Canada AM
| Canada AM | |
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| Presented by |
Beverly Thomson (2003–2016) Jeff Hutcheson (1998–2016) Marci Ien (2003–2016) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | Daily |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Toronto (1972-2016), Vancouver (2008) |
| Running time | 3 hours |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 11, 1972 – June 3, 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Your Morning |
| Related shows | CTV Morning Live |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Canada AM was a Canadian breakfast television news show that aired on CTV from 1972 to 2016. Its final hosts were Beverly Thomson and Marci Ien, with Jeff Hutcheson presenting the weather forecast and sports. The program aired on weekdays, and was produced from CTV's facilities at 9 Channel Nine Court in Toronto.
In addition to CTV's local owned-and-operated stations (O&Os) in Eastern Canada as well as affiliate station CITL-DT Lloydminster, the program also aired on independent station CJON-DT (NTV) in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as CTV News Channel, the network's 24-hour national news service. The program previously aired on CTV's O&Os in Western Canada, until they launched their own all-local morning news programmes called CTV Morning Live in August 29, 2011.
CTV's first attempt at a morning show, Bright and Early, launched in 1966 and was cancelled the next year; among the presenter lineup was future federal Liberal cabinet minister Jim Fleming, who read the news headlines.
Ray Peters, the head of Vancouver's CTV affiliate CHAN-TV, had been an avid viewer of NBC's Today Show, and lobbied CTV to reinstate a morning program in order to compete with the American networks. Peters had intended the show to be produced out of Vancouver, but agreed to a Toronto-based production in order to bring CFTO-TV's owner John Bassett on board. The 90-minute program launched under the title Canada AM on September 11, 1972, with Carole Taylor and Percy Saltzman as hosts, and Dennis McIntosh as newsreader. Taylor left the show in 1973 to host W5, and was succeeded by Elaine Callei; however, Callei left the program within a few months, and was in turn succeeded by Helen Hutchinson. Long time host Norm Perry joined in 1975 and would remain with the programme until 1990, making him the longest-running co-host in the show's history.
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