Thursday, October 1, 2015

Long-time CJOH anchor Max Keeping dead at 73

Long-time anchor of Ottawa's CJOH, Max Keeping, has died after a long and debilitating battle with cancer. He was 73.
Winston Maxwell Keeping retired from CTV Ottawa five years ago after 37 years on the anchor desk.
Keeping moved to Ottawa from Grand Bank, Newfoundland in 1965 to work as a parliamentary radio reporter for CFRA. His ability to break stories helped to land him his first TV job as a national parliamentary reporter for CTV News
In 1972, after a failed run to become a Newfoundland MP – he took over the anchor desk at CJOH, Ottawa.
CTV Ottawa obit
Globe and Mail obit

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