radio show
A radio program, radio programme, or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio. It may be a one-time production, or part of a periodically recurring series. A single program in a series is called an episode.
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CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent o ...
, hosted by Michael Enright. As the title might imply, the program was originally simply the Sunday edition of ''
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* ''This Morning'' (radio program), a Canadian radio show which aired from 1997 to 2002
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'', which Enright co-hosted until the Sunday program became a separate entity in 2000.
Its subject matter was wide ranging with
current affairs Current affairs may refer to:
News
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arts
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reporting,
radio documentaries
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, and
interview
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s. It was often quite sombre and serious in tone. However, ''The Sunday Edition'' is also listed among the 100 best
April Fool's
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jokes of all time for its fake interview with
Jimmy Carter
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President of the United States
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, even fooled ''
The Globe and Mail
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'', which reported the interview as fact on its front pages. Toronto comedian Ray Landry played the role of Carter.
According to the CBC website for the program, "One of the most popular features ever aired" was a series first broadcast in 2009 called ''20 Pieces of Music That Changed The World'' which featured discussions with music journalist Robert Harris who asserted that the works he selected were not only popular or unique or important within their genres but that they also significantly impacted the wider culture and thus "changed the world". Pieces of music discussed in the twenty episodes include works by
Elvis Presley
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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Enrico Caruso
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Bob Dylan
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Louis Armstrong
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Bob Marley
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Public Enemy
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Gloria Gaynor
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Richard Wagner
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The Beatles
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Igor Stravinsky
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Carter Family
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Charlie Parker
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and Camille Saint Saens. The series had also been released as an audiobook.
The program was considered a ratings hit with 1.1 million people listening to at least part of the show in a typical week.
An abbreviated edition of the program was repeated at midnight on Sunday nights, with the title, ''The Sunday Edition: Round Midnight''.
Beginning in the fall of 2014, the program was cut from three hours in length to two, with the 11 am to noon slot being taken over by '' The 180'', a current affairs show based in
Western Canada
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. In 2017, following the cancellation of ''The 180'', the program returned to three hours in length.
In May 2020, Enright announced that he would retire from the program effective June 28, to host a new one-hour weekly program for the CBC.
An abbreviated 75-minute version of ''The Sunday Edition'' aired through the summer, presented by guest hosts such as Kevin Sylvester, Laurie Brown, Anthony Germain and
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Elamin Abdelmahmoud (born March 10, 1988) is a Canadian writer, culture and politics commentator, and broadcaster based in Toronto, Ontario. He is best known as a culture writer for BuzzFeed and as a CBC Radio podcast and network radio host.
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, which featured repeats of earlier interviews and segments and some new material. The last programme aired on September 6, 2020.
Piya Chattopadhyay
Piya Chattopadhyay () is a Canadian journalist, currently host of '' The Sunday Magazine'' on CBC Radio One.
She is known for her work on CBC Radio,The Sunday Magazine'', which includes in-depth interviews and documentaries, on September 13, 2020.
See also
*'' Sunday Morning'', a similar programme that aired on CBC Radio in the same timeslot from 1976 to 1997.