Lloyd Robertson Bids Adieu Tonight

A fixture of Canadian news for more than four decades, the peerless broadcaster signs off one final time tonight.

CTV News anchor Lloyd Robertson will host his final broadcast tonight, the same day that the nation's networks switch from analog to digital signals. Robertson, who's been anchoring the nightly news for 35 years, will give his trademark “...And that's the kind of day it's been” sign-off one last time tonight before Lisa LaFlamme takes over the anchor's chair. Robertson, 77, retires with the record for being the longest-serving anchor in North America of all time, and that's not including the six years he spent anchoring CBC's nightly news cast before jumping ship to CTV way back in 1976. Robertson will still host W5, CTV's investigative program, but the elder statesman of broadcast news will get to take a well deserved break from the rigours of daily news. Cheers, Lloyd.