Mary Ito

Mary Ito is a Canadian television and radio personality who formerly hosted Fresh Air, CBC Radio One's regional weekend program in Ontario.[2]

Mary Ito
Mary Ito in 2010
NationalityCanadian
Alma materRunnymede Collegiate[1]
University of Toronto
OccupationBroadcaster
Spouse(s)Carlo Ammendolia

Media career

While studying English at the University of Toronto, Ito became involved in the campus media outlets of The Varsity and what later became CIUT-FM.[3] Her first published work was a review panning the 1980 film Just Tell Me What You Want.[4]

After graduation in 1981,[5] she later attended Ryerson University’s Radio and Television program for one year,[5] before being offered a full-time position at CFRB.[6] After CFRB, she became a reporter and weekend anchor for CFTO-TV and then moved to become a reporter at Global.[2] She then hosted TVOntario's More to Life and Second Opinion, before becoming the host of CBC Television's Living in Toronto.[2]

Personal life

Ito lives in Toronto with her husband, Dr Carlo Ammendolia, and they have two sons and a daughter.[5]

gollark: You get a notification when you can enter, right?
gollark: That fits surprisingly nicely.
gollark: Based on skimming 'Introduce Yourself", we get 2 new players a day: 60 a month.
gollark: There are 60 prizes added per month, are there not?
gollark: You can probably work out other nice-looking patterns, but people don't.

References
  1. "Runnymede Collegiate's Wall of Fame". Runnymede Collegiate, Toronto District School Board. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. "About the Host". Fresh Air. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  3. Glen, Krista; Rhind, Laurel (September–October 2005). "Cool Careers: Communications and Media" (PDF). TEACH. p. 28.
  4. Ito, Mary (February 13, 1980). "Marriage on the rocks: Films all washed up". The Varsity. p. 15.
  5. Wolfson, Carmelle (Spring 2013). "A Georgian Touch at the CBC". The Shield. Toronto: Royal St. George's College. pp. 31–33.
  6. O'Mara, Matthew (December 23, 2013). "CBC Radio host Mary Ito living the news in Toronto and around the world". Nikkei Voice. Toronto.


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