'A' Morning Anchor
Bob grew up on a farm near Chatham and, after completing high school, moved to London where he graduated from the Broadcast Journalism program at Fanshawe College. His first job was at CJBK radio where he was a newscaster and producer of the award-winning public affairs program, ‘Dialogue’. Bob joined CFPL-TV in 1979 as a reporter. Over the years, he has covered a range of beats including crime, municipal affairs and education. The on-air bug soon caught him again, and he has anchored a variety of newscasts over the past decade. Bob is currently the news anchor for 'A' Morning, weekday mornings from 7 to 9am. He is also a part-time professor of Broadcast Journalism at Fanshawe College. Bob is part of a three generation chain of broadcasters. His father, Harold Smith was a long-time Farm Editor at CFCO Radio in Chatham, and his son, Nathan, is an afternoon newscaster at 570 News in Kitchener. According to Bob: “I’m madly in love with Debbie, my wife of 29 years, our two sons, Nathan and Nik, journalism, Southwestern Ontario and golf… and pretty much in that order!”
Education:
Fanshawe College, Broadcast Journalism Program.
