Occupation journalist Died 1973 Spouse(s) Elizabeth Jennings Education University of Toronto | Name Charles Jennings Children Peter Jennings Role Journalist | |
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Born 1908 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Alma mater Trinity College, University of Toronto Grandchildren Christopher Jennings, Elizabeth Jennings Similar People Peter Jennings, Kati Marton, Kayce Freed | ||
Charles Jennings (1908 – 1973) was a Canadian journalist for the CBC and the father of ABC news anchor, Peter Jennings.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Jennings was educated at North Toronto Collegiate and then Trinity College, University of Toronto.
In 1928, he started a job as a radio announcer at CKGW (now CBLA) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Then, he worked in New York briefly before returning to Canada to work for the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission where he became chief announcer and was Canada's first national news anchor reading the nightly Canadian Press News. He stayed with the CRBC's successor, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and, in 1964, he became vice-president of the CBC, retiring in 1971.
At the time of his death, Charles Jennings left behind his wife, Elizabeth, and his children, the youngest, Sarah, and the oldest, broadcaster Peter.