Canada Live
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Canada Live is a Canadian
radio program, which debuted on March 19, 2007 on CBC Radio 2, which airs concert performances in a variety of musical genres from locations across Canada. The program airs weekdays on Radio 2; one episode per week is repeated on CBC Radio One
on Friday afternoons.
The program was originally hosted by Matt Galloway
on weekdays and Patti Schmidt
on weekends. However, their main role on most occasions was to introduce a local CBC personality in the region from which the concert was broadcast, who then hosted the remainder of the evening. From fall 2007 to fall 2009, the program only used the regional hosts.
Following budget cuts (which also resulted in the program being shortened from two hours each night to one) there is now a single host, Andrew Craig, as of fall 2009.
, recorded on March 30. On April 7, 2008, the program aired a tribute concert to Oliver Schroer
, who died of leukemia later that year.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio program, which debuted on March 19, 2007 on CBC Radio 2, which airs concert performances in a variety of musical genres from locations across Canada. The program airs weekdays on Radio 2; one episode per week is repeated on CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One
CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming...
on Friday afternoons.
The program was originally hosted by Matt Galloway
Matt Galloway
Matt Galloway is a Canadian radio personality, who is host of Metro Morning at CBLA-FM in Toronto. Galloway succeeded Andy Barrie as host of Metro Morning effective March 1, 2010....
on weekdays and Patti Schmidt
Patti Schmidt
Patti Schmidt is a Canadian radio personality on CBC Radio. She currently lives in Montreal.-Origin:Schmidt grew up in Ottawa and attended McGill University as an undergraduate. While at McGill she became involved with CKUT-FM. As a fan of Brave New Waves, in 1991 CBC Radio hired her on a series of...
on weekends. However, their main role on most occasions was to introduce a local CBC personality in the region from which the concert was broadcast, who then hosted the remainder of the evening. From fall 2007 to fall 2009, the program only used the regional hosts.
Following budget cuts (which also resulted in the program being shortened from two hours each night to one) there is now a single host, Andrew Craig, as of fall 2009.
Notable performances
On April 7 and December 6, 2007, the program broadcast the final concert by Canadian indie rock band RheostaticsRheostatics
Rheostatics was a Genie Award-winning Canadian indie rock band, active from 1980 to 2007.Although they had only one Top 40 hit, "Claire" in 1995, they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and unconventional rock bands, a band whose eclectic take on pop and rock music has been...
, recorded on March 30. On April 7, 2008, the program aired a tribute concert to Oliver Schroer
Oliver Schroer
Oliver Schroer was a Canadian fiddler, composer, and music producer.-Early life:Oliver Schroer grew up in Vandeleur, Ontario, a small crossroads near Markdale in rural Grey County. He attended Grey Highlands Secondary School in Flesherton, where he played French horn in the school band. He also...
, who died of leukemia later that year.