Percy Saltzman

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Percy Saltzman, CM, BA (born Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1915) is Canada's first weatherman in Canadian television history. He began his career at the CBC on September 8, 1952 and worked there until 1972.

As a pioneer in weather forecasting, he was the first Canadian to present the weather in satellite and radar images. In 1969, along with Lloyd Robertson, he hosted the televised moon landing. He was also one of the first hosts of Canada AM from 1972 to 1974.

He studied medicine at McGill University School of Medicine until 1935 when he met Rose (1911-1988). He then moved with her to Toronto in 1937 where he became a linotype operator. In 1943, he entered meteorology for the federal government.

Besides weather forecasting, he also interviewed about 1000 people.

After his career at the CBC ended in 1972, he moved to CTV where he stayed for the next two years. This would be followed up by working at CITY-TV in 1974 then he became a freelance until 1980 when he joined Global TV for the next two years.

He also married in 1990 to Audrey and has two sons, Earl (1942) and Paul (1943). His parents, Solomon Saltzman and Lizzie Ross, immigrated from Ukraine in 1911.

He is now retired.