![]() ![]() A year later Trebek hosted the popular Merrill Heatter-Bob Quigley game show High Rollers, which had two incarnations on NBC (1974––80) and an accompanying syndicated season (1975–76). In 1973, Trebek moved to the United States and worked for NBC as host of a new game show, The Wizard of Odds. Although Trebek was the preferred choice of executive producer Ralph Mellanby, based on his audition and other CBC roles, Mellanby stated in 2020 that he ultimately chose Dave Hodge instead, because his boss did not want someone with a mustache to host Hockey Night. In 1971, Trebek was one of several to have been shortlisted to succeed Ward Cornell as host of Hockey Night in Canada. From 1971 until the end of 1972, Trebek hosted I'm Here Til 9, the local morning drive radio show on CBC Toronto. Starting in spring 1969, Trebek also hosted Strategy, a weekday afternoon game show. For one or two seasons he hosted a weekly skating program. From 1967 to 1970, he was a host for the CBC, introducing classical music programs including performances by Glenn Gould. In 1966, he hosted a high school quiz show called Reach for the Top. ![]() Trebek's first hosting job was on a Canadian music program called Music Hop in 1963. According to Trebek, "I went to school in the mornings and worked at nights I did everything, at one time replacing every announcer in every possible job." He would eventually read the CBC national radio news and cover a wide range of special events for CBC Radio and CBC Television, including curling and horse racing. ![]() ![]() Broadcasting career CBC īefore completing his degree, Trebek began his career in 1961 working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. At the time, he was interested in a broadcast news career. While a university student, he was a member of the English Debating Society. Trebek graduated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in philosophy in 1961. Trebek attended Sudbury High School (now Sudbury Secondary School) and then attended the University of Ottawa. Trebek's first job at age 13 was as a bellhop at the hotel where his father worked as a chef. Shortly after he attended military college but dropped out when he was asked to cut his hair. Trebek almost got expelled from the boarding school his parents sent him to. He grew up in a bilingual French- English household. Trebek had roots in Renfrew County, Ontario, where his maternal grandmother was born in Mount St. Trebek was born on Jin Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the son of George Edward Trebek ( born Terebeychuk), a chef who had emigrated from Ukraine as a child, and Lucille Marie Lagacé (Ap– 2016), a Franco-Ontarian. ![]()
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