''Tonic'' was a Canadian radio program, which debuted on March 19, 2007 on CBC Radio 2.Tonic

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. It played a blend of

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music with

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, R&B and world

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, and aired from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. The program was originally hosted by

Katie Malloch Katie Malloch is a Canadian broadcaster who previously hosted the series '' Tonic'', a nightly jazz program on CBC Radio 2. She was co-creator and host of '' Jazz Beat'' which aired on CBC radio from 1983 to March 2007. A graduate of McGill Univers ...

weekdays from

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and

Tim Tamashiro Tim Tamashiro is a Canadian jazz singer, radio broadcaster and speaker. Tim was the host of '' Tonic'', a nightly jazz program on CBC Radio 2 from March 2007 until late June 2017. He became the full-time host of ''Tonic'' on April 2, 2012, after t ...

on weekends from

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; after Malloch's retirement from the CBC in early 2012, Tamashiro was the sole host until his final show on June 30, 2017. For the summer of 2017, the show was hosted by 5 different Canadian female jazz artists. It originally aired from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. nightly. The change occurred on June 29, 2009 when it switched places with ''

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'', which had previously followed ''Tonic'' in the 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. slot. The program also formerly aired a Sunday edition as well, but this was dropped when the network added ''

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'' on Sunday nights. It ended September 2, 2017, and was replaced by ''After Dark with Odario Williams''.

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