Bruce Frisko

Bruce Frisko, born October 1965, is a co-host of CTV Atlantic's Live at 5 news magazine, and a popular news anchor. Frisko hails from Saskatchewan. He began working in television in Alberta, following two years on the Regina radio scene. In 1995, Frisko made the move to ASN, where he began his Maritime broadcasting career as the co-anchor of Atlantic Pulse. When Atlantic Pulse ended its very successful run, Bruce stayed on as the anchor for ASN's Headline News. In 1998, this newscast was transformed into the ATV Evening News. In 2003 he was named co-host of CTV Atlantic's flagship news magazine program Live at 5.

The Tattoo Challenge

On March 28, 2007 on the popular friendship network website Facebook, Greg Yorke from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia challenged his friend, Nicole MacDonald to get 25,000 people to join a Facebook group, and if she was successful he would have Bruce Frisko's face tattooed on his body. The goal was reached on May 1, 2007 and the tattoo occurred on May 12, 2007, at Peddler's Pub in Halifax.

When asked about it, Frisko commented "I don't understand it. I've been doing the same thing unnoticed for 12 years. Now, suddenly, overnight I'm a cult figure." [cite web
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accessdate =2007-08-22 ] He has developed such a cult following that there are currently about 20 Frisko-related groups on Facebook.

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