Citytv - Past Presenters

Past Presenters

Toronto

• Zuraidah Alman - general assignment reporter (later with Global Toronto; now reporter AT CTV Toronto)
• Thalia Assuras (later with ABC and then CBS; now host on energyNOW!)
• Dan Aykroyd - original staff announcer (1972–73; later regular repertory player on NBC's Saturday Night Live from 1975–79; film and TV star, director and producer based in Hollywood since 1980)
• Bill Cameron (later with the CBC; died March 12, 2005)
• Lance Chilton - CityNews/CP24 reporter (later joined CKVR-DT in Barrie as co-anchor; retired from television; now a real estate agent and owner of Royal LePage Chilton Team in Barrie, Ontario)
• Jojo Chintoh - CityNews/CP24 reporter
• Denise Donlon (later CEO of Sony Canada, then executive director of CBC Radio English services from 2008–2011)
• Laura Di Battista (laid off in January 2010; now host of CBC Radio One 99.1 FM's Here and Now)
• Marianne Dimain (laid off in January 2010; now general assignment reporter with Global Toronto)
• Dwight Drummond - crime specialist (now 6 p.m. co-anchor at CBC Toronto)
• Mark Dailey - anchor/continuity announcer (died from cancer on December 6, 2010)
• Merella Fernandez (laid off in January 2010; now reporter with CTV National News)
• Mary Garofalo (later at WNYW-TV in New York; now hosting 16x9 - The Bigger Picture on Global)
• Melissa Grelo - CityNews anchor/reporter (now co-host of CP24 Breakfast and weekday anchor on CP24)
• Lorne Honickman - CityPulse/CityNews legal specialist (now legal specialist and host of Legal Briefs on CP24)
• Bob Hunter (also founded Greenpeace; died after a prolonged battle with cancer on May 2, 2005)
• Dr. Karl Kebasele - medical specialist (now medical specialist for CP24)
• Jee-Yun Lee - general assignment reporter (now anchor/reporter for CP24 and CTV News)
• Avi Lewis (later at CBC; now with Al Jazeera English)
• Stephen Lewis - commentor (later appointed as Canadian ambassador to the United Nations; retired from public life)
• Muhammad Lila (later with CBC Toronto; now with ABC News)
• Amber MacArthur - CityNews new media specialist (now new media specialist for CP24)
• Richard Madan (now parliamentary reporter for CTV News in Ottawa)
• Jim McKenny (retired in late 2009)
• Mika Midolo - Toronto Transit Commission specialist and CityNews transit specialist (now at CP24 as transit specialist on CP24 Breakfast)
• Tracy Moore - Breakfast Television and CityNews reporter; now hosting Citytv's CityLine)
• Anne Mroczkowski (laid off in January 2010; now co-anchor of Global Toronto's News Hour)
• Farah Nasser (laid off January 2010; now reporter/anchor at CP24)
• David Onley - CityNews science and technology specialist, CP24 anchor and host of Homepage; became the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in September 2007)
• Beatrice Politi - CityNews/A-Channel/CP24 Ottawa-based political specialist (now with Global Toronto)
• Dini Petty (now host of The Dini Petty Show for CTV; guest host for Cityline in Fall 2010)
• Alex Pierson - general assignment reporter (later with Global News in Toronto until 2011 (now co-anchor or morning show at Sun News Network in Toronto)
• Chris Potter - weekend meteorologist (later meteorologist with CBC News in Toronto; now weekday afternoon meteorologist at CP24)
• John Roberts (credited as J.D. Roberts), an entertainment reporter and weekend anchor, later with CNN's American Morning program weekdays, and now with Fox News Channel based in Atlanta)
• Ann Rohmer - Breakfast Television host, CityNews anchor and host of City OnLine (now on CP24 as a lead anchor)
• Tonya Rouse - CityNews/CP24 fitness specialist and host of CP24's Perfect Fit)
• Omar Sachedina - general assignment reporter (now reporter for CTV National News)
• Michael Serapio (laid off in January 2010; now Toronto-based reporter with CBC News Network)
• John Saunders - sportscaster (now with ESPN)
• Russ Salzberg - sportscaster (now with WWOR-TV/WNYW in New York)
• Nalini Sharma - noon weather/entertainment specialist (now weekday morning weather specialist at CP24)
• Peter Silverman - CityNews "Good Samaritan" (forced to retire after Citytv's purchase by Rogers Communications; now host of The Peter Silverman Show on radio station CFRB/Toronto)
• Dick Smyth - general assignment reporter (retired in 1997; now does occasional radio commentary on CFMJ AM640)

Elsewhere

• Tim Butcher - Citytv Calgary weekend sports reporter
• Derek Bidwell - Citytv Calgary 11 p.m. sports anchor
• Meera Bahadoosingh - Citytv Winnipeg general assignment reporter (now Prairie Correspondent for Global National)
• Bridget Brown - Citytv Winnipeg morning anchor (now reporter for CTV Calgary)
• Christine Chorley - Citytv Edmonton sports reporter
• Marke Driesschen - weather specialist (now weather specialist at CTV Vancouver)
• Scott Fee - Citytv Edmonton reporter (now 5 p.m. anchor for CHEK-TV in Victoria, British Columbia)
• Bill Fortier - Citytv Winnipeg general assignment reporter (now weekend 11:30 p.m. anchor for CTV Edmonton)
• Rob Gibson - Citytv Calgary 6 p.m. sports director
• Kristi Gordon - Citytv Edmonton 6 and 11 p.m. meteorologist (now weekend meteorologist, CTV Vancouver)
• Ted Henley - Citytv Calgary 6 and 11 p.m. anchor (now morning anchor for 660 News in Calgary)
• Rob Hislob - host of the Edmonton edition of Your City
• Ross Hull - Citytv Calgary weather specialist (later with CTV Two London; now with CTV Kitchener)
• Sandra Jansen - host of the Calgary edition of Your City
• Ashlea Kay - Citytv Winnipeg weekend anchor (now producer for CP24)
• Glen Kirby - Citytv Winnipeg 6 p.m. anchor
• Sudha Krishnan - legislative reporter (now OMNI News: South Asian anchor for OMNI Alberta)
• Bryan Labby - Citytv Calgary CityNews/Your City reporter (now reporter for CBC Calgary)
• Kris Laudien - Citytv Edmonton sports reporter (now at CurlTV)
• Jennifer Martin - Citytv Edmonton 6 p.m. anchor (now morning news anchor for CISN-FM)
• Moira McLean - legislative reporter
• Leigh Morrow - general assignment reporter (now employed as a realtor)
• Julie Nolin - 6 p.m. anchor
• Christine Osunde - Citytv Calgary CityNews/Your City reporter
• Leah Sarich - Citytv Calgary CityNews/Your City anchor
• Lisa Saunders - Citytv Winnipeg 6 and 11 p.m. anchor
• Dag Sharman - senior reporter (now sports anchor at CBC Vancouver)
• Aisling Slattery - Citytv Calgary Breakfast Television and noon anchor
• Derek Taylor - Citytv Winnipeg sports anchor
• Jamie Thomas - Citytv Edmonton 6 p.m. sports anchor (now sports anchor for Rogers Sportsnet)
• Elaine Yong - weekend anchor (now consumer reporter for CTV Vancouver)