor, CP24
• Larysa Harapyn, entertainment reporter
• Lorne Honickman, legal specialist; host, Legal Briefs
• Kathryn Humphreys, sports anchor
• Dr. Karl Kabasele, medical specialist
• Michael Kuss, meteorologist-CMOS certified
• Jee-Yun Lee, consumer specialist
• Muhammad Lila, news reporter, anchor, CP24
• Amber MacArthur, new media specialist, host of Webnation, appears on HomePage
• Richard Madan, money specialist, CityNews
• Gord Martineau, anchor/reporter, CityNews at Six; anchor, CityNews International
• Jim McKenny, sports anchor
• Tracy Moore, reporter, BT-Breakfast Television and CityNews
• Anne Mroczkowski, anchor/reporter, CityNews at Six, host of The Mayor
• Cynthia Mulligan, education specialist
• Farah Nasser, GTA reporter, CityNews and anchor CP24
• Beatrice Politi, political specialist in Ottawa, Ontario (also reffered to as the "Ottawa Specialist")
• Dina Pugliese, host, BT-Breakfast Television
• Kris Reyes, news reporter, anchor, CP24, host of Backstory
• Ann Rohmer, Host, Hot Property, Animal Housecalls, anchor CP24
• Tonya Rouse, fitness specialist
• Omar Sachedina, anchor, CP24
• Pam Seatle, news reporter
• Nalini Sharma, weather specialist
• Peter Silverman, ombudsman, CityNews and host of Silverman Helps
• Jennifer Valentyne, LiveEye host, BT - BreakfastTelevision
• Liz West, entertainment specialist

Image File history File links Amber_MacArthur. ... Image File history File links Amber_MacArthur. ... Hugh Burrill is a Canadian Television Sports Anchor/Reporter. ... Mark Dailey is a Canadian television journalist and announcer. ... Dwight Drummond is a Canadian television presenter. ... Merella Fernandez is a Canadian reporter and anchor for CityNews in Toronto. ... Frank Ferragine is currently the morning weatherman and funny man on CITYTVs morning show Breakfast Television. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: POV rant If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Kathryn Humphreys is a Canadian sports anchor for CityNews Tonight since April 1998. ... Amber MacArthur in 2006. ... Gord Martineau (born 1948 in Montreal) is a Canadian television journalist. ... Jim McKenny (born December 1, 1946, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional hockey defenceman and currently a sports anchorman for Torontos CityTV. He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft, Third Round, Seventeenth Overall. ... Tracy Moore presents the news on Breakfast Television on Citytv Toronto, by giving live reports from the streets or filling in for Breakfast Television host Kevin Frankish, and has since September 2005. ... Anne Mroczkowski (born 16 July 1953. ... Cynthia Mulligan is a Canadian television personality. ... Beatrice Politi BA (Hons) is currently CITY TVs Ottawa (and political) specialist in Ottawa, Ontario. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Dina Pugliese is the co-host of City TVs Breakfast Television in Toronto, Ontario. ... Ann Margaret Rohmer (born March 1958) is a television personality in Toronto, Canada. ... Local Toronto, Ontario, Canada TV personality. ... Peter Silverman (born ca. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia on one of the following topics: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources. ...

Citytv Calgary

• Leah Sarich, anchor, CityNews at Noon
• Andrew Schultz, meteorologist, CityNews at Noon

Citytv Edmonton

• Asha Tomlinson, anchor, CityNews at Noon

Notable ex-contributors

David C. Onley after taping an episode of Home Page.

Notable contributors to the Toronto show included: Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...

• Thalia Assuras, who later moved to ABC and then CBS
• Bill Cameron, who later moved to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Denise Donlon, later CEO of Sony Canada
• Mary Garofalo, who later moved to WNYW-TV in New York
• Avi Lewis, who later moved to CBC.
• Stephen Lewis who provided a commentary for the program until his appointment as Canadian ambassador to the United Nations
• David Onley, science and technology specialist, CityNews; anchor, CP24; host, "Homepage"; he is now the designate Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
• Dini Petty, later a talk show host (The Dini Petty Show)
• Alex Pierson former reporter now with Global News in Toronto
• John Roberts (credited as J.D. Roberts), an entertainment reporter and weekend anchor now with CNN's American Morning News Program weekdays
• John Saunders, a sportscaster who later moved to ESPN
• Russ Salzberg, a sportscaster who later moved to WWOR-TV in New York

