Brent Bambury (born 1960)"CBC announces host for 'All in a Day': Brent Bambury to replace Ken Rockburn". ''

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'', January 16, 2002. is a

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radio and television personality. He has hosted a number of radio and television programs for the

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since the 1980s, and is currently heard as host of the weekly current affairs series ''

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'' on

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and Public Radio International."Saturday morning guy; Saint John native Brent Bambury hosts new CBC radio show 'Day 6'". ''

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'', September 20, 2010. A native of Saint John,

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, Bambury began his career with the CBC in 1979 as a reporter for CBD-FM in Saint John, later moving to the station in Halifax as a reporter while studying English at Dalhousie University."N.B. native now on the air in Ottawa". ''

'', March 26, 2002. He then moved to

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, becoming a correspondent for

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's ''

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'' while pursuing a master's degree at

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, but dropped his studies when he was offered the job of permanent host in 1985. The show, which aired nightly at 11:00 pm, was one of Canada's leading outlets for

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and other

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programming in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the early 1990s, Bambury was also an entertainment reporter for CBC television's ''

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''. In 1995, Bambury became the show's cohost, replacing Kevin Newman, and his hosting duties at ''Brave New Waves'' went to

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. In 2000, ''Midday'' ended its run. Bambury spent some time as a movie reviewer for

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's movie series ''Flick'', as well as acting as a fill-in host for

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and

before hosting a successful short-run game show, ''Off the Cuff'', on CBC Radio One in 2001. In 2002, he moved to

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to take over as host of that station's afternoon current affairs program, ''

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''. That same summer, he also hosted '' Go'', a nationally broadcast summer series which aired on Saturday mornings; following a second summer run in 2003, the show was added to the network's regular year-round schedule that fall. In 2005, Bambury gave up hosting duties of ''All in a Day'',"Brent Bambury calls it a day". ''

'', April 20, 2005. and moved to

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along with the production of ''Go''. In 2007, Bambury guest hosted an episode of

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's weekly chart show ''

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''. He has also cohosted three episodes of the Canadian version of ''

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'' with

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on CBC Television. ''Go'' broadcast its final episode in June 2010. That fall, Bambury launched the new national current affairs program ''Day 6''. He has also guest hosted a number of episodes of '' Q''. Bambury is openly

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."Beyond Brokeback". ''

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'', November 15, 2005.

References

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