''Deep Roots'' is a Canadian
radio
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program focusing on
folk
Folk or Folks may refer to:
Sociology
*Nation
*People
* Folklore
** Folk art
** Folk dance
** Folk hero
** Folk music
*** Folk metal
*** Folk punk
*** Folk rock
** Folk religion
* Folk taxonomy
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Folk Plus or Fo ...
and
roots music. The program, hosted by
Tom Power, airs on
CBC Radio 2.
Power, who began the program while still attending
Memorial University
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, is believed to be the youngest regular host of a CBC Radio program since
Peter Jennings
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'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
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(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
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ...
. This is because the extended Friday portion of ''
Q'' is preempted by the local version of ''
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 ...
'' 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.
References
External links
''Deep Roots''
CBC Music programs
Canadian music radio programs
2010s Canadian radio programs
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