Tom Harrington | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Tom_Harrington.jpg) 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]
- ^ a b "CBC MARKETPLACE'S TOM HARRINGTON MOVES TO RADIO". CBC Media Centre, April 20, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "New CBC Marketplace host a good sport". National Post, August 27, 2010.
- ^ "CBC supper-hour news in critical condition". Montreal Gazette, May 22, 1993.
- ^ "Network cuts back on sports: Newsworld changes strategy to boost business coverage". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1997.