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This article is about the Canadian television newscast. For the indie rock band, see The National (band). The National is a Brooklyn -based Indie rock band formed in 1999, by friends from Cincinnati Ohio. For other uses, see The National (disambiguation).
The National

The 2006 opening of CBC News: The National
Format News
Starring Peter Mansbridge
Country of origin Canada
Language(s) English
No. News broadcasting (also known as newscast or newsbreak) is the Broadcasting of various news events and other Information via Peter Mansbridge OC (born July 6, 1948) is a British born Canadian journalist CBC's "Chief Correspondent" and anchor Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States  of episodes N/A
Production
Running time 60 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel CBC, CBC Newsworld
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
First shown in 1954-1992, 1995-Present. CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. CBC Newsworld is a Canadian English language Cable television specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode The i, which is sometimes uppercase stands for Interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
External links
Official website

The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBC's flagship national television newscast. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic News broadcasting (also known as newscast or newsbreak) is the Broadcasting of various news events and other Information via It reports on major Canadian and international news stories, airing on CBC Television weeknights at 10:00 p. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. m. local time (10:30 p. m. NT). The Newfoundland Time Zone (NT is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting 3½ hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC) resulting in UTC-330, or 2½

The program generally follows a format of news headlines for the first 20 minutes followed by a magazine segment that may include documentaries, feature reports and/or panel discussions. The first commercial interruption usually comes about 20 minutes into the program. A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced In exceptional news circumstances, the regular format may be waived.

CBC owned-and-operated stations used to repeat the news headline portion of The National at 11:00 p. m. ; this practice ended in October 2006, when repeats of CBC News: The Hour began airing in that timeslot. The Hour is a Canadian television Newsmagazine broadcast on CBC Television. Private affiliates of the CBC did not broadcast the 11 p. m. airing. Additional airings, on CBC Newsworld, are at 9:00 p. CBC Newsworld is a Canadian English language Cable television specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation m. (the initial version that airs live to Atlantic Canada on the main network), 12:00 midnight, and 5:00 a. Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: m. , all times ET. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America Until August 2005, The National was also seen in the United States on the defunct Newsworld International channel. Other names In Arabic, the month is called أغسطسص ʾUġusṭuṣ or آب ʾĀb; usage varies from place to place and Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Newsworld International ( NWI) was a Cable TV News channel broadcasting in the United States

The National and other CBC newscasts (including its "supper hour" national and local newscast) are streamed on the CBC website. [1]

In the fall of 2007, The National became the first main newscast in Canada to be broadcast in HDTV. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. High-definition television (HDTV is a Digital television Broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition

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History

The National originated as The National News in 1954. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Since 1952, there had been a five minute national news bulletin on the fledgling CBC Television service - each bulletin would be read by a succession of readers which, ultimately, CBC management realised resulted in a disjoined broadcast. Program director Mavor Moore decided to choose a single newsreader for the program in order to create continuity and hired veteran radio newsman Larry Henderson to anchor the broadcast which soon expanded to nightly thirteen minute program airing at 11 pm. James Mavor Moore CC, OBC, BA, DLitt ( March 8 1919 &ndash December 18 2006) was a Canadian Larry Henderson (1917 &ndash November 27, 2006) was the first regular newsreader on the CBC Television 's The National News, later rebranded Henderson, who had hoped to become Canada's answer to Edward R. Murrow, had spent several years travelling the world with his Headliners radio broadcast. Edward R Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25 1908 &ndash April 27 1965) was an American journalist He proved a temperamental newsreader who would occasionally swear on the air, respond in anger to cues to speed up his reading, and once walked off the set when a filmed segment was not ready on cue. [2]

Henderson left the broadcast in 1959 and was succeeded by Earl Cameron who had been presenter of the National News Bulletin on CBC's main radio service, the Trans-Canada Network, since 1944. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There is also an actor named Earl Cameron. Earl Cameron (1915 &ndash January 13, 2005) was a Canadian broadcaster CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information Radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Changes in the philosophy of CBC News led to Cameron, a professional announcer rather than a journalist, being replaced by journalist Stanley Burke in 1966. Stanley Burke was a Canadian television journalist He was the anchor of CBC Television 's The National News from 1966 to 1969 Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.

