''The National Playlist'' was a Canadian radio show, which aired weekdays at 11:30 a.m. and Saturday evenings at 9 p.m. on

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in 2005 and 2006."A reason to tune in; CBC Radio One's National Playlist is getting Canadians talking (and arguing) about music". ''

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'', December 22, 2005. Hosted by

Jian Ghomeshi Jian Ghomeshi (born June 9, 1967) is a British-born Persian-Canadian broadcaster, writer, musician, producer and former CBC personality. From 1990 to 2000, he was a vocalist and drummer in the Thornhill-based folk-pop band Moxy Früvous. In ...

, the program was a weekly competition to choose 10 songs for the "national playlist". On the weekday shows, Ghomeshi and three guests — musicians, CBC journalists, music critics or other celebrities — debated eight songs, which were then voted on by CBC radio listeners."CBC no fun to playlist with: Don't need experts to pick good songs". ''

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'', November 24, 2005. The four most popular songs of those eight, as chosen by Ghomeshi and the guests, were then added to the previous week's top ten chart. A listener vote was conducted online to select the top six songs from the previous week's list and compile the new top ten. On the Saturday evening program, the week's "top ten" chart was counted down. The program evolved out of Ghomeshi's earlier special series for CBC radio, ''

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'' and '' 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version''. The show's theme song consisted of instrumental segments from "Crosseyed and Painless" by

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. On March 24, 2006, Ghomeshi announced that the show was coming to end. The final broadcast of ''The National Playlist'' was April 1, 2006.

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