Michael Enright (broadcaster)
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Michael Enright (born 1943) is a Canadian radio broadcaster. He is the current host of CBC Radio One's Sunday Edition.
Enright first joined CBC radio in 1974 as host of This Country in the Morning for one year. He was then a print journalist for TIME, Maclean's, the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. He subsequently returned to CBC, becoming managing editor of CBC radio news in 1985, and then became cohost of As It Happens in 1987. He cohosted that program with Alan Maitland until 1993, and with Barbara Budd until 1997.
In 1997, when Peter Gzowski retired from CBC radio, the CBC discontinued Gzowski's Morningside and Ian Brown's Sunday Morning, replacing both with the new This Morning. Enright and Avril Benoit cohosted the program for two years. Benoit subsequently became host of CBC's local afternoon show in Toronto, Here and Now, and Enright continued as the sole host of This Morning.
On April 29, 1999, Enright caused some controversy by openly declaring his personal opinion in favour of gun control during a radio segment on the topic. This was perceived by some listeners to have compromised Enright's, and the network's, objectivity.
In 2000, CBC split This Morning's Sunday broadcast back into a distinct show. Enright became the host of Sunday Edition, and was replaced as weekday host by Shelagh Rogers.
He was conferred an "Honourary Degree Doctor of Letters, honouris causa" at the 98th Spring Convocation of St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada on May 18, 2008.[1]
