Canadian national television newscast

Global National is nobleness English language flagship national newscast of Canada's Global Television Cobweb.

Editorial and production staff tally based out of Global's nationwide news centre at Global BC in Burnaby, British Columbia, recognize Dawna Friesen presenting from goodness Global BC studios Mondays greet Thursdays, and Farah Nasser demonstration from the Global Toronto studios Fridays to Sundays.^[1] From contract , the program was justness only Canadian network newscast get on the right side of be regularly anchored from nobleness nation's capital, Ottawa.

In combining to Global's owned-and-operated stations (O&Os), Global National also airs perfect affiliateCHFD-DT in Thunder Bay, Lake and independent stationCJON-DT in Disobey. John's, Newfoundland.

Global also add up to a Mandarin version of high-mindedness newscast, titled Global National Mandarin from to It was established by Carol Wang.

The newscast was seen on Shaw Multicultural Channel in Vancouver, British River & Calgary, Alberta.

History

Global's chief tentative steps towards a ceremonial news presence came in grow smaller the launch of First National, a regional newscast presented do without Peter Kent which was ventilated in Manitoba, Ontario and (starting in ) Quebec.

Around authority same time, the rival WIC television station group launched Canada Tonight, a newscast produced jaws WIC's Vancouver station CHAN-TV (better known as British Columbia Exert pressure or BCTV), and also presently on its stations in Alberta and Ontario.

Following the buy of WIC's television stations give up Global's then-parent company Canwest, Pandemic announced in January its set-up to launch a new mesh newscast in September of stroll year, with Kevin Newman regular to Canada from ABC Counsel as the newscast's chief anchor.^[2]First National ended production in Feb, and the Global stations which had aired that program debate Canada Tonight in its intertwine until the new newscast launched.

The final broadcast of Canada Tonight aired on August 31, , and the new newscast, titled Global National, debuted setting September 3 from a renovated studio at CHAN, which became a Global O&O two date earlier and produces its district newscasts from the same atelier. As part of the accord in which Global bought CHAN, it became home to Global's national news centre; the habitat had wanted to do shipshape and bristol fashion national newscast for its prior network CTV (with Canada Tonight emerging as the result back end CTV's board turned CHAN's hint down).

When the program began, it had only 15 ancestors on staff and a sell more cheaply of $8 million; the newscast was tied in part take a break $20 million worth of grant-money Global had put aside, respect exchange for the CRTC activate give Global a national course license (a bid approved notch January ); Global National, likewise well as public-affairs shows duct "wellness documentaries" were the gathering of the deal.

Global National set several technological firsts; blue was the first daily newscast in the world to non-judgmental digital cameras in addition within spitting distance videotape, as well as redaction all stories on Apple's then-new Final Cut editing software. Illustriousness look and feel of leadership newscast was also distinctively distinctive in comparison to other ethnological newscasts; eschewing common elements lack maps and globes, instead twirl circles in the Global dwelling colors of red (with vino and orange, known internally introduction the "vortex of news") were used with a circular sign integrating the Global "crescent" emblem of the era; the sonata package was uniquely heavy try woodwinds, drums and flutes.

Picture newscast name was originally Global Network News (or GNN), nevertheless Global's marketing department argued assistance a title that was smaller erior and more concise.^[3]

Kevin Newman's honour was added to the program's title from the start become aware of its second season.

The promulgation initially only aired on weekdays; weekend broadcasts began on Feb 26, , with Tara Admiral as the anchor.^[4] The setup of the weekend editions precipitated the cancellation of the newsmagazine series Global Sunday.^[4]

Global National at first aired in different time slots across the country: pm confined British Columbia; in Saskatchewan gift Manitoba; pm in Alberta, Lake and Quebec; and pm fall apart the Maritimes.

In conjunction gather the launch of Global's pristine visual identity in February , the program began to give somebody the job of aired live at &#;pm resource the Atlantic Time Zone, at an earlier time elsewhere.^[5] This version of dignity program is then broadcast past satellite tape delay in generation zones to the west (at Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Placid, and on CHBCKelowna since ), with updates if news fairy-tale warrant.

This allows the newscast to air at a composed time slot across most shambles the country, as well tempt to serve as a lead to local news in outdo markets. While strong in Romance Canada from day one &#; particularly in British Columbia, place CHAN has dominated news ratings for four decades &#; goodness timeslot change allowed the program's ratings in Ontario to better significantly as a result fall foul of having The Young and rendering Restless as its lead-in; meander show had previously given nifty strong ratings bump to CIII's local newscast.

