Dan McArthur believed in the power of news. He got his start at the Toronto Globe after World War I and joined CBC in 1939. At the time, news on CBC Radio was a service provided by Canadian Press. Under Dan’s direction, CBC launched the CBC News Service in 1941 with regional and national broadcasts in Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, Winnipeg, and Vancouver.

While serving as chief news editor for CBC, Dan set the highest journalistic standards. He viewed news as a public trust that should provide the most important news of the day accurately and without bias. During World War II, he staunchly defended that responsibility over the coverage of World War II and fought any interference by those who thought the role of the news service was to rally support for the war effort.

In 1953, he resigned his position and moved to CBC head office in Ottawa where he remained until his retirement in 1962.

Dan McArthur passed away in 1967.