Bernard St-Laurent (broadcaster)
Encyclopedia
Bernard St-Laurent is a Canadian
radio personality
, currently heard on CBC Radio One
in Montreal
.
He hosts the regional Quebec
noon hour call-in show Radio Noon
and the national weekly program C'est la Vie
.
St-Laurent has worked for CBC
in various radio and television positions most years since 1981. Before that, he worked for English-language radio station CJAD in Montreal
. He left CBC between 1987 and 1991 for various jobs at the Montreal Daily News
(columnist, city editor, 1988–1989), MétéoMedia
(1989–1990) and the Gazette
in Montreal (columnist, 1990–1991).
He grew up in a political family as Louis St. Laurent
, former prime minister of Canada is the great uncle of Bernard St-Laurent
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio personality
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
, currently heard on 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...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
He hosts the regional Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
noon hour call-in show Radio Noon
CBC Radio One local programming
Stations in Canada's CBC Radio One network each produce some local programming in addition to the network schedule.The amount of local programming may vary from station to station. For instance, some stations in smaller markets may produce their own morning show, but air an afternoon show from...
and the national weekly program C'est la Vie
C'est La Vie (radio)
C'est la vie is a Canadian English language radio program about Francophone Canadian life, language and culture. First aired in 1998, the program is currently heard on CBC Radio One at 7:30 on Sunday evening and repeated at 11:30 Tuesday morning....
.
St-Laurent has worked for CBC
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
in various radio and television positions most years since 1981. Before that, he worked for English-language radio station CJAD in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. He left CBC between 1987 and 1991 for various jobs at the Montreal Daily News
Montreal Daily News
The Montreal Daily News was a short-lived English language Canadian daily newspaper in Quebec. Quebecor founder Pierre Péladeau and British tabloid publisher Robert Maxwell teamed up to launch a competing English-language newspaper against The Gazette...
(columnist, city editor, 1988–1989), MétéoMedia
MétéoMédia
MétéoMédia is a 24-hour Canadian French language Category A specialty channel and web site, which provides weather information 24 hours a day. It primarily serves viewers in Quebec, although some cable TV systems in Ontario and New Brunswick carry the channel as well. It is available nation-wide...
(1989–1990) and the Gazette
The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
in Montreal (columnist, 1990–1991).
He grew up in a political family as Louis St. Laurent
Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....
, former prime minister of Canada is the great uncle of Bernard St-Laurent
External links
- CBC Radio One: C'est la vie, Bernard St-Laurent, accessed 23 November 2010
- Bernard St-Laurent, broadcaster and journalist extraordinaire, accessed May 9, 2011