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The National, officially known as CBC News: The National is the flagship national television newscast of CBC. This show runs major Canadian and international news aired on the weeknights at 10:00 p.m. local time (10:30 p.m. NT). This programme follows a format of news headlines for the first 20 minutes followed by a magazine segment that includes the documentaries, feature reports and/or panel discussions. The regular format is waived in exceptional circumstances.
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About The National
CBC owned-and-operated stations used to repeat the news headline portion of The National at 11:00 p.m. This practice ended in October 2006 when the repeats of CBC News, The Hour were aired in that time slot. Additional airings, on CBC Newsworld are broadcasted at 9:00 p.m., 12:00 midnight, and 5:00 a.m., all times ET. The National officially became the first main newscast in Canada to be broadcast in HDTV in 2007.
The National originated as The National News in 1954. It used to be a five minute national news bulletin on the fledgling CBC Television service since 1952. Each bulletin would be read by a succession of readers that ultimately used to result in a disjoined broadcast. Its famous broadcaster Henderson left in 1959. He was succeeded by Earl Cameron as presenter of the National News Bulletin on CBC's main radio service, the Trans-Canada Network since 1944. Cameron too was replaced by journalist Stanley Burke in 1966.
Burke anchored this show from 1966 to 1969. Burke was replaced by Warren Davis, at which point the show was branded as The National and had been broadcast in colour. This programme was anchored by Lloyd Robertson from 1970 until he was hired away by the rival CTV in 1976. Peter Kent hosted this show for two years, and reported and anchored The National and CBC News Specials before leaving to return to work as a foreign correspondent. Knowlton Nash had been Kent's boss, became the newscast's new anchor in 1978. The CBC was able to win formal concessions from its unions allowing working journalists to read the news during his tenure. It allowed Nash to assume the title of Chief Correspondent for CBC News.
Nash stepped down as chief anchor in 1988 and was replaced by Peter Mansbridge. The National was re-launched in the 10:00 PM time slot with a modernized design and format on January 11, 1982. While the CBC was undergoing major changes it replaced The National with Prime Time News, an integrated package that aired at 9:00 p.m. with two hosts, Mansbridge and Pamela Wallin. However, the show fared poorly in the ratings, and returned to the 10 p.m. time slot in 1994.
The National continued to air on CBC Newsworld, hosted by Alison Smith. The National reverted in 1995. It was hosted by Peter Mansbridge. The National adopted a new look on January 9, 2006 as part of a major rebranding for CBC News.
