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Tony Parsons to anchor CBC Vancouver local news

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Veteran B.C. news anchor Tony Parsons is returning to the Vancouver airwaves as host of the CBC’s supper-hour newscast, the corporation announced on Monday afternoon.

Parsons will co-host the CBC local newscasts with Gloria Macarenko. He replaces former co-anchor Ian Hanomansing, who left last week to take up a position as a replacement anchor and reporter with CBC News: The National.

Parsons recently retired from the top anchor spot at Global TV in Vancouver and became host of the 10 p.m. PT local newscast on CHEK television, an independent station in Victoria.

He remains one of the most recognizable faces in B.C. news, Johnny Michel, the managing director for CBC’s B.C. region, said in a statement.

“Tony Parsons has been synonymous with local news in Vancouver for 35 years and we’re thrilled to welcome him to the CBC News Vancouver team,” said Michel.

Under the new agreement, Parsons will host the newscast for CBC in Vancouver from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., then appear at 10 p.m. on CHEK’s late-night Vancouver Island newscast.

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Pia Marquard to Lead CBC in Québec

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Pia MarquardPia Marquard, who the CBC hired to bring more reality television to the network, has been appointed managing director for CBC Québec.

Marquard has worked for public broadcasters all over the world, most notably in Sweden where, as entertainment head of the country’s national broadcaster, she green-lit Expedition Robinson, a show touted as precursor to the very successful “Survivor” phenomenon.

While the show was a huge hit in Sweden, some national media accused Marquard sharply criticized Marquard, who also received bomb threats at her house. The day after the finalé aired, Marquard quit and joined the CBC to run its the Whitehorse station.

In 2004, Marquard was formally tapped to “inject new reality-style techniques into all sorts of programming,” the Globe and Mail reported then. The first show she oversaw was a two-part series called Raging Hormones.

Rob Renaud acted as managing director while the CBC completed its recruitment process. Marquard’s home is now Montréal, having put roots there after her years of globetrotting. She speaks French fluently and starts her new job February 22.