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The Sunday Edition (CBC Radio)
''The Sunday Edition'' was a Sunday morning radio show on CBC Radio One, hosted by Michael Enright. As the title might imply, the program was originally simply the Sunday edition of '' This Morning'', which Enright co-hosted until the Sunday program became a separate entity in 2000. Its subject matter was wide ranging with current affairs, arts reporting, radio documentaries, and interviews. It was often quite sombre and serious in tone. However, ''The Sunday Edition'' is also listed among the 100 best April Fool's jokes of all time for its fake interview with Jimmy Carter on April 1, 2001."Interview With President Carter -- April Fool's Day, 2001" Museum of Hoaxes. The interview, which presented Carter as a "washed up peanut farmer" but seeming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Magazine
A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories, in greater depth than do newspapers or newscasts, and aim to give the consumer an understanding of the important events beyond the basic facts. Broadcast news magazines Radio news magazines are similar to television news magazines. Unlike radio newscasts, which are typically about five minutes in length, radio news magazines can run from 30 minutes to three hours or more. Television news magazines provide a similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television documentaries rather than written articles. These broadcasts serve as an alternative in covering certain issues more in depth than regular newscasts. The formula, first established by ''Panorama (TV series), Panorama'' on the BBC in 1953 has proved successful around the world. Televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. Since leaving office, Carter has remained engaged in political and social projects, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his humanitarian work. Born and raised in Plains, Georgia, Carter graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree and joined the United States Navy, serving on numerous submarines. After the death of his father in 1953, he left his naval career and returned home to Plains, where he assumed control of his family's peanut-growing business. He inherited little, due to his father's forgiveness of debts and the division of the estate amongst himself and his siblings. Nevertheless, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday Morning (radio Program)
''Sunday Morning'' was a Canadian radio news and information program, which aired on CBC Radio One from 1976 to 1997."Going gently into that good night". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 14, 1997. Created by producer Mark Starowicz as a "'' Sunday New York Times'' of the air","CBC radio launches blockbuster with Mackenzie King talking to ghosts". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 6, 1976. the magazine style program was one of the highest-budget and highest-rated shows on CBC Radio during its run. Although the program's centrepiece was radio documentaries,"Back to three hours on Sunday Morning". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 8, 1990. the show also featured interviews, round table discussions, book reviews, arts reports, puzzles and various features designed to resemble an audio version of a high-end newspaper. History The program was launched in 1976 with Bronwyn Drainie and Bruce Rogers as hosts. Rogers was replaced after several months by Warner Troyer. In 1979, Troyer reduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Magazine (radio Program)
''The Sunday Magazine'' is a Canadian news and current affairs radio show, hosted by Piya Chattopadhyay on CBC Radio One. The program premiered on September 13, 2020, replacing ''The Sunday Edition'', '''', May 24, 2020. but retains a similar format of interviews and documentary reports on political, social and cultural topics in the news. At the first broadcast of each month, the show has a recurring game segment called "That's Puzzling" where contestants featuring th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piya Chattopadhyay
Piya Chattopadhyay () is a Canadian journalist, currently host of '' The Sunday Magazine'' on CBC Radio One. She is known for her work on CBC Radio,CBC’s Piya Chattopadhyay: ‘doing what I want to do’ by Constance Scrafield; at the Orangeville Citizen; published October 31, 2013; retrieved May 1, 2014 as well as on Fox News Radio, and . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a Sudanese Canadian writer, culture and politics commentator, and podcast host based in Toronto, Ontario. He is best known as a culture writer for BuzzFeed and as host of ''Pop Chat'' and co-host of ''Party Lines'' with Rosemary Barton. In November 2022 the CBC announced that Abdelmahmoud will debut on January 30, 2023, as the host of '' Commotion'', a daily pop culture magazine show which will air after '' Q'' weekday mornings. Early life and education Abdelmahmoud was born in Sudan and emigrated to Canada at the age of 12, settling in Kingston, Ontario. He studied philosophy and gender studies at Queen's University, graduating in 2011. As a student at Queen's he wrote for the ''Queen’s Journal'' and worked at CFRC-FM, the campus radio station. In 2018, Abdelmahmoud was awarded the One to Watch Award by the Queen's Alumni Association. Career Abdelmahmoud's career began as a production assistant at the CBC. He began working as researcher for ''Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Brown (broadcaster)
Laurie Brown (born 7 October 1957 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian television journalist. She grew up in Scarborough, Ontario and graduated from David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute. Her parents were originally from Nova Scotia, and when Brown was in her late teens, they and her sister Susan moved back to that province. Brown remained in Toronto, and eventually embarked on a career in television and radio broadcasting. Brown currently lives in Nova Scotia. Broadcasting She was a host on the Citytv program ''The NewMusic'' from 1985 to 1990. She interviewed numerous musicians for this show, including jazz performer Miles Davis in 1988. As well, Brown worked as a VJ on the Much Music channel. She also hosted '' Pepsi Power Hour'' for the music station. In 1984 Brown had a cameo in Corey Hart's video for " Sunglasses at Night". After leaving Much Music, Brown was a reporter for the CBC Television news show '' The Journal'', and then host of '' On the Arts'' for CBC Newsw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Sylvester (Canadian Broadcaster)
Kevin Sylvester is a Canadian broadcaster, writer and cartoonist known for writing the Minrs and Neil Flambé novel series. Career Based in Toronto, Ontario, Sylvester has written and illustrated a number of best-selling children's books. His most famous series is the "Neil Flambé Capers." The character Neil Flambé was originally used by Kevin during a CBC summer morning broadcast of his ongoing story ''Neil Flambé and the Case of the Caustic Cumin''. The first book, ''Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders'', was voted the 2011 Silver Birch Award winner for Fiction. The second book in the series, ''Neil Flambé and the Aztec Abduction'' was a runner-up for the 2012 Silver Birch Award for Fiction. The third, ''Neil Flambé and the Crusader's Curse'' is nominated for the 2013 Silver Birch Award for Fiction. The fourth is ''Neil Flambé and the Tokyo Treasure.'' Sylvester's first children’s book ''Sports Hall of Weird'' was named a Silver Birch Honour Book in 2006 and a Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Canada
Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada–United States border namely (from west to east) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The people of the region are often referred to as "Western Canadians" or "Westerners", and though diverse from province to province are largely seen as being collectively distinct from other Canadians along cultural, linguistic, socioeconomic, geographic, and political lines. They account for approximately 32% of Canada's total population. The region is further subdivided geographically and culturally between British Columbia, which is mostly on the western side of the Canadian Rockies and often referred to as the " west coast", and the "Prairie Provinces" (commonly known as "the Prairies"), which include those provinces on the easter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 180
''The 180'' was a Canadian radio talk show,"Calgary’s Jim Brown ready for Sunday prime time as CBC radio host" '''', September 4, 2014. which aired weekly on from 2013 to 2017. Hosted by from the network's studio in |