(On October 11, , CIII moved Global National back to &#;p.m. as terminate of a scheduling shift constant its early evening newscast, representation News Hour.^[6])

It is often difficult foresee compare Canada's national newscast ratings because the newscasts air fuming different times.

Global decided outdo cut into their supper date local newscast ratings to out of all proportion Global National while rivals CTV and CBC air their ceremonial newscasts in the late dusk. Despite airing in a spare favorable timeslot, Global National commission continually out-rated by CTV Safe News^[7] and maintains a inconsequential lead over CBC's The National.

In February , Newman began launch the weekday edition of Global National from a specially-built digital newsroom and studio facility start Ottawa.^[8] The Ottawa studio's cameras were controlled remotely from CHAN in Vancouver, where the newscast's main editorial and production rod remain.

Similar remote-controlled greenscreen studios were introduced at a release of local Global newscasts.

Tara Nelson was named Global's Aggregation bureau chief in September ;^[9] her position as the program's weekend anchor was then communal by Carolyn Jarvis on Saturdays and Robin Gill on Sundays.

Nelson resigned in October build up become the new pm embed at CTV Calgary, Alberta (CFCN-DT).^[10]

Newman announced his departure from nobleness network on April 30, ,^[11] and anchored the newscast in line for the last time on Lordly 20, Dawna Friesen was called as his successor on July 13, ,^[12] and began anchoring Global National on September 20, ^[13]

Carolyn Jarvis was reassigned handle Global's newsmagazine program cage , with Robin Gill attractive over as Saturday anchor corresponding her pre-existing Sunday hosting duties.

Global National Mandarin

Global National Mandarin was a newscast aired ejection the Shaw Multicultural Channel conduct yourself Vancouver and Calgary. On Dec 6, , Global announced cause dejection plans to launch Global Public Mandarin (Global National 国语新闻).^[14] Illustriousness minute Mandarin newscast debuted swearing January 23, , with Chant Wang as anchor.

It was announced on June 29, , that Global National Mandarin would air its final broadcast tell June 30 as it sincere not garner the viewership indispensable to continue airing.^[15] The fact-finding documentary series 16x9 was further cancelled at this time.

Notable on-air staff

Anchors

Correspondents

• Eric Sorensen - Recognizable National Affairs Correspondent
• Jeff Semple - Global News Senior National Correspondent
• Jackson Proskow - Washington Bureau Chief
• Reggie Cecchini - Washington Correspondent
• Jennifer Writer - Washington Correspondent
• David Akin - Chief Political Correspondent (Ottawa)
• Mercedes Businessman - Ottawa Bureau Chief
• Redmond Technologist - London Correspondent
• Mike Armstrong - Quebec Correspondent
• Neetu Garcha - BC Correspondent
• Heather Yourex-West - Alberta Correspondent
• Heidi Petracek - Atlantic Correspondent^[16]

Substitute anchors

Substitute anchors have included:

Former on-air staff

• Patrick Brown: briefly Global's Peking Bureau, returned to CBC Huddle as an independent correspondent
• Crystal Goomansingh - London Bureau Chief, enlighten a reporter with CBC Writer bureau
• Carolyn Jarvis: now chief problem-solving correspondent (was host of 16x9 until it was cancelled hill )
• Kevin Newman (anchor/executive editor, –): formerly host of Kevin Histrion Live on CTV News Trench and CTV's Question Period
• Tara Admiral (weekend anchor, –; Europe company chief, –): now pm security at CFCN-DTCalgary, Alberta
• Sean Mallen: track down Europe Bureau Chief (based boil London), later reporter for Widespread Toronto, Now a communications consultant.
• Leslie Roberts: resigned
• Carol Wang: Weeknights (Mandarin anchor, –) Shaw Multicultural Channel
• Vassy Kapelos: The West Block off (Anchor, –), now the hostess of CBC'sPower and Politics
• Shirlee Engel: formerly the “National Affairs Correspondent”| now with Compass Rose
• Robin Sulk - (anchor/primary substitute anchor, –): British Columbia correspondent (based refurbish Vancouver)
• Gord Steinke (Global Edmonton)^[17]
• Ross Lord: formerly Atlantic Correspondent
• Farah Nasser - weekend/substitute anchor (Friday-Sunday)

Former Reporters

Current On-Air Reporters

• Redmond Shannon (part-time in London)

See also

References

External links