Robert West Layton (born 1944), known as Bob Layton, is an author and former Canadian newscaster and radio host in

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Life

Layton was born in England during

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. As an infant, Layton and his family spent a considerable amount of time in a trench in their garden during air raids. A short time later, the family moved to

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and he was raised in

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. He worked for

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in Calgary before beginning his broadcasting career in 1970. After attending the Columbia School of Broadcasting, he started his broadcasting career at CKNL in

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in 1970, but left one year later to work for 630 CHED in

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, where he eventually became news director of the Corus radio stations in Edmonton, including CHED, iNews 880, 925 Fresh FM and CISN Country in 1995. He was later invited to work at

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, where his award-winning editorials are currently shown nationally. Layton received a lifetime achievement award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association of Canada in 2010. He won another award for editorials in 2011. Layton is also an active community member, involving himself in securing funding for a helicopter for the

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. He received a centennial medal for his community service from premier

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in 2005. He is married to Marg, with whom he has 6 children and 13 grandchildren.

References

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