the canadian broadcasting corporation's national morning program 'the
current' opens with a deep voiced commentator. who is the voice

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 24 Jul 2003 07:30 PDT

Hi ray_on_the_web,

Excellent question - I've wondered the same thing, along with others
who have posted the same question on The Current's forum. I sent them
an email and left a message on their machine - will let you know if I
receive an answer. Perhaps they are cultivating the intrigue?

Contact The Current:
http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/contact.html

Cheers,
hummer

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Clarification of Question by ray_on_the_web-ga on 24 Jul 2003 08:25 PDT

thanks for making the enquiry.

ray

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Clarification of Question by ray_on_the_web-ga on 26 Jul 2003 11:26 PDT

hmmmm...

yes. lets see if we can crack their secret

ray

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 26 Jul 2003 16:09 PDT

Ray, what a terrific challenge. You've come to the right place - the
GA team should be able to root out something.  hummer (p.s. they
haven't replied to my email or voice message yet)

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Clarification of Question by ray_on_the_web-ga on 28 Jul 2003 15:51 PDT

here is a suggestion. try emails to cbc personalities. i'll bet that
they know who the voice is. most cbc on air staff and others contact
addresses go as follows - name underscore name at symbol cbc.ca

ray

Dear Ray-on-the-Web, 

The answer I found is Stephen Harte. However, I must clarify, that
there was no collaboration of this information from other sources:

"The Current is the most radically new element of the CBC renewal. It
opens with an unorthodox concept, "The Voice," a 20-second satirical
take on the  news. "The Voice" generated a buzz about its mysterious
identity, eventually revealed as actor Stephen Harte. One of Harte's
intros had Jean Chrétien planning a sequel to his bestselling 1985
memoir. "Chrétien's working title for the new book," said Harte, "The
Complete Idiot's Guide to Hotel Investment in Smalltown Quebec."
(Source: Sarah Lysecki, "Twists and Turns"
<http://www.ryerson.ca/rrj/content/print/2003/Summer/lyseckiCBC.html>).

Search: cbc "the current" voice 
Google Groups gave me the clue I needed to search for the article. 

I hope that answers your question, or at least solves some of the
mystery. If you need any clarifications on this answer, please let me
know before you rate it.

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Request for Answer Clarification by ray_on_the_web-ga on 09 Aug 2003 16:31 PDT

bingo you found it...just curious- where in google groups did you get the clue

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Clarification of Answer by politicalguru-ga on 11 Aug 2003 01:44 PDT

Dear Ray, 

Thanks for the tip and the rating. The Group post was: 
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=cbc+%22the+current%22+%22the+voice%22+harte&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=bfd501%24nn0%241%40morgoth.sfu.ca&rnum=1

good detective work.