Bill Richardson
Broadcast Artist
1955 –
Who is Bill Richardson?
Bill Richardson is a Canadian radio broadcaster and author.
Richardson received his B.A. from the University of Winnipeg in 1976. After spending a year in Montpellier, he moved to Vancouver, where he completed a Master of Library Science at the University of British Columbia.
He has been a broadcaster on CBC Radio One, beginning in 1992 as a regular contributor and guest host on Vicki Gabereau's show. When Gabereau left to host a television show on CTV, Richardson moved over to CBC Radio Two to host As You Like It, a classical music request show. In 1997 he returned to CBC Radio One to become host of Richardson's Roundup.
He began hosting a new show, Bunny Watson, in 2004, and was replaced as host of The Roundup by Tetsuro Shigematsu. During the CBC staff lockout of 2005, he noted in the CBC Unplugged staff podcast that he has spent his entire time as a CBC host on contract, rather than as a permanent employee. CBC's labour troubles resulted in his return to the air via reruns of The Roundup. He was also a frequent guest host of Sounds Like Canada, moderated CBC's annual Canada Reads from 2003 to 2007, and is the current host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera and Sunday Afternoon in Concert.
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- Born
- 1955
Winnipeg - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- B.A., University of Winnipeg
- Master of Library Science, University of British Columbia
- Lived in
- Winnipeg
- Vancouver
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on July 23, 2013
Modified by davidb
on July 21, 2019
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