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''CBC News Magazine'' (later known as ''Newsmagazine'') was a weekly
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which debuted on
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on September 8, 1952. The series presented the week's international news highlights and documentaries from CBC correspondents around the world. It ran until 1981 when it was cancelled in order to make way for '' The Journal''.
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, then an announcer and newsreader for the CBC, was narrator for the series in its early years. It was hosted by the anchor of '' The National'' from the 1970s until its demise.


External links


Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series
via archive.org)
Newsmagazine from the Canadian Communications Foundation
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