Brent Bambury

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Brent Bambury
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Saint John, New Brunswick
Nationality Canadian
Occupation(s)radio and television broadcaster
Known for Brave New Waves , Midday , Go , Day 6

Brent Bambury (born 1960) [1] is a Canadian radio and television personality. He has hosted a number of radio and television programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation since the 1980s, and is currently heard as host of the weekly current affairs series Day 6 on CBC Radio One and Public Radio International. [2]

A native of Saint John, New Brunswick, [2] Bambury began his career with the CBC in 1979 as a reporter for CBD-FM in Saint John, [2] later moving to the station in Halifax as a reporter while studying English at Dalhousie University. [3] He then moved to Montreal, becoming a correspondent for CBC Stereo's Brave New Waves while pursuing a master's degree at McGill University, [3] but dropped his studies when he was offered the job of permanent host in 1985. [3] The show, which aired nightly at 11:00 pm, was one of Canada's leading outlets for alternative rock and other countercultural programming in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [3]

In the early 1990s, Bambury was also an entertainment reporter for CBC television's Midday . [2] In 1995, Bambury became the show's cohost, replacing Kevin Newman, [2] and his hosting duties at Brave New Waves went to Patti Schmidt.

In 2000, Midday ended its run. Bambury spent some time as a movie reviewer for Life Network's movie series Flick, [3] as well as acting as a fill-in host for CBC Newsworld and CBC Radio One [3] before hosting a successful short-run game show, Off the Cuff, on CBC Radio One in 2001. [4] In 2002, he moved to Ottawa to take over as host of that station's afternoon current affairs program, All in a Day . [1] That same summer, he also hosted Go , a nationally broadcast summer series which aired on Saturday mornings; [5] following a second summer run in 2003, the show was added to the network's regular year-round schedule that fall. [6]

In 2005, Bambury gave up hosting duties of All in a Day, [7] and moved to Toronto along with the production of Go. [7]

In 2007, Bambury guest hosted an episode of CBC Radio 3's weekly chart show The R3-30 . [8] He has also cohosted three episodes of the Canadian version of Test the Nation with Wendy Mesley on CBC Television. [2]

Go broadcast its final episode in June 2010. [2] That fall, Bambury launched the new national current affairs program Day 6. [2] He has also guest hosted a number of episodes of Q .

Bambury is openly gay. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "CBC announces host for 'All in a Day': Brent Bambury to replace Ken Rockburn". Ottawa Citizen , January 16, 2002.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Saturday morning guy; Saint John native Brent Bambury hosts new CBC radio show 'Day 6'". The Telegraph-Journal , September 20, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "N.B. native now on the air in Ottawa". The Telegraph-Journal , March 26, 2002.
  4. ↑ "Playing it cool on CBC's goofy new show". The Globe and Mail , June 30, 2001.
  5. ↑ "CBC re-signs Rogers to shorter radio show: Network mum on other changes to scheduling". Ottawa Citizen , June 15, 2002.
  6. ↑ "Brown lands on his feet: Radio Active host bounces back after national show axed". Edmonton Journal , August 30, 2003.
  7. 1 2 "Brent Bambury calls it a day". Ottawa Citizen , April 20, 2005.
  8. ↑ "The R3-30: Week Ending April 26, 2007 - Guest Hosted By Brent Bambury". CBC Radio 3, April 19, 2007.
  9. ↑ "Beyond Brokeback". Toronto Star , November 15, 2005.
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