Lloyd Robertson
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Lloyd Robertson, LL.D O.C. (born January 19, 1934 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada) is the Chief Anchor and Senior Editor of The CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson.
Robertson started his broadcasting career in 1952 at CJCS radio in Stratford and later CJOY in Guelph, Ontario in 1953. Robertson went to television in 1954 when he joined CBC, spending four years in Winnipeg, Manitoba and two years in Ottawa, Ontario, before hosting CBC Weekend in the late 1960s and later anchor of The National from 1970 to 1976 before joining CTV in October that year. One of the reasons he left CBC was his frustration at union regulations which confined news anchors to the role of announcer, prohibiting them from writing their own scripts or participating in editorial decisions concerning the news broadcast. Another reason was, he presumed that if he gave the first reason publicly, he would gain for his second reason, which was a much higher salary in the private sector; the CBC being a crown corporation.
From 1976 to 1984, Robertson co-anchored the CTV National News with the late Harvey Kirck. When Kirck left CTV in 1984, Robertson became the senior news anchor for CTV. Robertson has covered many major events throughout his career, including several Olympic Games, Terry Fox, the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution, both the 1980 Quebec referendum and the 1995 Quebec referendum on separation from Canada, many federal elections, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the power outage crisis on both sides of the border. On the scene, he has covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, state funerals, and royal, papal, and U.S. presidential visits.
Robertson's signature ending of each news broadcast is, "...and that's the kind of day it's been for (the date). For some of you, your local CTV News is coming up next. I'm Lloyd Robertson. For all of us here in the National Newsroom, goodnight."
Joe Flaherty parodied him as the newscaster Floyd Robertson on the comedy program SCTV.
With the departure of Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather from NBC and CBS News, Robertson is now the longest running national television news anchor in North America.
On October 18th, 2006, Lloyd Robertson celebrated his 30th year as a CTV National News anchor, making him the longest serving anchor of a newscast in North American history.
[edit] Honours
- TV Times Reader's Choice Awards, Canada's Favourite News Anchor – 1998 and 1999
- Order of Canada, 1998
- Gemini Award, "Best Host, Anchor, or Interviewer" – 1992, 1994, 1997
- 1994 Winner of the Toronto Star Reader's Voice Award for Favourite TV Anchor
- Honorary Chairperson, 1992 Terry Fox Run
| Preceded by: Harvey Kirck | CTV National News anchor 1976-present (co-anchor with Harvey Kirck from 1976-1984) | Succeeded by: none |
| Preceded by: Warren Davis | The National anchor 1970-1976 | Succeeded by: Peter Kent |
