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Trina McQueen


Catherine Margaret "Trina" McQueen (born 1943) is a Canadian journalist and broadcasting executive.

She was born Catherine Margaret Janitch in Belleville, Ontario and was educated at Belleville Collegiate, going on to receive a BJ from Carleton University. She also studied at the University of British Columbia. McQueen worked as a journalist for the Ottawa Journal. She then worked for CFTO television in Toronto. McQueen was one of the two anchors for the first year of CTV News' W5. In 1967, she became an editor for CBC News in Toronto. In 1976, McQueen was named executive producer for The National. She became CBC's network program director in 1980.

In 1988, McQueen became director (later vice-president) for news, current affairs and Newsworld. In 1993, she left CBC to join Netstar Communications to work on its application for a Canadian broadcast license for a Discovery Channel, subsequently becoming president for the new channel. When CTV bought Netstar in 1999, McQueen became executive vice-president for CTV. She became president and chief operating officer the following year. McQueen retired in August 2002. In 2016, she was named vice-chair for TVOntario's board of directors.

She served as chair for the television board of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the Banff Television Foundation Board, also serving on the board of Telefilm Canada and the Canadian Television Fund.


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