Bernie McNamee (born 1952/53?) is a

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retired radio journalist, best known as a longtime anchor of news programming, including '' The World at Six'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', on

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. He has also been an occasional guest host of ''

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''. Originally from

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,"A CBC radio news veteran comes home"
. ''

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'', April 6, 2015. he studied broadcasting at

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, and worked for local radio stations CHSC and

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before joining

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as a reporter. He later worked for

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, and was an anchor for the CKO radio network. He was a reporter for

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in the late 1980s"CFTO union urges boycott of station by advertisers". ''

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'', June 10, 1988. before joining the CBC in 1989. He retired from the

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in 2015.

References

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