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 of ...
, hosted by Michael Enright. As the title might imply, the program was originally simply the Sunday edition of ''
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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
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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
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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'', which reported the interview as fact on its front pages. Toronto comedian Ray Landry played the role of Carter.
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
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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.