CKCO/CTV Kitchener Personalities - Past and Present
Take a trip down memory lane with CKCO/CTV Kitchener! Here are a few of the faces you might remember seeing on your TVs over the last 70 years.
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Miss Betty (Thompson) on Romper Room.
Frank Lynn prepares for his final live report, from a Friday the 13th gathering in Port Dover, on Friday, May 13, 2016. (Nadia Matos / CTV Kitchener)
Art Baumunk is seen reporting in this file photo from 1998.
Gary McLaren interviews Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
Gary McLaren and Spenser Caldwell.
Gary McLaren at the anchor desk.
Gary McLaren shooting a Buick Commercial for Forbes Motors in 1957.
Carmen Wong before her last broadcast at CTV News Kitchener on March 24, 2023. (Leighanne Evans/CTV Kitchener)
Lyndsay Morrison, Marc Venema and Rosie Del Campo are the hosts of CTV News at Five.
Randy Steinman seen here earlier in his career.
David Imrie is seen at his desk in the CTV Kitchener newsroom on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. He retired the following day, ending a 38-year run at the station. (Marc Venema / CTV Kitchener)
Shannon Bradbury has been with CTV Kitchener since 2019. (Terry Kelly/CTV Kitchener)
Janine Grespan - Reporter
CTV News' Will Aiello and Dan Lauckner posed for a photo during the season opener at Stratford Festival on May 26, 2025.
Will Aiello and Tony Grace in the CTV Kitchener studio in May 23.
Gary McLaren in front of the CKCO-TV camera.
Gary McLaren on Canadian Bandstand.
Tony Grace in the CTV Kitchener studio on Sept. 26, 2023. (Leighanne Evans/CTV News)
Leighanne Evans, Tony Grace and Will Aiello in 2025.
Reg Sellner's roles included news anchor, morning show host, game show host and promotions director
CKCO-TV covers the 1962 election.
CKCO-TV covers the 1962 election.
Gary McLaren in the CKCO-TV studio.
Gary McLaren in an undated image.
Shannon Bradbury poses in front of CTV Kitchener Shannon Bradbury began her new role as weather specialist on Oct. 10, 2019.
Stu, Rosie and Lyndsay in studio on the first anniversary of CTV News at Five.
Rick Smith reporting in 2004 for CKCO-TV (now CTV News Kitchener).
Rick Smith in an image from his obituary. (Source: Sarnia Cremation Services)
Angie Hill, Will Aiello and Daryl Morris at the Oktoberfest parade in Oct. 2022.
Gary McLaren delivers the weather forecast.
Gary McLaren behind the desk.
Gary McLaren stands in front of a airplane.
Gary McLaren at the Western Fair in London, Ont.
Art Baumunk - Reporter
Left to right: Will Aiello, Leighanne Evans, and Tony Grace of CTV Kitchener.
Courtesy: Laverne McGee
Gary McLaren in the audio booth.
Rose Murray with former CTV Kitchener News at Noon anchor Nancy Richards.
Alexandra Pinto anchoring CTV Kitchener's 70th anniversary show.
Bill Inkol, former sports director at CKCO-TV, died Monday at the age of 92
Gary McLaren in the newsroom.
Gary McLaren at the anchor desk.
Nicole Lampa first joined CTV Kitchener, then CKCO, in 2004 as a business reporter covering the tech sector, she's been an integral part of the news team ever since.
The CKCO TV logo as seen during its first-ever broadcast.
Tom Knowlton, wearing his Camp Caribou hat, during a visit to the CTV Kitchener studio. (Spencer Turcotte/CTV Kitchener)
Gary McLaren behind the desk.
Alexandra Pinto, Will Aiello and Daryl Morris holding the CTV letters. (March 1, 2024)
Gary McLaren on Scan News.
Gary McLaren, with Alex Spiridonov behind the camera, at a Chatham auction.
Rosie Del Campo in an interview with CTV News Kitchener in Feb. 2024.
David Imrie stands outside what remains of 864 King St. West in Kitchener. (Krista Simpson/CTV News)
Former co-anchors Kyle Christie and Nancy Richards in an interview with CTV Kitchener in Feb. 2024.
