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George Stroumboulopoulos

George Stroumboulopoulos
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George Stroumboulopoulos (photo credit: Mark Dunne, 2010)
Born George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos
(1972-08-16) August 16, 1972 (age 44)
Malton, Ontario, Canada
Other names Strombo

George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος Μάρκος Παύλος Στρουμπουλόπουλος; /strɒmbəˈlɒpələs/; born August 16, 1972) is a Canadian television and radio personality. He is best known as formerly being a VJ for the Canadian music television channel MuchMusic and being the host of the CBC Television talk show George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (formerly The Hour) from 2005 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Stroumboulopoulos worked for Rogers Media, anchoring Hockey Night in Canada and the NHL on Rogers.

Stroumboulopoulos was born in Malton, Ontario, a neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario, to a Greek father from Egypt and a Ukrainian mother. He was raised in Toronto, primarily by his mother and a close-knit extended family. He graduated from Ascension of Our Lord Secondary School. He studied radio broadcasting at Humber College in Toronto.


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