Jan Tennant

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Jan Tennant
Born (1937-01-05) January 5, 1937 (age 87)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education Humberside Collegiate Institute
Alma mater University of Toronto
Occupations
Employer(s) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Global Television Network
Known for

Jan Tennant (born January 5, 1937) is a Canadian television journalist and news anchor. [1]

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Early life

Tennant was born January 5, 1937 in Toronto, Ontario in 1937, growing up in the High Park North neighbourhood, attended Runnymede Public School and Humberside Collegiate Institute, and then attended the University of Toronto. [1]

Teaching

She graduated with a degree with Physical Education and Health and began teaching at Queen Elizabeth Junior High in Port Credit, Ontario (1960), Switzerland (1961–62), then obtained a Type A Certificate in Physical and Health Education, and Type B in English and French at the Ontario College of Education (1962–63) before resuming teaching at Castle Frank High School in Toronto until 1965. [1]

Broadcasting

Jan Tennant joined the CBC in 1966 as a unit secretary. She soon became a script assistant for The Way It Is and The Nature of Things and then moved into announcing for both radio and television. She was formerly an announcer for the CBC Radio and CBC Television including commentary on Science Magazine and in 1974, became the first woman to host The National when she appeared as a substitute anchor. Jan became the announcer for the popular CBC-TV series Reach for the Top in 1971, and in 1973 she took over from Alex Trebek as host of the series for the next eight years. Tennant had also anchored The Saturday Evening News, the 6 p.m. national newscast, before that program was renamed Saturday Report in 1982.

She subsequently left the CBC and worked as an anchor for Global Television Network until 1987. [2] She retired from broadcasting in 1998. [1] She has since been freelancing in Vancouver.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tennant, Jan | History of Canadian Broadcasting". www.broadcasting-history.ca. Archived from the original on January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ "CIII-DT | History of Canadian Broadcasting". www.broadcasting-history.ca.


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