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Programming chief Klymkiw quits CBC

TORONTO – The man ultimately responsible for what you’ve seen on the CBC for almost a decade has decided to call it quits. CBC announced Wednesday evening that Slawko Klymkiw (right), executive director, network programming, has stepped down after 25 years with the Corp. and nine as head of English television programming. While speculation will likely run rampant over the reasons for his departure, he insists it wasn’t because of the current lockout, adding the move has been coming for a while. “Nine years is an extraordinarily long time for anyone to be the Program Director of a major network....