''Sunday Morning'' was a Canadian radio news and information program, which aired on

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from 1976 to 1997."Going gently into that good night". ''

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'', 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". ''

'', 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". ''

'', 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 his workload, continuing as a literary critic for the program but retiring as cohost; he was succeeded by Patrick Martin. Stuart McLean was associated with the show in its early years as a documentary reporter and producer."Stuart McLean, longtime host of CBC Radio’s ‘Vinyl Cafe,’ has died"
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'', February 15, 2017. He won an

ACTRA Award The ACTRA Awards are Canadian accolades presented since 1972 to celebrate excellence in cinema, television and radio industries.Jonestown Massacre. For much of its run, comedian Nancy White contributed a weekly satirical song to the program. In 1981, the program won two ACTRA Awards, for Best Radio Program and Best Host or Interviewer in a Radio Program (Martin and Drainie). That fall, Martin and Drainie were replaced by Russ Patrick and Barbara Smith, and the program was revamped so that it shared the same production staff as the weekday news program '' As It Happens''."CBC marriage works, as it happens". ''

'', November 28, 1981. McLean became the show's executive producer. Patrick left the show in 1983 to join the staff of '' The Journal'', and Smith continued to host with a rotating stable of cohosts that included Eric Malling, Michael Enright, Christopher Thomas, Peter Benesh and Dale Goldhawk.

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became sole host of the program in 1986. He was succeeded by Mary Lou Finlay in 1988. She left the series in 1994,"CBC Radio to revamp Sunday Morning". ''

'', March 12, 1994. and was succeeded by

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, the show's final host. The series ended in 1997 after twenty years when CBC Radio merged ''Sunday Morning'' with '' Morningside'' to create the new morning series '' This Morning''. In 2000, the programming schedule was altered again and the Sunday morning block was made a separate program again as '' The Sunday Edition''.

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