Warren Barker (1928 – June 15, 2021) was a Canadian broadcast journalist and longtime employee of CKNW in Vancouver, British Columbia.
[5] Warren Barker was the recipient of multiple awards and credited with the creation of a file system that allowed CKNW to more efficiently track developing news.
[2] In 1988, Barker was the recipient of the Earl Bradford Memorial Award of Excellence in Broadcasting.
[4][5][11] The Canadian Press noted in 1998 that Barker was "considered a legend in British Columbia radio news".
[12] In an article for The Province, retired broadcaster Ed Murphy stated that Barker was a "workaholic with an obsession that news must be accurate, well-written and properly presented", crediting this, along with the "eight o'clock news service" and his hiring of "first-class newsmen", as a factor in the station's commercial success.