Ontario Today is a Canadian

talk radio Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...

program hosted by

Rita Celli Rita Celli (born 1969 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian radio journalist, currently the host since 2006 of ''Ontario Today'' on CBC Radio One's stations in Ontario. During her tenure, the show has earned a number of awards including three Gracie ...

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 Ca ...

. The program is broadcast live from the studios of

CBO-FM CBO-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Ottawa, Ontario, airing at 91.5 FM, and serves much of Eastern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters. CBO's Ottawa-area transmitter is located in Camp Fortune, Que ...

in the

CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre The CBC Ottawa Production Centre is the headquarters of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The office and studio complex is located on Queen Street in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The building hosts the originating studios for both the CB ...

weekdays, and it is carried on all CBC Radio One transmitters in

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

. The program generally consists of news reports for the first half-hour, followed by a half-hour

call-in In broadcasting, a phone-in or call-in is a programme format in which viewers or listeners are invited to air their live comments by telephone, usually in respect of a specific topic selected for discussion on the day of the broadcast. On radio ( ...

segment on various topics. Interim hosts of the program while regular host Rita Celli was on maternity leave have included Hallie Cotnam and

Kathleen Petty Kathleen Petty is a Canadians, Canadian radio and television news journalist. She worked for almost two decades for the CBC News Network, where she was co-founder producer and host. When CBC Newsworld was launched in 1989 she was the anchor. She ...

."Kathleen Petty returns to CBC Radio on Monday"
''

Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...

'', October 16, 2012. The program was previously hosted by Alan Neal from 2003 to 2006. ''Ontario Today'' launched in 1997 as a province-wide two-hour programme produced out of CBC Ottawa, replacing ''

Radio Noon Radio Noon is the name of CBC Radio One's regional noon-hour programs in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. It was formerly the name of all of the network's noon programs, regardless of location, although man ...

'', which was the umbrella name of five different midday programmes by CBC Radio stations in Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay. ''Radio Noon'', had consisted of an hour from noon to one that was locally produced while the second hour was a province-wide phone-in. ''Radio Noon'' continues to be the name of the similar noon-hour programs on CBC Radio One's stations in

Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

and

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

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