Bill Morgan
Encyclopedia
Bill Morgan is a Canadian
journalist, best known as a television producer for CBC News
.
Morgan immigrated to Canada from Australia in 1967. In the late 1960s, he was editor of the Brandon Sun
newspaper.
He was producer of local news and current affairs program, 24Hours on CBWT
for its first season (1970–1971), and became Executive Producer in the second.
Morgan was part of an internal CBC task force that met in July, 1979 to study moving The National to 10 p.m. 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. He used this experience as a template to help create CBC's The Journal in the 1980s.
In the early 1990s Morgan became the CBC's ombudsman.
Canada
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journalist, best known as a television producer for CBC News
CBC News
CBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services...
.
Morgan immigrated to Canada from Australia in 1967. In the late 1960s, he was editor of the Brandon Sun
Brandon Sun
The Brandon Sun is a daily newspaper printed in Brandon, Manitoba. It is the primary newspaper of record for western Manitoba.It was founded by Will White, with the first edition being printed on January 19, 1882....
newspaper.
He was producer of local news and current affairs program, 24Hours on CBWT
CBWT
CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009....
for its first season (1970–1971), and became Executive Producer in the second.
Morgan was part of an internal CBC task force that met in July, 1979 to study moving The National to 10 p.m. Later that year he was also involved in the CRTC application for the proposed CBC-2
CBC-2
CBC Television 2 and Télé-2 were proposed second television services to be operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation /Société Radio-Canada ....
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. He used this experience as a template to help create CBC's The Journal in the 1980s.
In the early 1990s Morgan became the CBC's ombudsman.