Robert Hurst stepping down as head of CTV News

Robert Hurst is stepping down as president of CTV News. Hurst has spent 38 years with the network and has held the top news job since September 2002.
"Bob goes out a winner with CTV News standing tall as Canada's No. 1 (in) news," Ivan Fecan, president and CEO of CTVglobemedia and CEO of CTV Inc., said in a statement.
Hurst began his broadcasting career with CTV in 1973, working as a writer for "Canada AM." Within a few years, at age 26, he was named news director at Toronto's CFTO affiliate. Hurst later returned to reporting, where he was posted to a number of network bureaus, including Ottawa, Washington, Moscow and Beijing. In 1994, he returned to Canada and held various positions, including chief news editor and vice president. In 1995, he spearheaded the application for CTV News 1, which later became CTV Newsnet, and is now known as CTV News Channel. CTV said Hurst will remain in his current position until a successor is named in the coming weeks.