Shelagh Rogers
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Shelagh Rogers, OC
(born 1956) is a Canadian
radio broadcaster. She is currently the host of CBC Radio One
's The Next Chapter
.
Rogers grew up in Ottawa
, Ontario
. She was the "Head Girl" at her high school, Lisgar Collegiate Institute
. She played in the Ottawa Youth Orchestra and was a spare on the Reach for the Top
team. Rogers began her career in broadcasting at CFRC, the campus radio station of Queen's University. She also worked at Kingston, Ontario
's CKWS, hosting a country music
program while still a student at Queen's. She later went on to produce a daily current affairs show and served as the station's weather reporter.
, hosting the local current affairs programs and jazz and classical music broadcasts. In 1982, she became host of the national classical concert program Mostly Music, although she had been the interim host during the summer and fall of 1981. She won an ACTRA Award
in 1983 for Best Host/Interviewer.
In 1984, she moved to CBC radio's Toronto station. In addition to hosting local programs, she became a frequent contributor to many of the network's national programs, including Morningside
and Basic Black
. She was also the founding host of The Arts Tonight
.
She became a frequent guest host of Morningside, and in 1995 the program's host and producer, Peter Gzowski
, named Rogers the show's permanent guest host.
When Gzowski retired from the CBC in 1997, Rogers moved to CBC Radio Two
as host of Take Five. (Morningside was replaced by This Morning
, hosted in its first year by Michael Enright and Avril Benoit
.) During this time, Rogers was also a contributor to TVOntario
's book program Imprint, and host of Saturday Night at the Movies
.
In 2000, Rogers returned to Radio One as host of This Morning, after Enright became host of Sunday Edition
. She hosted This Morning for two years, during which she was awarded the John Drainie Award for a making a significant contribution to broadcasting in Canada. In 2001, she received an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario
. In 2002, the CBC replaced This Morning with two morning shows, Sounds Like Canada
and The Current
(hosted by Anna Maria Tremonti
).
Six months into the first season of Sounds Like Canada, Rogers took a short-term health leave from the CBC, dealing with extreme high blood pressure. She also acknowledged a longtime battle with depression. She was off for a few months and continued to host Sounds Like Canada after her return. In 2003 she moved, along with the show, to Vancouver
, British Columbia
.
In June 2006, Rogers had her head shaved in Edmonton, showing support for a colleague with cancer while she raised money for cancer research.
Rogers left Sounds Like Canada at the end of May 2008, in part to deal with depression. The show ended its six-year run in September 2008 after being hosted by a series of guests. It was replaced by the rescheduled Q
.
Rogers now hosts The Next Chapter, a new weekly show on Canadian writers and writing.
Rogers wrote the foreword to fellow broadcaster Max Ferguson
's memoir of his life at the CBC, And Now... Here's Max.
And authored Canada published by Key Porter featuring photograph's by Mike Grandmaison. She received a Transforming Lives Award
from CAM-H in 2008. In 2010 she received the Hero Award from the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario and an award from
Native Counselling Services of Alberta for working on reconciliation. She was also named Ambassador at Large for the Canadian Canoe Museum.
In 2010, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
"for her contributions as a promoter of Canadian culture, and for her volunteer work in the fields of mental health and literacy".
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
(born 1956) is 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 broadcaster. She is currently the host of 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...
's The Next Chapter
The Next Chapter (radio program)
The Next Chapter is a Canadian radio program, which airs on CBC Radio One. Hosted by Shelagh Rogers, the program is an hour-long weekly magazine show on books and literature, including interviews with writers. The program was launched in 2008, replacing Ian Brown's similar show Talking...
.
Rogers grew up in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. She was the "Head Girl" at her high school, Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Lisgar Collegiate Institute
Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.Lisgar Collegiate Institute, one of the country's best regarded public schools, is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal and is only a few blocks from Canada's Parliament Hill...
. She played in the Ottawa Youth Orchestra and was a spare on the Reach for the Top
Reach for the Top
Reach for the Top is a Canadian game show in which teams of high school students participate in local, provincial and eventually national trivia tournaments...
team. Rogers began her career in broadcasting at CFRC, the campus radio station of Queen's University. She also worked at Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
's CKWS, hosting a 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...
program while still a student at Queen's. She later went on to produce a daily current affairs show and served as the station's weather reporter.
Life and career
She graduated from Queen's University's arts program (Art history) in 1977. In 1980, Rogers joined CBC radio in OttawaOttawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, hosting the local current affairs programs and jazz and classical music broadcasts. In 1982, she became host of the national classical concert program Mostly Music, although she had been the interim host during the summer and fall of 1981. She won an ACTRA Award
ACTRA Award
The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television, film and radio industry. Organized and presented by ACTRA, the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists, which represented performers, writers and broadcast journalists, the Nellie statuettes...
in 1983 for Best Host/Interviewer.
