Earl Cameron in 1966. (Canadian Press)

Earl Cameron (1915 - January 13, 2005) was a Canadian broadcaster and was anchor of CBC's The National from 1959 to 1966. Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... The Canadian Press is a Canadian news agency established in 1917 as a vehicle to distribute Associated Press material to Canadian news media, mainly because it was very difficult to spread news across such a huge country, covering many time zones. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... The National is the CBCs flagship national television newscast. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Cameron was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and, as a student, found a summer job at a local radio station CHAB. He established a career in broadcasting before joining the main CBC Radio network in Toronto in 1944 where he was assigned as reader of the daily CBC National News Bulletin following Lorne Greene's departure from the CBC as the "Voice of doom". It was Cameron who announced the D-Day invasion of Normandy to Canadian listeners [1]. As an announcer his other duties included reading commercials, station identifications and hosting various programs. Moose Jaw is a city in south central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River 71 km west of Regina. ... CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lorne Greene O.C., LL.D. (February 12, 1915–September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor best known for two iconic roles on American television. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allies. ...

During this period CBC followed the example of the BBC in giving responsibility for reading the news to announcers rather than to journalists, an approach that became entrenched by union regulations. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ...

In 1959, Cameron succeeded Larry Henderson as the anchor of the CBC Television National News (today known as The National). During the 1960s, managers at CBC News moved towards a philosophy of regarding news announcers as journalists rather than performers. As part of this shift, the news service management put pressure on the announcers union to accept an agreement prohibiting news readers from commercials or accepting outside contracts with ad agencies. Cameron was personally pressured to terminate his outside announcing contracts reading commercials for products such as Crest toothpaste and Rambler automobiles and agreed in 1965 to give up his lucrative ad contracts. However, the next year, Cameron was dropped as the anchor of the National News due to management's desire to have a professional journalist in the position of news anchor. Cameron was replaced by broadcast journalist Stanley Burke though he continued as an announcer on CBC radio and television until his retirement in 1976. One of his duties was as the host of Viewpoint, a nightly five-minute programme which followed The National in which Cameron read letters from viewers. 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Larry Henderson was host of the CBC Televisions The National News, later rebranded as The National, from 1956 to 1959. ... The National is the CBCs flagship national television newscast. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Stanley Burke was a Canadian television journalist. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Cameron was also the inspiration for Eugene Levy's Earl Camembert character on SCTV (along with Buffalo news anchor Irv Weinstein) while one of Cameron's successors at The National, Lloyd Robertson, was the inspiration for Camembert's partner and rival, Floyd Robertson played by Joe Flaherty. Eugene Levy Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Jewish-Canadian actor, television director, producer and writer who is best known for his work in Canadian television series and American movies and television series. ... Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... Irv Weinstein is a retired local television news anchor. ... Lloyd Robertson OC (born January 19, 1934 in Stratford, Ontario) is the anchor of Canadas nightly CTV National News. ... Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941) is famous for his part in the troupe of SCTV (later known as SCTV Network). ...

Cameron died in Barrie, Ontario on January 13, 2005. Barrie, on Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada Barrie, Ontario (2003 population 121,248, metropolitan population 168,492) is located on Kempenfelt Bay, an arm of Lake Simcoe in south-central Ontario, Canada. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Earl Cameron biography from the Museum of Broadcast Communications
• Clip of Cameron announcing the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944.
• Former CBC anchor Earl Cameron dies CBC News report, January 14, 2005.

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Larry Henderson was host of the CBC Televisions The National News, later rebranded as The National, from 1956 to 1959. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Stanley Burke was a Canadian television journalist. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...