Jazz Beat was a Canadian

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 aired Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. on CBC Radio 2 and at 11 p.m. 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...

. Hosted by Katie Malloch

Katie Malloch

Katie Malloch is a Canadian broadcaster who currently hosts the series Tonic, a nightly jazz program on CBC Radio 2. Until March 2007, she was host of Jazz Beat. A graduate of McGill University, Malloch began freelancing for the CBC in 1972, and became a staff announcer in 1975.She is married to...

, the program profiled contemporary jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 through concerts, recorded music and interviews.

The last episode was broadcast March 18, 2007. Malloch is now the weekday host for Tonic

Tonic (radio program)

Tonic is a Canadian radio program, which debuted on March 19, 2007 on CBC Radio 2. Blending jazz music with Latin jazz, soul, R&B and world groove, and airing from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. nightly, the program is hosted by Katie Malloch from Montreal weekdays and Tim Tamashiro from Calgary on weekends....

, a two-hour jazz show airing nightly from 6 PM to 8 PM on CBC Radio 2.