In 1984, she moved to CBC radio's Toronto station. In addition to hosting local programs, she became a frequent contributor to many of the network's national programs, including Morningside
Morningside (radio program)
Morningside was a nationally broadcast Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio from September 20, 1976 to May 30, 1997. It was broadcast from 9AM to 12 Noon, Monday to Friday...
and Basic Black
Basic Black (CBC program)
Basic Black was a long-running radio on CBC Radio hosted by Arthur Black. It was an eclectic show that mixed quirky tunes along with often humorous interviews with Canadians from all walks of life....
. She was also the founding host of The Arts Tonight
The Arts Tonight
The Arts Tonight was a Canadian radio program. The show aired weeknights from 10:00 to 10:40 p.m. on CBC Radio One. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel, the program covered theatre, dance, books, music and visual arts in Canada in a magazine and interview format. It was followed at 10:40 p.m. by Between the...
.
She became a frequent guest host of Morningside, and in 1995 the program's host and producer, Peter Gzowski
Peter Gzowski
Peter Gzowski, was a Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, most famous for his work on the CBC radio show Morningside. His first biographer argued that Gzowski's contribution to Canadian media must be considered in the context of efforts by a generation of Canadian nationalists to understand...
, named Rogers the show's permanent guest host.
When Gzowski retired from the CBC in 1997, Rogers moved to CBC Radio Two
CBC Radio Two
CBC Radio 2 is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Previously concentrating on classical music and jazz, during 2007 and 2008 the network transitioned towards a new "adult music" format with a variety of genres, with the previously dominant classical genre...
as host of Take Five. (Morningside was replaced by This Morning
This Morning (radio program)
This Morning was a Canadian radio program which aired from 1997 to 2002 on CBC Radio One. It was not always successful with CBC audiences, and underwent several format and hosting changes during its lifetime....
, hosted in its first year by Michael Enright and Avril Benoit
Avril Benoît
Avril Benoît is a Canadian broadcaster best known for her radio programmes and documentaries on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2006, after two decades in journalism, she left the CBC to join Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders Canada as director of communications...
.) During this time, Rogers was also a contributor to TVOntario
TVOntario
TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
's book program Imprint, and host of Saturday Night at the Movies
Saturday Night at the Movies
Saturday Night at the Movies is a weekly television series on TVOntario, the public educational television network in Ontario, Canada. The series presents classic movies, followed by interview and feature segments with directors, actors and other people involved in making the films presented...
.
In 2000, Rogers returned to Radio One as host of This Morning, after Enright became host of Sunday Edition
Sunday Edition
Sunday Edition is 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 is wide...
. She hosted This Morning for two years, during which she was awarded the John Drainie Award for a making a significant contribution to broadcasting in Canada. In 2001, she received an honorary degree from the University of Western Ontario
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
. In 2002, the CBC replaced This Morning with two morning shows, Sounds Like Canada
Sounds Like Canada
Sounds Like Canada was a Canadian radio program, which aired weekday mornings on CBC Radio One from 2002 to 2008. Until the end of May 2008, the program was hosted by the award-winning broadcaster Shelagh Rogers, and in the summers by a rotating series of guest hosts...
and The Current
The Current (radio program)
The Current is a Canadian current affairs radio program, hosted by investigative reporter Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC Radio One. It airs weekdays starting at 8:37 a.m. local time and runs until 10 a.m. for most of the year, although during the summer the program airs until 9:30 a.m...
(hosted by Anna Maria Tremonti
Anna Maria Tremonti
Anna Maria Tremonti is a Canadian radio and television journalist, who has been featured on a variety of programs on the CBC.She has previously been a senior reporter for The National, and a host of The Fifth Estate...
).
Six months into the first season of Sounds Like Canada, Rogers took a short-term health leave from the CBC, dealing with extreme high blood pressure. She also acknowledged a longtime battle with depression. She was off for a few months and continued to host Sounds Like Canada after her return. In 2003 she moved, along with the show, to Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
.
In June 2006, Rogers had her head shaved in Edmonton, showing support for a colleague with cancer while she raised money for cancer research.
Rogers left Sounds Like Canada at the end of May 2008, in part to deal with depression. The show ended its six-year run in September 2008 after being hosted by a series of guests. It was replaced by the rescheduled Q
Q (radio show)
Q is a Canadian radio show, which airs on CBC Radio One. Hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, the program is a national arts magazine show. The program is also now syndicated to public radio stations in the United States through Public Radio International....
.
Rogers now hosts The Next Chapter, a new weekly show on Canadian writers and writing.
Rogers wrote the foreword to fellow broadcaster Max Ferguson
Max Ferguson
Max Ferguson, OC is a Canadian radio personality and satirist, best known for his long-running programs Rawhide and The Max Ferguson Show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ....
's memoir of his life at the CBC, And Now... Here's Max.
And authored Canada published by Key Porter featuring photograph's by Mike Grandmaison. She received a Transforming Lives Award
from CAM-H in 2008. In 2010 she received the Hero Award from the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario and an award from
Native Counselling Services of Alberta for working on reconciliation. She was also named Ambassador at Large for the Canadian Canoe Museum.
In 2010, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
"for her contributions as a promoter of Canadian culture, and for her volunteer work in the fields of mental health and literacy".
External links
- http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/03/08/rogers-radio.html
- http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2008/03/13/soundslikecanada-cancellation.html