Kathleen Petty
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Kathleen Petty is a Canadian news journalist. For five years, she hosted Ottawa Morning on CBC Radio Ottawa
and The House
, a CBC Radio One
programme about Canadian politics. Prior to joining CBC Radio, Petty helped launch CBC Newsworld in 1989 and worked 17 years with the national news network.
On 31 May 2011 Petty announced that, as of fall 2011, she would be giving up both roles to move back to her native Calgary to take a position hosting the CBC Radio Calgary
morning program Calgary Eyeopener.
On 11 August 2011 Petty announced she is "delaying a move from Ottawa to her hometown of Calgary so she can deal with a health issue".
, Alberta
.
She hosted Canada Now
on CBC Newsworld
during the primetime hours and CBC News: Today from Calgary with co-host David Gray. She had been with CBC Newsworld since its creation in 1989.
CBO-FM
CBO-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Ottawa, airing at 91.5 FM, and serves much of Eastern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters.-History:...
and The House
The House (radio)
The House is CBC Radio One's weekly national political affairs show.The content includes interviews and radio documentaries. In addition, the show has a segment called "That's a Good Question," which answers listener questions about political processes. The program's most recent host was Kathleen...
, a CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
programme about Canadian politics. Prior to joining CBC Radio, Petty helped launch CBC Newsworld in 1989 and worked 17 years with the national news network.
On 31 May 2011 Petty announced that, as of fall 2011, she would be giving up both roles to move back to her native Calgary to take a position hosting the CBC Radio Calgary
CBR (AM)
CBR is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1010 AM in Calgary, Alberta. It broadcasts the programming of the CBC Radio One network.-History:...
morning program Calgary Eyeopener.
On 11 August 2011 Petty announced she is "delaying a move from Ottawa to her hometown of Calgary so she can deal with a health issue".
Biography
Petty was born in CalgaryCalgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
.
She hosted Canada Now
Canada Now
Canada Now was the early-evening national news program on CBC Television, the main English television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, between 2000 and 2007...
on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
during the primetime hours and CBC News: Today from Calgary with co-host David Gray. She had been with CBC Newsworld since its creation in 1989.