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Longtime co-anchor Carol Anne Meehan — the face of Ottawa’s 6 o’clock television news for decades — topped the list of casualties Tuesday in a swath of job cuts at CTV News Ottawa and radio station CFRA, both owned by Bell Media.

Meehan confirmed her departure in an interview with the Citizen, but refused further comment.

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“I am in shock,” she said. “I don’t want to say any more than that. It’s a tough day.”

Meehan’s colleague, Olympic gold-medal winner-turned-sports reporter Carolyn Waldo, also lost her job, as did CTV Morning Live Ottawa’s Lois Lee.

It isn’t yet clear whether Meehan will be replaced or whether the evening newscast will continue with Graham Richardson as sole anchor. Richardson anchored Tuesday’s 6 p.m. newscast on his own. He read a statement about the cuts, calling Tuesday a “difficult day,” and added that, “this is the result of an ever-changing media landscape and declining revenues in the broadcast media business.”