Jack Webster
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Jack Webster (1915 - March 2, 1999) was a Canadian journalist, radio and television personality. Originally a broadcaster and a pioneer of the talk radio format (which had its origins in British Columbia before spreading to the U.S.) he gained centre-stage in British Columbia politics because of an hour-long TV interview program which preceded the nightly news hour on BCTV. Affectionately dubbed "the Brogue that walks and talks like a man" by columnist Allan Fotheringham because of his thick Glaswegian burr.
Webster or simply "Jack" was quite possibly the most popular journalist ever to come out of BC. His attack mode was legendary, and it's said he only showed respite and respect for Pierre Trudeau and prominent gay politician and leftist radical Svend Robinson, notably "sucking up" to them (when guests on the show) even though he was anything but a left-winger himself. His interviews were incisive and sometimes vicious, and always entertaining.
In 1988, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
The autobiography of Sir Reo Stakis was written by Jack Webster. It is entitled Stakis: The Reo Stakis Story and is published by Black & White Publishing.
