Rex Loring (November 25, 1925 - April 21, 2017) was a British-born Canadian radio announcer, best known as a longtime anchor of World Report, the morning newscast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio news and talk network.
[2] His studies were interrupted by the breakout of World War II, during which he worked as a transport pilot in the Royal Air Force.
[3] Moving to Canada in 1947 to pursue work opportunities, he joined the National Film Board of Canada as a narrator of documentary films, and then worked in as an announcer for commercial radio stations such as CFCF in Montreal, CHEX in Peterborough and CKOY in Ottawa,[2] before joining the CBC in 1955.
[3] With the CBC he was a host or announcer of television and radio programs such as Mr. Fixit,[4] Tabloid, Seven-O-One, Close-Up, The Sound of Britain and On the Scene, and was a frequent narrator of documentary films.
[8] Although renowned for his composure and professionalism, at the time of his retirement he reminisced about one of his rare on-air bloopers, when he struggled to pronounce the unfamiliar name of northwestern Ontario's Wabigoon River.