Steve Murphy (Born in Saint John New Brunswick Canada [1]) is the current anchor of CTV News at Noon on A Atlantic and weekday editions of CTV News atnotic]]. Murphy started his career in the Spring of 1977 at CFBC Saint John.[2] Murphy then moved to CJCH-AM Halifax in May 1980.[3] While at CJCH-AM, Murphy moved from reporter and newsreader to being the host of "The Hotline", a mid-morning call-in show.
Murphy replaced Dave Wright, who moved into television full-time at CTV Atlantic as the host of Live At 5. Murphy also started doing commentaries on Live At 5 on CTV Atlantic in 1982 and was featured on the very first episode.[4] Murphy would eventually leave "The Hotline" and CJCH-AM, stop doing his commentaries on Live At 5, and become a co-host of that program in 1986 replacing Wright who moved to Boston to anchor at WHDH-TV.
Murphy would continue hosting Live At 5 until 1993. Wright, then anchor of the ATV Evening News, went into retirement and Murphy was tapped as his replacement in 1993. Murphy continues to anchor CTV News at 6:00 p.m. today and the newscast is the Maritimes number one rated supper-time newscast. Murphy is also the longest serving anchor of CTV News at 6:00 p.m. because he has anchored the newscast for more than 15 years. Murphy is also one of the few CTV local anchors to fill in for Lloyd Robertson on CTV National News. He filled in for Robertson for two newscasts in 2003.
Murphy was at the centre of controversy when in the fall of 2008, during a Federal election campaign, CTV News at 6:00 p.m. chose to air an unedited version of an interview Murphy conducted with Stéphane Dion in which he had trouble understanding the questions Murphy was asking him and they had to restart the interview several times. Many viewers thought it was Murphy himself who chose to air interview uncut. Management at CTV Atlantic and CTV News made it clear after the interview aired that Murphy had no role in this decision. Ratings were not affected by this situation and CTV News at 6:00 p.m continues to be the number-one rated suppertime newscast in the Maritimes.
Murphy has written two books: Live At 5: The Story Of Its Success (Nimbus, 2002) and Before The Camera: A Memoir (Nimbus, 2006). Murphy donated his profits from both books to Christmas Daddies and the IWK Health Centre. Murphy is also very involved in the community and serves as chair of Christmas Daddies, a charity that holds a telethon every year to raise money for underprivileged Maritime children. The charity is administered by The Salvation Army. Murphy also hosts the Christmas Daddies Telethon and The IWK Telethon for Children. Murphy currently lives in Halifax. Murphy also has two children, Nora, from his first marriage, and Brendan, from his second.