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By the age of nine, Peter had his own half-hour weekly children’s radio show on CBC, called Peter’s People. On leaving school, he started work in a bank but followed his father into broadcasting in 1959, joining radio station CFJR Brockville, Ont. He provided CBC with coverage of a train wreck and as a result was offered his first TV job ...
He was also known for his marathon coverage of breaking news stories, staying on the air for 15 hours or more to anchor the live broadcast of events such as the Gulf War in 1991, the millennium celebrations in 1999–2000, and the September 11 attacks in 2001. In addition to anchoring, he was the host of many ABC News special reports and moderator of several American presidential debates.
While in Brockville, then 21-year-old Jennings started his rise in broadcasting. In 1959, CFJR, a local radio station, hired him as a member of its news department; many of his stories were picked up by the CBC. By 1961, Jennings had joined the staff of CJOH-TV, then a new television station in Ottawa.
Year Born: 1934. Year Died: 2002. Gzowski, Peter (1934-2002) While Peter Gzowski’s bearded, bespectacled face became well-known to millions of Canadian television viewers, it was his distinctive, unmistakable voice on radio that Canadians would think of, and would always remember, when news came of his untimely death at the age of 67.
Aug 9, 2005 · Mon 8 Aug 2005 20.53 EDT. Peter Jennings, who has died at the age of 67, had one notable advantage over rival American television news presenters. He was a Canadian and, during his 40-year career ...
Aug 8, 2005 · By age 9, he had his own show on Canadian radio, "Peter's Program." He dropped out of high school at 17, and by his early 20's, was the host of a dance show similar to "American Bandstand" called ...
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Henderson left the broadcast in 1959 and was succeeded by Earl Cameron, who had been presenter of the National News Bulletin on the CBC's main radio service, the Trans-Canada Network, since 1944. Changes in the philosophy of CBC News led to Cameron, a professional announcer rather than a journalist, being replaced by journalist Stanley Burke , in 1966.
