Rebecca Zandbergen named new host of CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning [Video]

Rebecca Zandbergen will be the new host of CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning starting Tuesday.

Zandbergen has been with CBC for more than 20 years, including time hosting and reporting in Ottawa, Halifax, Iqaluit, Whitehorse, Windsor and Kelowna.

She formerly hosted CBC Kelowna’s Radio West and more recently London Morning for six years, where she won two national Radio Television Digital News Association Awards, before returning to Ottawa in 2023. She has been a frequent guest host on national radio shows including The Current and The Sunday Magazine.

Zandbergen grew up south of Ottawa in Iroquois and studied journalism at Carleton University. She also taught at Carleton, in Rwanda and in South Africa.

Friday morning’s announcement was made both on the air and in a news release from CBC Ottawa.

After more than 20 years at different CBC posts and positions, Rebecca returns home to host the capital’s top-rated morning radio show.

“My first and most important job as …