Zack Spencer is a Canadian

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

Broadcasting

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 and television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 presenter and automotive

Automobile

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 journalist

Journalist

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Spencer was born in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. His initial schooling took place in Scotland

Scotland

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 but he soon returned to Canada. He studied radio broadcasting at Fanshawe College

Fanshawe College

Fanshawe College is one of the largest colleges in Ontario, Canada. The main campus is in London, Ontario, with additional campuses in Simcoe, St. Thomas, Woodstock, and Tillsonburg. There are about 15,000 full-time students and 40,000 part-time students. Fanshawe College has more than 112,000 alumni...

 in London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

 during 1987.

After graduation he earned his first radio job at CKSL-AM. In 1991, he moved to Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 as one of the original on-air personalities at the newly based Z95.3FM

CKZZ-FM

CKZZ-FM is a Canadian radio station in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia. It broadcasts at 95.3 MHz on the FM band with an effective radiated power of 71,300 watts from a transmitter on Mount Seymour, and its studios are located in Richmond. The station has had a hot adult...

 until 1996. In 1992 he launched an auto review magazine show on that channel, which was called Streetbeat. In 1995, he became host of an entertainment segment called, "Eye On Street" featured weekly on BCTV

CHAN-TV

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During this time, he also contributed special interest stories for the station's news. A year later, he was a full-time weather anchor for BCTV's Morning News Program. As of October 2006, he no longers hold this post.

Zack Spencer is a co-anchor of the weekly driving series Driving Television launched in 2004 and is seen on all Global TV

Global Television Network

Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...

stations across Canada.