Career
Prior to his role at 24Hours he was co-hosted the local morning show on CBW-Department of Administration and Management in the 1960s. At the age of 19, he became station announcer at Brandon"s CKX-Department of Administration and Management in 1952, and was one of the station"s first reporters when it added a local news division in 1954. He also worked at Brandon"s television station CKX-television when it opened in 1955.
He also worked at Regina television station CKCK-television He also taught journalism at summer workshops held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Garth got a spot on the Regina School Board and also served on the Regina Board of Education after amalgamation. Garth began his broadcasting career at radio station CKX in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1952.
Although his duties included general staff announcing, his main interest was in journalism. When CKX established a local news department he became one of its first on air voices.
When television came to Brandon he was assigned to present the daily supper hour news and though this assignment changed from time to time it remained his main focus.
Moving to CKCK-television Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1957, Garth again became involved with the reporting and presentation of daily news broadcasts. In 1966 Garth joined Canadian Broadcasting Company Winnipeg as a staff announcer later to become the television News Commentator/Anchor for the daily major news programs. Denying he was a "news reader" he has always believed his role was to "TELL" the stories of the day.
Always active in his community, Garth acted as emcee and guest speaker at numberless functions as well as taking part in his professional organizations such as CUPE and ACTRA where he served as President and Vice President respectively.
He served two terms as President of the Regina Press Club and was Vice Chairman of Deer Lodge Centre. In the federal election of 1988 Garth contested the riding of Winnipeg South Centre for the now defunct Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
