Percy P. Saltzman Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Percy Saltzman, Template:Post-nominals (1915 – January 15, 2007) was a meteorologist and television personality best remembered for being the first weatherman in Canadian television history.As a pioneer in weather forecasting, he was the first Canadian to present the weather in satellite and radar images,and to give road reports and forest fires. He also hosted numerous public affairs programs on CBC and, in 1969, along with Lloyd Robertson, he hosted ten days of coverage of the first moon landing for CBC Television.
He ended each weather report by tossing his chalk in the air
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He was awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on May 1, 2002 for his services to communications in Canada.
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Saltzman gave TV weather reports from memory, with no notes or teleprompter. He was the first Canadian weatherman to use radar and satellite imagery, and the first to report on road conditions and forest fires.
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In addition to weather forecasting, he became a TV interviewer and commentator. He participated in CBC-TV's coverage of the first moon walk in 1969.
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He attended the University of British Columbia, and studied medicine at McGill University. He became a meteorologist in 1943, and served in the British Commonwealth Air Training program during WWII.
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Was Canada's first television weatherman and the first person to appear on Canadian television. He was the face of Canadian network CBC when it launched English language broadcasting in Canada on September 8, 1952.
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