Lynne McNamara
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Lynne McNamara is a Canadian journalist. She was born in Duncan, British Columbia
. As a young girl in the 1950s, inspired by the actress Betty Hutton
in the Cecil B. DeMille
epic, The Greatest Show on Earth
, Lynne dreamed of becoming a movie star when she grew up. But, as the peripatetic daughter of a Mountie, often posted to such small B.C. towns as Pouce Coupe
and Campbell River
, that vocation seemed unlikely.
After attending the University of British Columbia
, Lynne taught elementary school for two years before leaving the profession for a career in television and radio.
She started out at BCTV News as a script assistant, worked at CBLT as a script assistant and floor director, At CKVU
's Vancouver Show as A talent co-ordinator and as a program co-ordinator at the Provincial Educational Media Centre.
She has been a producer and replacement host at radio station CJOR, fashion reporter for the CBC Television
show Midday
, host of the local CBC Radio
show ArtBeat, and co-host of the local CBC TV nostalgia series Then & Now.
Lynne wrote the column On Location for The Province
newspaper for nine years while she wrote, produced and introduced weekly behind-the-scenes movie set stories for BCTV's Early News. She also wrote, produced and voiced daily items on the local movie scene for News 1130 Radio for several years.
Until recently, Lynne wrote a thrice-weekly column in The Vancouver Sun
. Currently, she maintains a blog, works as a film extra and is getting back into retail display design work.
Duncan, British Columbia
Duncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The community is named after William Chalmers Duncan . He arrived in Victoria in May 1862, then in August of that year he was one of the party of a hundred settlers which Governor Douglas took to Cowichan Bay...
. As a young girl in the 1950s, inspired by the actress Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer.-Early life:Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg, daughter of a railroad foreman, Percy E. Thornburg and his wife, the former Mabel Lum . While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for...
in the Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
epic, The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film was produced, directed, and narrated by Cecil B. DeMille, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture...
, Lynne dreamed of becoming a movie star when she grew up. But, as the peripatetic daughter of a Mountie, often posted to such small B.C. towns as Pouce Coupe
Pouce Coupe, British Columbia
The Village of Pouce Coupe is a small town in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Peace River Regional District. It was originally named 'Pouskapie's Prairie', after the name of the local native band chief...
and Campbell River
Campbell River, British Columbia
Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route...
, that vocation seemed unlikely.
After attending the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
, Lynne taught elementary school for two years before leaving the profession for a career in television and radio.
She started out at BCTV News as a script assistant, worked at CBLT as a script assistant and floor director, At CKVU
CKVU-TV
CKVU-DT is a television station based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Rogers Media , it was the second station to become part of the Citytv system in Canada.-History:CKVU's history dates back to 1975, when Western Approaches Ltd...
's Vancouver Show as A talent co-ordinator and as a program co-ordinator at the Provincial Educational Media Centre.
She has been a producer and replacement host at radio station CJOR, fashion reporter for the CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
show Midday
Midday (TV series)
Midday can refer to:*Midday *Midday *Midday...
, host of the local CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
show ArtBeat, and co-host of the local CBC TV nostalgia series Then & Now.
Lynne wrote the column On Location for The Province
The Province
The Province is a daily, tabloid format newspaper published in British Columbia by Postmedia. It has been a daily newspaper since 1898.According to a recent NADbank survey, The Provinces average weekday readership was 520,100, making it British Columbia's most read newspaper...
newspaper for nine years while she wrote, produced and introduced weekly behind-the-scenes movie set stories for BCTV's Early News. She also wrote, produced and voiced daily items on the local movie scene for News 1130 Radio for several years.
Until recently, Lynne wrote a thrice-weekly column in The Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in the Canadian province of British Columbia on February 12, 1912. The paper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. It is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday...
. Currently, she maintains a blog, works as a film extra and is getting back into retail display design work.