- Brent Bambury
Brent Bambury is a Canadian radio and television personality, who has hosted a number of programs for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .A
New Brunswick native [ [http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamatters/main/bio_bambury.html Ottawa Matters 2004 ] ] , Bambury began his CBC career at stations in Saint John, Halifax and Montreal. In 1984, he became a correspondent for Radio Two's "Brave New Waves ", and became the show's permanent host in 1985. The show, which aired nightly at midnight, was one of Canada's leading outlets foralternative rock in the late 1980s; in the early 1990s, when alternative became the dominant commercial genre, the show retained its focus on indie and underground culture instead of joining the mainstream.In the early 1990s, Bambury was also an entertainment reporter for CBC television's "Midday". In 1995, Bambury became the show's cohost, replacing Kevin Newman, and his hosting duties at "Brave New Waves" went to
Patti Schmidt .In 2000, "Midday" ended its run, and Bambury hosted a successful short-run game show on
CBC Radio One , "Off the Cuff ". In 2002, he moved toOttawa to take over as host of that station's afternoon current affairs program, "All in a Day". In 2003, he also became host of the national Saturday morning show "Go".In 2005, Bambury gave up hosting duties of "All in a Day". He was replaced, on an interim basis for one year by Rob Clipperton, before being permanently succeeded by
Adrian Harewood . Production of "Go" moved to Toronto, with Bambury, in 2005.In 2007, Bambury guest hosted an episode of
CBC Radio 3 's weekly chart show "The R3-30 ". [ [http://radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2007/04/The-R3-30-Week-Ending-April-26-2007---Guest-Hosted-By-Brent-Bambury CBC Radio 3 - Blog - The R3-30: Week Ending April 26, 2007 - Guest Hosted By Brent Bambury ] ]Bambury cohosted three episodes of the Canadian version of "
Test the Nation " along withWendy Mesley on CBC Television. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/testthenation/episodes/iq/about/hosts.html CBC Television : Test the Nation ] ]References
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