''This Morning'' was a Canadian

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which aired from 1997 to 2002 on

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."A rebel's quest to transform CBC Radio: 'We can't afford not to change'". ''

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'', July 27, 2002. It was not always successful with CBC audiences, and underwent several format and hosting changes during its lifetime."CBC's This Morning rides rough waters". ''

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'', July 20, 1998. The program was devised as a replacement for '' Morningside'' following

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's retirement from the network. It aired weekday and Sunday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon, also replacing Ian Brown's '' Sunday Morning''."This Morning gets its first report card". ''

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'', October 4, 1997. The program was hosted in its first two years by Michael Enright and

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. The program was generally perceived by critics as an expanded ''Sunday Morning'' rather than a successor to ''Morningside''. Listener reaction to Benoit was particularly polarized, with Benoit herself noting that "I've been accused of being dour, earnest, biased, distant, cool and flippant, all in the same package of letters." Enright became the show's sole host in 1999, and Benoit moved on to CBC Radio's local afternoon program in

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, '' Here and Now''. In 2000, the CBC discontinued the six-day format. The Sunday broadcast once again became a separate program hosted by Enright, '' The Sunday Edition'', and

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became the weekday host of ''This Morning''."Rogers to host CBC Radio's This Morning". ''

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'', June 30, 2000. Following the

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on the World Trade Centre in

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, the program faced some criticism for the flaws its format revealed in CBC Radio's ability to respond to a breaking news story. Because the program had been prerecorded for its Atlantic Time Zone airing, and was airing in tape delay in the

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while all of the stations in

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were still airing their local morning shows, the network had no viable way to interrupt programming in advance of its regular news break, and thus opted to wait until 10 a.m. EST to begin its coverage of the attacks. In part as a response to the criticism, the program was cancelled in 2002 and split into two new morning programs, '' The Current'' for hard news and ''

Sounds Like Canada ''Sounds Like Canada'' was a Canadian radio program, which aired weekday mornings on CBC Radio One from 2002 to 2008. Until the end of May 2008, the program was hosted by the award-winning broadcaster Shelagh Rogers, and in the summers by a rotat ...

'' for human interest and documentary features."Is anybody listening?" ''

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'', February 15, 2003.

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became host of ''The Current'', while Rogers remained as host of ''Sounds Like Canada''.

Note

CBC Radio carried a daily morning radio program under the ''This Morning'' name during 1976, shortly before the debut of ''Morningside''.

References

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