Dan Matheson
Dan Matheson is a Canadian journalist and news anchor currently presenting the news in the primetime hours on CTV News Channel, since September 2001.
Biography
Early life and career
He began his broadcast career at CKLY in Lindsay, Ontario as a news and sports director.
CFTO
He left for CFTO in 1976, where he worked on Wide World of Sports. While still working at CFTO, he joined Canada AM where he presented sports news from 1978 until 1986. He continued on as a sports anchor, regularly contributing to Canada AM. In May 1995, he was made a co-host of Canada AM.
CTV
In 1984–85 and 1985–86, he hosted CTV's NHL broadcasts, which included regular season games on Friday nights (and some Sunday afternoons) and partial coverage of the playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals. He also hosted the network's coverage of the 1987 Canada Cup, the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.
Honors
He earned a 1997 Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Sports Broadcaster for an interview with hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky.
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