Thalia Assuras Thalia Assuras (born February 5, 1951) is a Canadian-born television journalist and news anchor of Greek descent who has worked for U.S. television networks since 1993. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Bill Cameron William Bill Cameron (January 23, 1943 – March 11, 2005) was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ... Denise Anne Donlon (born 22 February 1956) is a Canadian executive, television producer, television host, and programme director. ... WNYW, FOX5 is the flagship TV station of the Fox Broadcasting Company. ... Avi Lewis is documentary filmmaker, and is the son of two famous Canadians — Stephen Lewis (UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa) and Michele Landsberg (journalist). ... This article is about the Canadian politician and broadcaster. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... David Onley is a Canadian television personality. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Dini Petty (born January 15, 1945 in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England) is a Canadian television and radio host. ... The Dini Petty Show was a Canadian daytime talk show, which aired on stations affiliated with the Baton Broadcasting System from 1989 to 1996. ... Alex Pierson is a Canadian Television Reporter/Anchor. ... John D. Roberts (born November 15, 1956 in Toronto, Ontario) is a television journalist for CBS, where he has served as Chief White House Correspondent since 1999. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... John Saunders, is currently a journalist for ESPN and ABC. Before working for ESPN, he worked in Baltimore for WMAR and for City-TV in Toronto. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...

CityNews Weather

Weather stations

CityNews operates 11 weather stations across the Greater Toronto Area including: A map of Torontos Census Metropolitan Area, which contains a large portion of the Greater Toronto Area. ...

• Pearson International Airport
• Russel D. Barber Public School
• Lancaster Public School
• Topcliff Public School
• Belfountain Public School
• Brookdale Public School
• Toronto Island
• Forest Run Public School
• German Mills Public School
• Rogers Public School
• St. Catherine of Sienna

• CityNews Weather

Toronto Pearson International Airport, located in Mississauga, Ontario, immediately west of Toronto, is Canadas busiest and largest airport. ... The Toronto Islands provide a shallow natural harbour for the city of Toronto. ... German Mills public School (GMPS for short) is a school located in Thornhill,Ontario. ...

CityNews Weather Online

On June 21, 2007, CityNews and CP24 launched the CityNews Weather Online application which makes seeing the weather forecast easier that at citynews.ca, which requires logging on. The new program has similar features to the CityNews, CP24's website including 11 weather stations across the GTA and Top News stories. When a weather watch or warning is issued, 2 beeps sound and a weather watch or warning appear on the weather toolbar. There is also a warning symbol appearing on the CityNews icon which is on the taskbar where the start button and other appication windows are located. is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... CablePulse 24 is a 24-hour Canadian television channel which broadcasts local and international news for the Toronto, Ontario television market, by cable and direct broadcast satellite in southern Ontario. ...

CablePulse24

On March 30, 1998, CHUM Limited launched CablePulse 24 (commonly known as CP24), a Toronto cable TV station that is Canada's only 24-hour local news channel. It shares the same staff as the Citytv Toronto newscasts. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (90th in leap years). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... CHUM Limited is a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... CablePulse 24 (commonly known as CP24) is a 24 hour Canadian cable television specialty news channel. ...

CityNews Webcast

On February 14 2007, CityNews and CP24 created the CityNews Webcast, an online news source based in Toronto. Before February 14. 2007, Citytv and CP24 had CityNews Podcast, a news source that could only be viewed on an ipod device. There are two editions of the webcast, one recorded live on Breakfast Television every weekday morning and the other recorded in the afternoon. The CityNews Afternoon Webcast was previously known as CityNews @ Work before February 14 2007. It was not available for downloads but is now after being renamed CityNews (Afternoon) Webcast. On the weekends, there is a CityNews Webcast recorded on CP24. Both editions of the CityNews Webcast can be downloaded on to an iPod via iTunes, however they may not be downloaded on to your desktop itself, only viewed online at citynews.ca iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... Breakfast television (UK) or morning show (U.S.) is a type of news and entertainment television program, broadcast live in the morning (typically between 6:00am and 9:00am). ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... This article is about about the iTunes application. ...

CityNews International

Soon after the cancellation of the local CityNews broadcasts in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, a new half-hour program called CityNews International was launched. The program is produced in the Citytv Toronto, CP24 studios and features many of the same on-air personalities as the local CityNews broadcasts. CityNews International airs at 6:00 p.m. in Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, and at 6:30 p.m. in Vancouver. It currently does not air on Citytv Toronto, but only on Greater Toronto's 24 News Station CP24 at 8:00 p.m. Monday - Friday and a rebroadcast at 10:30 p.m.

Gord Martineau is the primary host of the program, while Amber MacArthur files a technology/pop-culture report regularly and Beatrice Politi files a daily report on what's going on in Canada's Parliament. Amber MacArthur in 2006. ... Beatrice Politi BA (Hons) is currently CITY TVs Ottawa (and political) specialist in Ottawa, Ontario. ...

References

External links

• CityNews
• CityNews International
• IMDb: City Pulse News