Warner Troyer

{{Short description|Canadian journalist (1932–1991)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Warner Troyer | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date ={{Birth date|df=yes|1932|01|16}} | birth_place =[[Cochrane, Ontario]] | death_date ={{Death date and age|df=yes|1991|09|15|1932|01|06}} | death_place = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] | occupation = Broadcaster, documentary producer, author | spouse = Margaret Graham, Martha Jennings, Glenys Moss | parents = Gordon and Ruth | children =Marc, Scott, Jill, Jennifer, John, Peggy, Peter and Anne }}

'''Warner Troyer''' (16 January 1932 – 15 September 1991) was a Canadian broadcast journalist and writer.

== Biography == Troyer was born in [[Cochrane, Ontario]], the son of Gordon Troyer, a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] circuit minister. He lost his leg at a young age, and later worked with [[Patrick Watson (producer)|Patrick Watson]] who also had a missing leg.

Troyer began his career as an overnight radio disc jockey in [[Saskatchewan]], then became the first radio reporter in the [[Manitoba legislature]] and was not even allowed in the press gallery. He then moved to the [[Winnipeg Free Press]] and worked as a news reporter for CKRC radio 630kc. He was later featured on the 1960s [[CBC Television]] current affairs program ''[[This Hour Has Seven Days]]''. In 1975, Troyer co-hosted the first season of ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV)|the fifth estate]]'' with [[Adrienne Clarkson]], also on CBC. He was also involved in the production of [[CBWT]]'s ''Eye-To-Eye'' program and was for a time executive producer and co-host of [[W-FIVE|W5]] on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]].

In 1976, Troyer provided commentaries following episodes of ''[[The Prisoner]]'' as they were broadcast on commercial-free [[TVOntario]]. He also interviewed [[Patrick McGoohan]] about the series for a TVOntario broadcast in 1977 and was credited as a consultant in the 1976 TVOntario publication ''The Prisoner Puzzle''.

''No Safe Place'' ({{ISBN|0-772-01117-6}}), published in 1977, was a book by Troyer about [[mercury poisoning]] in Northern Ontario waters. His 1980 book ''200 Days: Joe Clark in Power'' ({{ISBN|0-920510-05-1}}) was an examination of the short-lived [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] administration of Prime Minister [[Joe Clark]], which was a 1979 minority government, defeated in a [[motion of non-confidence]] late that year. He also wrote a book on the history of Canadian radio and television broadcasting, ''The Sound & the Fury: An Anecdotal History of Canadian Broadcasting'' ({{ISBN|0-471-99872-9}}), published in 1982.

Troyer married his first wife, Margaret and had six children: Marc, Scott, Jill, Jennifer, Peggy and John. He also had two children, Peter and Anne, with his second wife.

In the early 1980s, Troyer and his third wife, Glenys Moss, established a journalism school in [[Sri Lanka]].

In his later years he focused on environmental issues. Troyer was listed as a consultant for ''The Canadian Green Consumer Guide'' ({{ISBN|0771071620}}), published in 1989, and wrote ''Preserving Our World: A Consumer's Guide to the [[Brundtland Report]]'' ({{ISBN|0-969453-80-9}}), published in 1990.

Troyer contracted [[throat cancer]] and died in Toronto at age 59.

==References== * {{cite news | title=OBITUARY: Warner Troyer Broadcaster's later work devoted to environment | work=[[The Globe and Mail]] | date=16 September 1991 | page=A14 | first=Drew | last=Hasselback }} * {{cite news | title=OBITUARY: Warner Troyer, CBC Broadcaster | publisher=[[Toronto Star]] | date=16 September 1991 | page=A16 }} * {{IMDb name|0873943}} * [http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090036/http://www.queensu.ca/filmandmedia/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.fmwww/files/files/CBC%20Television%20Linked%20Listings.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150114080138/http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Thi.html#thishourhassevendays ''This Hour Has Seven Days'' archived listing link] via archive.org)

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