"2nd is never acceptable"

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John McKitrick - CJNB North Battleford SK 1953-55; CHAB Moose Jaw SK 1955-57; CKNW news 1957-58; CKWX Vancouver news 1958-60; CJCA Edmonton news 1960-62; news/assignment editor CKNW 1962-90; night school instructor broadcast journalism BCIT 1992 on; retired

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"When I started at CKNW back in 1984, not only did we have tough hosts but we had reporters like George Garrett who, when he got onto a story, was like a dog with a bone. So were his colleagues, guided by the best radio newsman of his time, and other times as well, Warren Barker with his fearless sidekick, John McKitrick." - Rafe Mair

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1935

October 8 CKNW newscaster John McKitrick was born.

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1953

North Battleford general announcer at the age of 17. John's grandfather was a small town newspaperman which inspired McKitrick

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1961

I returned to CKNW. Daytime Pilot, assignment editor/acting news director.

Cash for news tips was working big time. "People who would never have dreamed of phoning a newsroom would call us with stories"

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1990

Retirement and on to BCIT to do evening training courses in 1992

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