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Uploaded by on Jan 16, 2010

The opening of the first edition of CBC Prime Time News from November 2, 1992.

The programme was the CBC's failed attempt to fill the 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM time slot with a news programme, hosted by Peter Mansbridge and Pamela Wallin. The programme, which aired between 1992 to 1995, proved unpopular both within the network and among audiences. At the time, the 9:00 time slot was very competitive with many other networks airing sitcoms such as Seinfeld and Fraiser.

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  • 01:16

    "and Pam, it's good to have you here." Yeah, then lightening strikes his head.

  • Nice CHSJ legal to start. Spent my summers... in extreme Eastern Maine... only stations that came in on rabbit ears... CHSJ-TV 4.. now CBAT and ATV channel 9.. now known as CTV Atlantic... Thanks for this.

  • Great clip. Thanks for posting.

    The early reviews were nothing short of brutal. CBC's ratings plummeted; CTV's soared.

    On January 31, 1994, the Prime Time News was divided into a news portion and a magazine portion. PTN moved back to the 10 p.m. time slot on September 6, 1994. Pamela Wallace was fired in early April 1995 (she resurfaced on Newsworld later in the year). On September 5, 1995, the CBC renamed PTN "The National" and installed Hana Gartner as anchor of the magazine portion.

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