Heidi Petracek

About

Broadcaster Heidi Petracek has been bringing her energetic, curious and engaging voice and personality to radio and television for more than 20 years.. She’s interviewed hundreds of people, from well-known personalities (including Olympia Dukkakis, Kurt Browning, Alberto Manguel, and Adrienne Clarkson) to everyday people who simply have a personal story or interesting talent to share. She was formerly the co-host of Atlantic Canada's number #1 rated morning show, CTV Morning Live (formerly Breakfast Television on /A\), before returning to her roots as a news journalist.She was the host of CBC Television’s entertaining and informative lifestyle show, Living Halifax, for three years. Heidi has also hosted a live radio show in every province in Atlantic Canada. Heidi spends a lot of her time emceeing events and concerts in the Halifax community, appearing in front of as many as 1,000 people at a time. She often donates her skills as an event host for local charities such as the Nova Scotia Learning Disabilities Association, the AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia, and the Fine Arts Parents’ Association.Her voice has appeared in the short film Conscript, and in Atlantic Lottery ads.When she’s not in the studio, she’s listening to her favorite indie, world, jazz, and electronic music, cooking up a new recipe in her kitchen, or enjoying the outdoors.Specialties: Hosting, broadcast journalism, interviewing, on-camera performance, television story-telling