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George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972, in Malton, Ontario) is a Canadian television and radio personality, and best known as the host of The Hour, a late-night talk show about the world's current events. His first ( Γιώργος) and last (Στρουμβουλόπουλος) names are of Greek origin.
Family
He was born in Malton, Ontario, Canada, to a Greek father from Egypt and a Ukrainian mother. He was raised primarily by his mother, and a close-knit extended family.
Career
Stroumboulopoulos is a broadcast veteran with over 15 years experience in radio and television. He studied radio broadcastin
George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulos (born August 16, 1972, in Malton, Ontario) is a Canadian television and radio personality, and best known as the host of The Hour, a late-night talk show about the world's current events. His first ( Γιώργος) and last (Στρουμβουλόπουλος) names are of Greek origin.
Family
He was born in Malton, Ontario, Canada, to a Greek father from Egypt and a Ukrainian mother. He was raised primarily by his mother, and a close-knit extended family.
Career
Stroumboulopoulos is a broadcast veteran with over 15 years experience in radio and television. He studied radio broadcasting at Humber College. He began his journalism career in 1993 at a radio station in Kelowna, British Columbia. He has worked at Toronto sports radio station 'The Fan 590,' at rock radio station 'The Edge 102.1, and at MuchMusic - Canada's music video station - as producer and host of The NewMusic, and MuchNews. In 2007, George returned to radio, with a three hour, weekly and nationally syndicated music and talk show called The Strombo Show.
MuchMusic
His move to television as a VJ and entertainment journalist at MuchMusic made him a national celebrity. (A memorable 25-minute interview with U2's Bono ended with Bono stating “George, I am a fan.”.)
Greatest Canadian
Prior to joining The Hour George was featured on CBC television's The Greatest Canadian series as the advocate for Tommy Douglas. More than 1.2 million votes were cast over six weeks, as each of 10 advocates made their case for the Top 10 nominees. George made a personal and passionate case for Tommy Douglas, Canada's 'father of medicare,' and Douglas won.
The Hour
On January 17, 2005, the first epiode of The Hour went to air. Currently in its fifth season. The Hour is a hybrid of news and celebrity and covers everything from politics, pop culture, the environment, human rights, entertainment, sports and more. Airing nationally at 11:00 pm on CBC- The Hour is Canada's only late-night talk show. It has won six Gemini awards (Canada's equivalent to an Emmy Award). George and The Hour have hosted a range of guests from world leaders to celebrities and politicians. Some of The Hour's more notable guests include: Al Gore, Noam Chomsky, Desmond Tutu, Bono, Tom Cruise, Jane Goodall, Matt Damon, former Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, Tim Robbins, Spike Lee, Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Anka, Sir Richard Branson, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Shirin Ebadi, Gore Vidal, Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Smashing Pumpkins.
George conducted the last public interview given by Canadian journalist and social activist June Callwood just before she passed away. On December 31, 2008 The Hour hosted a New Year's Eve Special and interviewed Sarah Palin from Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Hour has won six Gemini Awards. 2006 - Viewers Choice Award, 2006 - Best Host, 2007 - Best Talk Series, 2007 - Best Host, 2007 - Best Production/Design and 2008 - Best Host.
George has hosted a long-running Sunday night talk radio show, The Strombo Show formerly on CFRB in Toronto and CJAD in Montreal. In November of 2007, the show moved to the Corus network and the format changed to one of mainly music. The Strombo Show now broadcasts from 102.1 The Edge's Toronto studio and on other radio stations in the Corus Entertainment network, including CFOX-FM in Vancouver, Power 97 in Winnipeg, FM96 in London and Y108 in Hamilton.
He was awarded an honorary degree—Doctor of Laws, honoris causa—from the University of Calgary on November 13, 2007. He was also awarded an honourary degree in Communications from Humber College in June 2008.
Stroumboulopoulos has also been involved with numerous charitable initiatives, such as hosting the 'HipHop4Africa' Mandela Children's Fund Canada and CapAids February 2006 Toronto benefit. He has traveled to the Arctic for a special on literacy, youth culture and the loss of Inuit identity. He has been to Sudan with War Child Canada, and Zambia for a World AIDS Day special documentary. He also supports Make Poverty History and FUMS.
Stroumboulopoulos just hosted the Just For Laughs comedy special The Colour of Funny, that aired on CBC in January 2009.
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