He joined CBWT's supper-hour news program 24Hours in 1970 as sports anchor alternating with Bob Picken.

The series format included Wittman co-hosting with media and community personalities from towns and cities across the region and conducting interviews between ticket drawings.

[5][6] Wittman and Moir were 50 metres (160 ft) away from the Israeli Olympic team building, and could see the nine hostages sitting in a circle, guarded by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.

They filed radio reports to the CBC, and remained on location all day until the hostages were loaded onto a bus.

"[7]As a sportscaster, Wittman covered many sports including athletics, baseball, basketball, golf, and was most known as a commentator and announcer for the CBC's CFL coverage, on Hockey Night in Canada, and for major Canadian and international curling tournaments.