Canadian Country Spotlight

The Canadian Country Spotlight is a weekly, 1 hour country music spotlight program. Canadian Country Spotlight focuses and highlights Canadian Country talent. It's played weekly on Country Music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 stations all across Canada. The show launched on Labour Day Weekend 2011. The show has featured Jason McCoy

Jason McCoy

Jason McCoy is a Canadian singer/songwriter who performs country music.He was born in Barrie, Ontario and was raised for a time in Camrose, Alberta before his family settled in Anten Mills, Ontario.He has won many awards including the 2001 Male Vocalist of the Year at the Canadian Country Music...

, George Canyon

George Canyon

George Canyon is a Canadian country music singer. He was runner up Nashville Star 2 in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia and later lived in Hopewell, Nova Scotia before he moved west. He currently lives in High River, Alberta...

, Gord Bamford

Gord Bamford

Gord Bamford is a Canadian country music singer. He has released four albums and charted more than 20 singles on the Canadian country charts from 2000 to present. This total includes 8 songs that have charted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart, which began publication in 2007.-Early years:Bamford was...

, Paul Brandt

Paul Brandt

Paul Rennée Belobersycky is a Canadian country music artist, known professionally as Paul Brandt. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric RN at the time of his big break...

 and many other Canadian Country stars.

Canadian Country Spotlight Minute

In addition to the one hour feature program, the Canadian Country Spotlight also includes a Monday-Friday 'Spotlight Minute' feature. The Spotlight Minute contains a one minute segment with the week's featured artist. There are also social media links on the website and online music purchases are available.

Production team

• Executive Producer: Steve Parker
• Host: Ted Roop
  Ted Roop
  Thomas Edward Roop is an Canadian radio and media personality most notable for the Roop, Wix and Meg In The Morning which since March 3, 2008 has been broadcasting on 104.1 The Dock . Not only is Ted one of the hosts of the morning show on The DOCK CICZ-FM, he is also Director of Programming for...
  
  
• Online Host: Pete Walker
• Producer: Brian Cox

Website features

The website features the bio's of all artists that are featured on the show. Another feature are the online interviews. Each week, the featured artist's interview is played in it's entirety with website Host, Pete Walker

Pete Walker

Peter Brian Walker is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Walker is a graduate of East Lyme High School in East Lyme, Connecticut. He completed his college degree at Charter Oak State College. He attended the University of Connecticut and was drafted by the New York Mets...

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External links

• Official Web Site of The Canadian Country Spotlight at canadiancountryspotlight.com
• Ted Roop's Official Web Site at TedRoop.com