Though journalists were now reading the news, union regulations required a journalist acting as news anchor to leave the journalists' union and join the announcers' union and thus prohibited the anchor from doing anything other than reading a script written by others. Burke anchored the show from 1966 until 1969 when he resigned in order to launch a public campaign on the Biafran civil war. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of Biafra was a Secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria. A civil war is a War between a State and domestic political actors that are in control of some part of the territory claimed by the state Burke was replaced by Warren Davis, at which point the show was rebranded The National and the program was broadcast in color. Warren Davis was a Canadian Television Journalist. He was the first anchor of CBC Television 's The National, From 1970, the program was anchored by Lloyd Robertson until he was hired away by rival CTV in 1976, largely as a result of Robertson's frustration at not being able to participate in the writing of the newscast due to union rules. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lloyd Robertson, OC, LLD (born January 19, 1934) is the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV 's national evening newscast CTV is a Canadian English language Television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network the main television asset of CTVglobemedia Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Peter Kent hosted the show for two years and, because he had worked as a senior correspondent with CBC Newsmagazine and The National, he was allowed to report and write and anchor The National and CBC News Specials before leaving to return to work as a foreign correspondent. Peter Kent (born July 27, 1943) is Deputy Editor of Global Television News a Canadian TV network In 1978, Knowlton Nash—who had been Kent's boss—became the newscast's new anchor. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Cyril Knowlton Nash OC, OOnt (born November 18, 1927) commonly known as Knowlton Nash, is a journalist author and former and During Nash's tenure, the CBC was able to win "formal" concessions from its unions allowing working journalists to read the news, allowing Nash to assume the title of "Chief Correspondent" for CBC News. This allowed him to participate in the writing of the show's script as well as act as a news editor with influence over the stories selected for the newscast and other questions of editorial judgement. Nash stepped down as chief anchor in 1988 and was replaced by Peter Mansbridge. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Peter Mansbridge OC (born July 6, 1948) is a British born Canadian journalist CBC's "Chief Correspondent" and anchor

On 11 January 1982, The National was relaunched in the 10:00 PM timeslot with a modernized design and format. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Journal, a program that covered news stories in greater depth using interviews and documentaries, followed it at 10:22 PM. The Journal was a popular current affairs Newsmagazine on CBC Television from 1982 to 1992

One of the hosts of The Journal from the beginning was Barbara Frum, who quickly became a symbol of CBC News as she was not afraid to tackle the toughest and most controversial of issues. Barbara Frum, OC, BA, LLD ( September 8, 1937 &ndash March 26, 1992) was a Journalist, acclaimed Frum died suddenly in March 1992. Her final interview was with Canadian author Mordecai Richler, which took place just days before her death. Mordecai Richler ( January 27, 1931 &ndash July 3, 2001) was a Canadian author Academy Award -nominated screenwriter and

That same year, the CBC, which was undergoing major changes, replaced The National and The Journal with Prime Time News, an integrated package which aired at 9:00 p. Prime Time News was a Canadian nightly newscast which aired on CBC Television from 1992 to 1995 m. with two hosts, Mansbridge and Pamela Wallin. Pamela Wallin, OC, SOM (born 2 January 1953) is a Canadian television journalist and diplomat of Swedish descent However, the show fared poorly in the ratings, and returned to the 10 p. m. time slot in 1994. The National continued to air on CBC Newsworld, hosted by Alison Smith. Alison Smith (b 3 January, 1954 – is a Canadian television journalist and anchor

In 1995, the program reverted to the name The National, hosted by Peter Mansbridge, and was followed by The National Magazine, hosted by Hana Gartner. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Peter Mansbridge OC (born July 6, 1948) is a British born Canadian journalist CBC's "Chief Correspondent" and anchor Hana Gartner (born 1948 in Prague Czechoslovakia) is a multiple award-winning Canadian television investigative journalist best known as the host/interviewer This later became simply The Magazine. When the program was revamped significantly in early 2001 this segment was again integrated into the main newscast and introduced by Mansbridge; for a time it was often titled Documentary. The program acquired a new look and format in the eventful fall of that year with the CBC's latest corporate redesign.

