''Deep Roots'' is a Canadian

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program focusing on folk and roots music. The program, hosted by Tom Power, airs on CBC Radio 2. Power, who began the program while still attending

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, is believed to be the youngest regular host of a CBC Radio program since Peter Jennings's tenure as host of ''Peter's People'' in 1947 (at the age of nine). ''Deep Roots'' aired on Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. (6:00 AT, 6:30 NT) and Sundays at 5:00 p.m. (5:30 NT). It also airs on the Sirius XM feed of CBC Radio One (channel 169) Sundays at 10:00 p.m. ET and early Thursday mornings at 4:00 a.m. ET. As well, an abbreviated localized version of the program aired Fridays at 3:30 p.m. NT on Radio One stations in

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. This is because the extended Friday portion of '' Q'' is preempted by the local version of '' Radio Noon'' at 12:00 NT, but would be out of place if rebroadcast later in the day, as is done for most Radio One programs airing in the 11:30 a.m. (local) timeslot. As of October 2016, when Power took over as the host of ''Q'', the program no longer airs as part of the regular CBC Radio 2 schedule; however, there are currently plans to keep the show active as a series of occasional specials.

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