TORONTO – Global News Toronto has revamped its local news programming and will debut a new local morning program, Global News Morning Toronto, starting next month.
The new morning show will be hosted by Antony Robart (former co-anchor of Global News at 11) and Toronto TV favourite Jennifer Valentyne, who returns to TV mornings after a two-year stint on Corus radio station Q107 Toronto. They will be joined by weather specialist Liem Vu and field reporter Marianne Dimain. Global News Morning Toronto will air weekdays from 6:00 to 9:00 AM ET beginning Monday, March 4.
The move means that Toronto now follows suit with the other markets in having a distinctly hyper-local, news, traffic, and community focused offering in Global News Morning, which will be followed by daily national morning program The Morning Show which expands to a one hour format in March.
“It’s a great day for local news as we bring the Global News Morning brand to Toronto,” said Ward Smith, Corus’ VP news and information, Eastern Canada, in the news release. “With a clear focus on the community – delivered by beloved, familiar faces in Jennifer and Antony – we believe the program will resonate with viewers.”
Global Toronto also announced that Farah Nasser, co-anchor of Global News at 5:30 & 6, will additionally anchor Global News at Noon, while Crystal Goomansingh will take on sole anchor duties for Global News at 11.
