# The Journal (Canadian TV program) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Journal_(Canadian_TV_program) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Journal_(Canadian_TV_program).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_(Canadian_TV_program) > Source revision: 1357213434 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian television show The Journal Presented by Barbara Frum Mary Lou Finlay Country of origin Canada Original language English No. of episodes 2772[1] Production Executive producer Mark Starowicz Running time 38 minutes Original release Network CBC Release January 11, 1982 (1982-01-11) – October 30, 1992 (1992-10-30) ***The Journal*** is a current affairs [newsmagazine](/source/Newsmagazine) television program broadcast on [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television) from 1982 to 1992. It aired weeknights at 10:22 pm, following *[The National](/source/CBC_News%3A_The_National)* at 10 pm, and expanding on stories presented on there with in-depth interviews, documentaries, and televised "town hall" meetings. The division of the 10:00 hour into two entirely separate programs, and the length of each, reflect the separation and political tension between the CBC's then-separate news and [public affairs](/source/Public_affairs_programming) production units.[2] The program premiered on January 11, 1982.[3] In its first season, it was hosted by [Barbara Frum](/source/Barbara_Frum) and [Mary Lou Finlay](/source/Mary_Lou_Finlay), and was the first network news program in the world hosted by two women without a male co-anchor. However, after the first season Frum became the program's sole host, although Finlay remained with the program as a reporter and documentary producer. Frum anchored on her own until her death in 1992. The program was produced for its entire run by [Mark Starowicz](/source/Mark_Starowicz), who had produced *[As It Happens](/source/As_It_Happens)* for [CBC Radio](/source/CBC_Radio_One), which also featured Frum. Guest hosts when Frum was absent from *The Journal* included [Bill Cameron](/source/Bill_Cameron_(journalist)), [Peter Kent](/source/Peter_Kent), [Keith Morrison](/source/Keith_Morrison), Lyn Whitham and [Brian Stewart](/source/Brian_Stewart_(journalist)). Interviews were generally conducted in the early years of the program using a technique known as the [double-ender](/source/Double-ender), wherein guests were interviewed earlier in the day on videotape and later presented as live using a split screen. As [satellite television](/source/Satellite_television) technology progressed and became more commonplace, interviews were instead conducted using satellite uplinks. Beginning in the late 1980s, Friday night's edition of *The Journal* was frequently given over to arts and literature, under the rubric Friday Night Arts. The Friday arts program was anchored by [Daniel Richler](/source/Daniel_Richler) or [David Gilmour](/source/David_Gilmour_(writer)). At other times, an entire show—or even, in one case, an entire week of shows—would be devoted to a single topic, usually in the form of the "full-edition documentary"; documentary topics ranged from the serious ([aboriginal land claims](/source/Aboriginal_land_claims) and the [Oka crisis](/source/Oka_crisis)) to the mundane (a 30-minute exposé on feet). One of the most memorable documentaries was a two-part [travelogue](/source/Travel_literature) by Allen Abel driving from [Budapest](/source/Budapest) to [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest) two days after the fall of the [Ceauşescu](/source/Nicolae_Ceau%C5%9Fescu) regime in [Romania](/source/Romania). *The Journal* was based on [CBC Winnipeg's](/source/CBWT) successful suppertime program, *[24Hours](/source/24Hours_(TV_program))*.[4] It also bore many similarities in its format to the [American](/source/United_States) program *[Nightline](/source/Nightline)* which premiered three years earlier, in 1979. ## Cancellation Following Frum's death in 1992, and with plans underway to move their daily news and current affairs hour to 9 pm, the CBC chose to also revamp its entire approach to TV news programming. In the fall of 1992, *[CBC Prime Time News](/source/CBC_Prime_Time_News)* debuted with [Peter Mansbridge](/source/Peter_Mansbridge) and [Pamela Wallin](/source/Pamela_Wallin) as equal cohosts of a package that mixed news and *Journal*-type features into a single program. That format lasted only two years before reverting to the old *National*/*Journal* format, although the name *Prime Time News* persisted for another year. When the news program returned to the name *The National* in 1995, the current affairs program became *The National Magazine*. This subsequently was renamed *The Magazine*. It was again reintegrated into the first half news program, as *The National*, in 2001. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Farewell Journal, hello Prime Time News](http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/television//topics/3773/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Knowlton Nash, *Prime Time at Ten* (McClelland & Stewart, 1987), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7710-6703-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7710-6703-8). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [CBC Archives: "*The Journal*: Episode One"](http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-68-368-2027/arts_entertainment/frum/clip7), accessed 4 February 2007 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** MacKinnon, Marilyn (September 4, 1982). "CBC's The Journal, 24Hours share origins". Winnipeg Free Press. p. 20. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Journal (Canadian TV program)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_(Canadian_TV_program)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journal_(Canadian_TV_program)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.