Radio Noon is the name of
CBC Radio One
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's
regional noon-hour programs in the
Canadian
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provinces of
Manitoba
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,
Quebec
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and
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. It was formerly the name of all of the network's noon programs, regardless of location, although many of the programs have since adopted new names such as ''
Maritime Noon
Maritime Noon is CBC Radio One's local noon-hour program for the Maritime provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island). It is produced out of the studios of CBHA-FM in Halifax and is simulcast on all CBC Radio One transmitters ...
'', ''BC Almanac'' and ''
Ontario Today
Ontario Today is a Canadian talk radio program hosted by Rita Celli on CBC Radio One. The program is broadcast live from the studios of CBO-FM in the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre weekdays, and it is carried on all CBC Radio One transmitters in Ont ...
''.
Each province has its own ''Radio Noon'' program, which is produced by the network's primary station in the province but airs provincewide. All of the programs follow roughly the same format, with interviews for the first half-hour followed by a half-hour
phone-in
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segment.
Manitoba
''Radio Noon'' in Manitoba is produced at the studios of
CBW in
Winnipeg
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, and is hosted by Marjorie Dowhos.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Produced at the studios of
CBN in
St. John's, the Newfoundland and Labrador edition (called ''Cross Talk'') is hosted by Adam Walsh.
Quebec
CBME-FM in
Montreal
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produces the Quebec edition of ''Radio Noon''. Formerly hosted by
Anne Lagacé Dowson
Anne Lagacé Dowson (born in Toronto, Ontario, January 29, 1959) is a Canadian radio journalist.
Radio career
A longtime host of CBC Radio's '' Radio Noon'', a daily current affairs and phone-in program in Quebec, she left to run for political off ...
(who took a leave from the network to run as a candidate in the
Westmount—Ville-Marie by-election), and later by veteran broadcaster
Bernard St-Laurent (who retired in 2015), the program's current host is Shawn Apel.
''Radio Noon''
Quebec edition
References
Canadian talk radio programs
CBC Radio One programs
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