On 9 January 2006, The National adopted a new look as part of a major rebranding for CBC News, stemming mainly from an extensive study by the CBC into how to make news programming more relevant, particularly in the face of stiff competition from CTV National News and Global National. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. CTV National News is CTV 's flagship newscast which airs at 1100pm local time on the CTV stations across Canada, and live at 1000pm ET with repeats Global National is the national newscast of Global Television Network in Canada. The rebranding was originally scheduled for September 2005 but was postponed due to the lengthy lockout that had just concluded at that time. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The primary colour of CBC News shifted from blue to red, not unlike BBC News.

In a controversial decision, the CBC announced in 2006 that for the summer months, The National would move up an hour to 11 p. m. on Tuesday nights in the Eastern Time Zone, in order to simulcast the American airing of The One: Making a Music Star over the summer. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America The One Making a Music Star was an American reality Television series that aired in July 2006 on ABC in the United A Canadian version of the series may launch in the fall in another time slot, but a condition of the CBC's franchise deal for this production was to simulcast the ABC production. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. This also represented the first time in over a decade that the CBC scheduled an American-produced series in prime time. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland However, The One quickly flopped in two weeks and four episodes, receiving record-low ratings on both ABC and CBC due to audience indifference, and The National returned to airing at 10 p. m. five nights a week as of 31 July 2006. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. On the affected nights, the newscast aired at both 9:00pm and 10:00pm ET on Newsworld. [3]

In May 2007, The National launched a redesigned website featuring the latest broadcast and recent documentaries, as well as an extensive online archive that opens the floor for comments from the viewers. There is also a behind the scenes blog and video bios on many of the reporters.

Presentation

1970s–1982

The show opening during this period, known as "the Bloops", featured the title of the program in a "space-age" font in green on the bottom of the screen, superimposed over a wide shot of the set. Sometimes the program title appeared in the center of the screen, with a black background. Accompanied by synthesized beeps that resembled an old computer, different letters rapidly cycled from left to right until they spelled "The National".

An announcer, usually Allan McFee, would intone "The National, with," followed by the name of the anchor, followed by a cut to a shot of the anchor beside a screen. Allan McFee (1913 &ndash 2000 was an often irreverent announcer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's radio and television networks The anchor of the program would then summarize the top stories as different slides appeared for each of them on the screen.

1982–1989

An internal study was conducted in July 1979 on whether to move The National to the 10 p. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) m. slot. This study group was composed of Bill Morgan, Mark Starowicz, and Vince Carlin. Bill Morgan is best known as a CBC television Producer Bill immigrated to Canada from Australia in 1967 Mark Starowicz, OC OOnt (born September 8, 1946) is a Canadian journalist and producer Vincent A Carlin is a Canadian Civil servant. He is the current Ombudsman of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as of January 2006 for

On 11 January 1982, the CBC relaunched The National with a radically different format and presentation style that looked very hi-tech for its time. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The new logo used the typeface Stop.

The opening animation, an electronic globe that features a map of the world mapped onto an array of cubes, used red 3D vector computer graphics with blue shading.

The synthesized opening music featured a fanfare played by The Canadian Brass. The Canadian Brass are a Brass quintet founded by Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970

During the mid-1980s, Quantel Paintbox was used to create many of the graphics for the stories. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Quantel is a company based in the United Kingdom and founded in 1973 that designs and manufactures Digital production equipment for the broadcast

1989–1992

In 1989, CBC updated the presentation of The National with more modern computer graphics. The logo used all upper-case letters in the typeface Times New Roman. Times New Roman is a Serif Typeface commissioned by the British newspaper The Times, in 1931, designed by Stanley

1992–1995

Between 1992 and 1995, the main network's newscast was called Prime Time News; the name The National was retained on CBC Newsworld. Prime Time News was a Canadian nightly newscast which aired on CBC Television from 1992 to 1995 CBC Newsworld is a Canadian English language Cable television specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

1995–1997

The logo used the font Palatino in upper-case for the words "The National", and Frutiger in upper-case for the words "CBC News" underneath. Palatino is the name of a large typeface family that began as an old style Serif Typeface designed by Hermann Zapf initially released in 1948 Frutiger (pronounced with a hard g) is a series of Typefaces named after its designer Adrian Frutiger.

