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Tom Harrington (journalist)
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Tom Harrington is a Canadian retired radio and television journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Until recently, he was the anchor of CBC Radio One's afternoon news program The World This Hour.[1]
A graduate of Memorial University of Newfoundland,[2] Harrington joined the CBC as a sports reporter for CBC Calgary before moving to CBC Montreal.[3] He later moved to the national CBC Sports division as anchor of National Sports, a sports news program on CBC Newsworld,[4] and as a sports reporter for The National. His work for the CBC included covering Commonwealth Games, Pan-American Games and Olympic Games events.[2] He was also heard as an occasional guest host on radio news programs such as The Current, The World at Six, As It Happens and Cross Country Checkup.[2] He is a four-time Gemini Award nominee for best sports host.[2]
He joined CBC Television's consumer affairs newsmagazine Marketplace as cohost in 2010,[2] remaining with the program until joining The World This Hour in 2015.[1]
In March 2025 he announced his retirement from the CBC, effective March 28.[5]
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