TORONTO,Sept. 27 2000 --Trina McQueen, Executive Vice-President of CTV
Inc., today announced the promotion of Robert Hurst to Senior Vice-President,
British Columbia and General Manager of Vancouver Television, effective
November 1.
    During his more than 27 years at CTV News, Hurst has distinguished
himself as an award-winning journalist, a foreign correspondent, executive
producer, and as Vice-President, News.
    "Robert's appointment comes at an important time for VTV. After the
successful launch and performance as an independent station, VTV will move
next year to become a full CTV affiliate. This will mean a significant
strengthening of VTV's news operation; as well as preparing for major relaunch
in September. Robert is an excellent team builder and journalist, and he's
very competitive; and those are the key qualities for VTV in the next years,"
said McQueen.
    On his appointment, Hurst said: "Television stations serve their
communities best with the highest quality programming, especially news
programming. I'm excited to be a part of VTV's energetic and dynamic team and
I'm committed to serving the growing and diverse communities in Vancouver and
across British Columbia."
    Hurst began his broadcasting career in 1973 as a writer for Canada AM.
His first reporting job was covering Toronto City Hall. In 1976, at twenty-six
years old, he was appointed News Director at CFTO.
    In 1979, Hurst returned to the field and for the following 16 years was
posted to six Canadian and international bureaus. Hurst is the only Canadian
correspondent to have been assigned to three major capitals - Washington,
Moscow and Beijing - as well as to Edmonton, Halifax and Ottawa.
    In 1994, Hurst returned to Canada and held numerous senior positions at
CTV News including Executive Producer of W-FIVE, Chief News Editor and
Vice-President. In 1995, he drafted the application for CTV News 1 (now CTV
Newsnet). For the past three months, Hurst has been Acting Senior
Vice-President of CTV News.
    Hurst is a six-time Gemini Award nominee, including three Best Reportage
nominations for his stories on Central America, Haiti and Russia. The New York
Film Festival awarded Hurst a Gold Medal for his 1983 documentary, China
Today, about life after Mao Tse-Tung. During his posting on Parliament Hill,
Hurst co-authored a book on the Sinclair Stevens scandal.
    Hurst was also honoured in 1994, as the founder of The Moscow Little
League, Russia's first baseball league for youngsters.
    Hurst succeeds Jon Festinger, who is leaving CTV at the end of this month
to join Bycast Media Systems Canada Inc. as President and CEO.
    Vancouver Television is an independent station that launched in September
1997 and is owned by CTV Inc.
    CTV Inc. is a leader in conventional and specialty broadcasting with 25
television stations across Canada, interests in 11 specialty and pay channels,
production houses, music publishing, and new media holdings. Through its
network operations, CTV reaches 99% of English-speaking households, offering a
wide range of quality news, sports, information and entertainment programming.
CTV Inc. is Canada's pre-eminent communications company. BCE Inc. owns CTV
Inc., in trust, subject to regulatory approval. More information about CTV
Inc. and its properties are on the company Web site at www.ctv.ca.



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