1997–2001

A new opening and look for the show appeared that retained the style of the 1995 opening but used somewhat more sophisticated and modern computer animation. Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of Computers It is a subfield of Computer graphics

2001

The logo used the typeface Microgramma, centred on two lines, with the CBC News logo underneath in Frutiger. "Microgramma" redirects here For the Fern genus see Microgramma (fern Microgramma (similar to Eurostile It was short-lived, lasting only a few months.

2001–2006

In the fall of 2001 the presentation of The National was updated along with the corporate redesign of the entire network to have one consistent branding. The New York design firm Razorfish designed the look of this and other network programs. The logo used the typeface Frutiger in upper case.

In late 2004 or early 2005, several graphics were modified, featuring more blue, less beige, and a slightly modified logo (with bolder type for "The National"). These changes were only implemented in selected sequences, sometimes leading to confusion - i. e. the older set of graphics was used at the start of the newscast's opening, and the new set was used at the end of the open.

The opening sequence started with the CBC News ID which flowed into the main graphic sequence, followed by Mansbridge or the fill-in anchor saying "Tonight . . . " followed by a verbal listing of the main headlines and accompanying video and graphics. The title sequence would then continue, and cut to an aerial view of Toronto (new shot every Monday which then ran the entire week) and a Lisa Dalbello announcing up and under the theme saying "The National; from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, here is Peter Mansbridge. The Canadian Broadcasting Centre, located in Toronto Ontario, is the broadcast headquarters and Master control point for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation "

2006

In early 2006, the entire news division - including The National and CBC Newsworld - received another update, including a new theme song and new title sequences, featuring the colours red, black, and white. CBC Newsworld is a Canadian English language Cable television specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Anchors

Other personalities who have anchored The National as weekend or substitute anchors include Alison Smith, Wendy Mesley, Diana Swain, Carole MacNeil, Mark Kelley, Brian Stewart, Ian Hanomansing and Heather Hiscox. Larry Henderson (1917 &ndash November 27, 2006) was the first regular newsreader on the CBC Television 's The National News, later rebranded Earl Cameron may refer to Earl Cameron (broadcaster, Canadian television personality Earl Cameron (actor, British actor Stanley Burke was a Canadian television journalist He was the anchor of CBC Television 's The National News from 1966 to 1969 Warren Davis was a Canadian Television Journalist. He was the first anchor of CBC Television 's The National, Lloyd Robertson, OC, LLD (born January 19, 1934) is the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV 's national evening newscast Peter Kent (born July 27, 1943) is Deputy Editor of Global Television News a Canadian TV network Cyril Knowlton Nash OC, OOnt (born November 18, 1927) commonly known as Knowlton Nash, is a journalist author and former and Peter Mansbridge OC (born July 6, 1948) is a British born Canadian journalist CBC's "Chief Correspondent" and anchor Pamela Wallin, OC, SOM (born 2 January 1953) is a Canadian television journalist and diplomat of Swedish descent Alison Smith (b 3 January, 1954 – is a Canadian television journalist and anchor Wendy Mesley (born January 8, 1957 in Montreal, Quebec) is a host and reporter for CBC Television 's consumer investigation series Diana Swain is a television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Carole MacNeil (born 2 February 1964 in Antigonish Nova Scotia) is a Television Journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Mark Kelley is a Canadian journalist He currently serves as a correspondent and substitute anchor for The National, and was formerly a host of Brian Stewart, one of Canada 's most experienced journalists is host of the foreign affairs show CBC News Our World as well as senior correspondent of Ian Hanomansing (or Hanoomansingh (born 1961 is a television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Heather Hiscox (born 4 January 1965) is a Canadian News anchor who works for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Commentators

See also

References

  1. ^ CBC.ca - Video
  2. ^ Biography
  3. ^ CNW Telbec | CBC TELEVISION | CBC Television values The National and all its CBC news programming

External links

The Seven Wonders of Canada was a 2007 competition sponsored by CBC Television 's The National and CBC Radio One 's
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