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Duncan McCue replaces Rex Murphy as host of CBC Radio’s ‘Cross Country Checkup’

Duncan McCue replaces Rex Murphy as host of CBC Radio's 'Cross Country Checkup' | iNFOnews.ca
Duncan McCue is stepping behind the microphone as the new host of CBC Radio One's "Cross Country Checkup." The CBC News correspondent replaces Rex Murphy, who stepped down last September after 21 years. McCue is seen here in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-CBC, *MANDATORY CREDIT* A

TORONTO – Duncan McCue is stepping behind the microphone as the new host of CBC Radio One’s “Cross Country Checkup.”

The CBC News correspondent replaces Rex Murphy, who stepped down last September after 21 years.

McCue has guest-hosted for a number of episodes of the national open-line radio program, including a live show from Iqaluit.

McCue is an award-winning reporter who has worked for CBC News in Vancouver for more than 15 years, and was part of the CBC Aboriginal team’s acclaimed investigation into missing and murdered indigenous women.

He is also author of “The Shoe Boy: A Trapline Memoir” about a season he spent in a hunting camp with a Cree family in northern Quebec as a teenager.

McCue begins his new role on Aug. 7, and Murphy remains with CBC as a commentator.

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