EP #7 - The KERZNER EXPEDITION - GORD MARTINEAU & THE BIRTH (AND DEATH) OF CITY TV & CITYPULSE NEWS & MORE

If you grew up in Canada from the 1970s onward, and owned a TV, you know who Gord Martineau is. The multi award-winning journalist & charity activist we invited into our homes, because he seemed like one of us, who was talking to us, not at us. Then in 2016, he finished a broadcast, left the building and never came back.

Why?

Find out in this in-depth discussion along with untold tales of the mission and early days of Citytv & Citypulse News, why & how they stuck a stick in the eye of traditional Canadian TV, Gord's career, the state of journalism pre- and post-internet and why he finally decided, after 39 years, to call it a day and devote his time to working with Sick Kids Hospital for the children's charity closest to his heart, The Herbie Fund http://www.herbiefund.com/

If you look online, you'll find very little about Citytv, CityPulse News, The New Music, Muchmusic or other CHUM Television originals that broke the mold and was such a huge part of a period in Canadian culture. Get some of that history here.

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