Veteran Broadcaster and Anchor of Global Toronto's Flagship
Newscast to Join Liza Fromer, Kris
Reyes and Rosey Edeh Beginning Monday, June 17
Global Toronto's Carolyn MacKenzie to Anchor News Hour
Final
Investigative News Magazine 16x9 Moves to New Day and
Time:
Saturday at 7pm ET/PT Beginning
Sept 28
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TORONTO, June 5, 2013 /CNW/ - Global News is
pleased to reveal that Leslie
Roberts, Anchor of Global Toronto's flagship News Hour
newscast, will be taking on additional duties as the permanent host
for The Morning Show's national edition. An
award-winning journalist, Roberts brings a wealth of broadcast
experience, a keen news sense and an informed viewpoint to the
show's unique conversational style. Roberts will join
Liza Fromer, Kris Reyes and Rosey Edeh on-air from 9-9:30am ET beginning Monday, June 17.
"Not only is Leslie a consummate professional with years of
experience in front of the camera, he is also a great
conversationalist and is well-versed on everything from politics to
pop culture," says Troy Reeb,
Senior Vice President, Global News. "Leslie's chemistry with
the rest of The Morning Show team throughout his guest host
appearances has been outstanding, and we're excited to have him
contribute to the already energized and intelligent on-air
discussion on a daily basis."
Biographical information is as follows:
Leslie Roberts: A
fourth-generation journalist with almost 30 years of broadcast
experience, Roberts first broke into television at CTV Montreal,
before joining Global News as Global Quebec's (now Global Montreal)
News Director, and Anchor of its Evening News cast. Roberts
moved to New York City as a
correspondent for the news magazine program A Current
Affair, later working for Fox News affiliate Fox5 before
moving back to join Global Toronto in 2001. Roberts also hosted
The Leslie Roberts Show on Toronto talk radio station Newstalk 1010, and
has also written a weekly column for the National Post. Roberts is
active in his community, sits on several charity boards and
supports many notable causes and events.
In conjunction with his move to The Morning Show's
national edition, Roberts will leave his role as Anchor of Global
Toronto's News Hour Final at 11pm ET, and will be replaced by current weekend
Evening News and News Final Anchor
Carolyn MacKenzie. A new
weekend anchor will be named this coming fall.
The local 6am-9am ET/PT version of
The Morning Show will continue to feature Fromer, Reyes and
Edeh alongside current co-host Antony
Robart. Leslie Roberts
will continue to helm Global Toronto's flagship 5:30pm ET newscast News Hour alongside
co-anchor Anne
Mroczkowski.
In addition, Global News is pleased to announce that its
award-winning news magazine 16x9 will be moving to a
new Saturday at 7pm
ET/PT time slot, providing the program with a more
competitive news-relevant programming lead-in. Led by Chief
Correspondent Carolyn Jarvis,
16x9 will continue to provide Canadians with the best and
most poignant investigative news stories possible, presented in a
way unmatched by the competition.
These additions are the latest in what has already been a
stellar period of growth for Global News. Since May 2012, Global News has launched over 60 new
hours of news programming a week, continuing to make it
Canada's fastest-growing news
organization. The launch of Global News: BC 1 in
January gave British Columbians the province's first and only
24-hour news channel, while the groundbreaking re-launch
of Globalnews.ca has already been recognized by
industry insiders as being on the forefront of digital design and
innovative branded sales opportunities. The emphasis on real-time,
original and multimedia reporting that can be viewed across all
platforms has made Globalnews.ca Canada's fastest growing digital news
property, bringing in an average of more than 1.2
million unique visitors a month in 2013.
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