Bill Morgan (producer)

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William John Morgan (September 19, 1940 – November 16, 2020

Australian Canadian journalist, best known as a television producer for CBC News
.

Career

Morgan was born in

Brandon Sun
newspaper.

He was producer of local news and current affairs program, 24Hours on

CBWT for its first season (1970–1971),[2] and became Executive Producer in the second.[3]

Morgan was part of an internal CBC task force that met in July, 1979 to study moving

The National to 10 p.m.[4] Later that year he was also involved in the CRTC application for the proposed CBC-2
service. The National was moved to 10 p.m. in January 1982, however the application for a second CBC television network was denied in early 1981.

In early 1982, Morgan was named director of news and current affairs of the CBC.

The Journal in the 1980s.[6]

In the early 1990s Morgan became the CBC's ombudsman.[7] He died in Toronto, Canada.

References

  1. ^ William John Morgan Obituary
  2. ^ "TV information on 24 hours". Winnipeg Free Press - New Leisure. 3 October 1970. p. 12.
  3. ^ "24 Hours returns". Winnipeg Free Press. 3 July 1971. p. 12.
  4. ISBN 0-7710-6703-8
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  5. ^ Steed, Judy (22 May 1982). "The big shakers at the corp". Globe and Mail. p. P10.
  6. ^ MacKinnon, Marilyn (4 September 1982). "CBC's The Journal, 24Hours share origins". Winnipeg Free Press. p. 20.
  7. ^ "16. History and Film ~ pt.1". Digital History at Western. Archived from the original on 2007-01-07. Retrieved 2007-02-27.

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