Percy Saltzman - Broadcaster - Meteorologist (original) (raw)

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The Curriculum Vitae of Percy Saltzman, C.M., B.A.

• Retired meteorologist
• Radio and TV Weatherman (1952-1982)
• Born Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1915
• Son of Solomon and Elizabeth Saltzman
• Educated
  - Public School, Neudorf, Sask.
  - Dawson Public School, Vancouver, B.C.
  - King George High School, Vancouver, B.C.
  - University of British Columbia (B.A. 1934)
  - McGill School of Medicine, Montreal (1934-1935)
• Married
  - Rose Kogan (1935-1988)
  - Grace Audrey Ford (1990)
• Sons
  - Earl (1942)
  - Paul (1943)
• Jobless 1935-1937
• Printer 1937-1943
• Meteorologist Federal Department of Transport, 1943-1968
• CBC-TV, 1952-1972
• CTV, 1972-1974
• CITY-TV, 1974-1975
• Freelance TV, 1975-1980
• GLOBAL TV, 1980-1982
• CFRB, 1962-1972
• CKEY, 1948-1949
• CKEY, CNE, 10 YEARS
• Meteorological Officer British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1943-1945
• First TV Weatherman in Canada, September 8, 1952
• First to broadcast live from CNE, 1952-1962
• First to broadcast live from Montreal Expo, 1964
• Host (with Lloyd Robertson) first moon walk telecast, 10 days and nights, 1969
• First Host, Canada's first national daily early morning TV show, CANADA AM, CTV, 1972-1974
• First TV Weatherman to show satellite and radar pictures
• First father-son team on Front Page Challenge
• First father-son team to interview Pierre Trudeau
• 2,500 nightly radio weather programs, CFRB
• 5,657 nightly TV weather programs, CBC,Global
• 1,000 interviews with celebrities, CBC, CTV
• 26 TV shows, Federal Business Bureau, Ottawa
• 26 TV shows, History of Canadian West, Edmonton
• Taught weather to thousands of school children
• Governor-General Medal for coming first in high school matriculation in all of B.C., 1930
• 2 scholarships, UBC, 1932
• TV Guide Award, 1960
• Queen's Jubilee Medal, 2002
• Order of Canada, 2002
• Canadian "Who's Who" 2003
• Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame, 2004
• President, ACTRA, 1960
• Volunteer, Stroke Survivors, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto 1977-1988
• Member, Sea Scouts
• Member, Air Cadets