Tamara Taggart, Mike Killeen named new anchors of CTV News at Six
Mike Killeen and Tamara Taggart will be the new anchors of CTV News at Six.
On January 3, 2011, the pair will succeed Bill Good and Pamela Martin, who have anchored the program for almost a decade, CTV British Columbia announced today (December 8).
Taggart has worked as a CTV News weathercaster and cohosted Vancouver Breakfast.
"This opportunity is by far the most exciting challenge of my career,” Taggart said in a press release. “Vancouver is my hometown: to get to do this in the city I love is an honour. The best part is that I get to share this experience with Mike, who is not only a great journalist but a good friend.”
Killeen was CTV's Olympic reporter and is a former weekend anchor of CTV News at Six.
"Co-anchoring CTV NEWS AT SIX in my hometown is truly a privilege, something I've dreamed of since before broadcasting school,” Killeen said in the release. “I'm really excited to be anchoring with Tamara."
On Tuesday (December 7), CTV British Columbia announced Good and Martin will be leaving CTV News at Six at the end of the year.
According to the network, the "final new member" of its six-o'clock news show will be named in the coming days.
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Comments
14 Comments
ulala
Dec 8, 2010 at 10:27am
Wow, could they photoshop Tamara Taggart anymore? What the heck happened to her right arm?
RonS
Dec 8, 2010 at 12:03pm
Hopefully the news will become less biased in favour of the FIBerals. Of course they don't write the script but please, a balanced newscast is preferrable or I won't watch this newscast either.
What a releif...
Dec 8, 2010 at 4:15pm
Bill Good was way too ethnic, it is good to see some white people back in the saddle.
greg taylor
Dec 8, 2010 at 6:16pm
Congratulations Tamara...
YOU LOOK GREAT TODAY,YOU VERY MUCH DESERVE
THE POSITION,YOU AN MIKE WILL BRING NEW VIBRANCE
TO THE 6 PM.NEWS ...GOOD CHOICE BY CTV. WE WILL
MISS BILL AN PAMELA .
ALL CAPS
Dec 9, 2010 at 12:28am
I'm Unable to Control the Pitch Or Volume of My Voice
http://www.hark.com/clips/dyccspbfcy-im-unable-to-control-the-pitch-or-v...
David Emerscam
Dec 9, 2010 at 12:36pm
When you look at these two, are you confident they'll provide their viewers with an comprehensive analysis of the world around us?
BTW - does anyone still get their news from the TV?
Eve H
Dec 9, 2010 at 1:55pm
Are these two qualified journalists?
TM Poo
Dec 9, 2010 at 5:24pm
Whatever, ...
Ruth McVeigh
Dec 10, 2010 at 8:30am
I'm delighted that Tamara will be part of the CTV news team. When I lived on Van. Island I always tuned in to CTV and enjoyed Tamara's warmth and ability to make the news interesting. I'm sure they will be a great team.
Congratulations to Tamara and Mike.
mike sauer
Jan 5, 2011 at 5:45pm
Tamara is great with the weather but serious news, sorry I don't like it