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CBC News Magazine

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CBC News Magazine
Also known asNewsmagazine
GenreNews
Presented byGordon Burwash (Toronto)
Norman DePoe
Ken Mason
Michael Maclear
Stanley Burke (London)
Tom Gould (Far East)
David Levy (Moscow)
Peter Reilly (United Nations)
Phil Calder (Bonn)
James Minifie and Knowlton Nash (Washington, D.C.) Peter Kent
Narrated byLorne Greene (early years)
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersDon Cameron (1960-66)
Tim Kotcheff (1976-77)
George James (1977-79)
Trina McQueen (1979-80)
Ann Medina (1980-81)
ProducersJohn Lant
Harry Rasky
David Marcus Roland (1961-64)
Murray Hunter (1964-66)
William Harcourt (1966-73)
Tim Kotcheff (1973-76)
George James (1976-78)
Tom Leach (1978-81)
Tony Hillman (1978-81)
Jim Bittermann
Peter Rehak (1978-80) Peter Kent (1975-78)
EditorsGunnar Rugheimer
Stanley Clinton
Harry Rasky
Arla Saare
Joan Barstead
Michael Maclear
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseSeptember 8, 1952 (1952-09-08) –
1981 (1981)

CBC News Magazine (later known as Newsmagazine) was a weekly Canadian news television series which debuted on CBC Television 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.

Lorne Greene, 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.

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