Jeff Hutcheson (born April 15, 1954 in

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and

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for ''

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''. He started his career in 1976 at

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as a "good news" reporter, during his first year in

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. His next work was with

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, where he was a sports anchor,

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, producer,

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and

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from 1976 to 1997. Hutcheson then became substitute sports/weather host on ''Canada AM'' in 1992 until 1997. For a short time in 1997, Jeff Hutcheson was the morning host of News Talk 570, leaving shortly after. On September 1, 1998, he began reporting on sports and weather full-time on ''Canada AM''. He has also published two travel books, ''Best of Canada'' and ''Best of Atlantic Canada''.

External links

CTV.ca biography of Jeff Hutcheson
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