Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

== Personalities ==
{{Main|List of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation personalities}}
Notable CBC alumni have included future [[Governor General of Canada|Governors General of Canada]] [[Jeanne Sauvé]], [[Adrienne Clarkson]], and [[Michaëlle Jean]], as well as future [[Quebec]] [[Premier (Canada)|premier]] [[René Lévesque]].

[[Knowlton Nash]], whose career at the CBC spanned the years between 1965 and 1992, was a beloved and trusted news anchor for the news programme ''[[The National (TV program)|The National]]''. [[Peter Mansbridge]] then took over the reins at the premiere Canadian news broadcast until July 1, 2017.<ref name="kncbc">{{cite news |title=Knowlton Nash, longtime anchor of CBC's The National, dead at 86 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/knowlton-nash-longtime-anchor-of-cbc-s-the-national-dead-at-86-1.2653467 |publisher=CBC |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320115235/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/knowlton-nash-longtime-anchor-of-cbc-s-the-national-dead-at-86-1.2653467 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="pmcbc">{{cite news |title=Peter Mansbridge reflects on nearly 50 years at CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mansbridge-national-interview-hiscox-1.4177812 |publisher=CBC |date=June 30, 2017 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320115614/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mansbridge-national-interview-hiscox-1.4177812 |url-status=live }}</ref> For a time Mansbridge shared the anchor position with [[Wendy Mesley]], who was forced to retire after a 38-year career under a cloud for inappropriate use of language in two closed editorial meetings.<ref name="wmcbc">{{cite news |title=Wendy Mesley to retire from CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/mesley-retirement-1.6090382 |publisher=CBC |date=July 5, 2021 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320115615/https://www.cbc.ca/news/mesley-retirement-1.6090382 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A staple in Canadian living rooms since 1952 is the weekly Saturday night broadcast ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''. Personalities like [[Foster Hewitt]], [[Dick Irvin Jr.]], [[Harry Neale]] were amongst the light-blue jacketed commentators of the 20th century. [[Ron MacLean]] and [[Don Cherry]] were famous for their commentary during the first intermission ''[[Coach's Corner]]'' until Cherry was fired for remarks during broadcast on [[Remembrance Day]] 2019 that were widely condemned as anti-immigrant.<ref name="dcgn">{{cite news |title=Why Don Cherry's 'you people' rant on 'Hockey Night in Canada' has such an impact |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6157812/don-cherry-you-people-rant-impact/ |publisher=Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc |date=November 12, 2019 |access-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320124124/https://globalnews.ca/news/6157812/don-cherry-you-people-rant-impact/ |url-status=live }}</ref>