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==Local programming==
The station's [[CBC Radio One local programming|local morning program]] is ''[[Metro Morning]]'', and Toronto's most popular radio show in the ratings since 2004.<ref>Renhart, Anthony, "Andy Barrie battles Parkinson's; Popular CBC radio host comes out ‘as a guy with a disability'", ''Globe and Mail'', June 29, 2007</ref> It has been hosted by [[David Common]] since October 16, 2023.<ref>Kevin Jiang, [https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/veteran-journalist-david-common-taking-over-as-new-host-of-cbc-radios-metro-morning/article_8197beea-c445-5f21-99b9-db8727a29bef.html "Veteran journalist David Common taking over as new host of CBC Radio's Metro Morning"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 4, 2023.</ref> ''[[Here and Now (Toronto)|Here and Now]]'', hosted by Ramraajh Sharvendiran, airs in the afternoon slot. On weekend mornings the station produces ''Fresh Air'', hosted by Ismaila Alfa and heard throughout Ontario. Saturday afternoons the station broadcasts an arts and culture magazine, ''Big City, Small World'', hosted by Mariel Borelli.

The station also produces a second morning program, ''[[Ontario Morning]]'', which airs on most of the network's transmitters in [[Southern Ontario]] outside of the [[Greater Toronto Area|Toronto]], [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]-[[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]], [[National Capital Region (Canada)|Ottawa]], [[London, Ontario|London]] and [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] metropolitan areas. ''Ontario Morning'' is currently hosted by Nav Nanwa. Similarly, the aforementioned ''Big City, Small World'' is replaced by [[CBLA-FM-2]] Kitchener-Waterloo's ''In the Key of C'' (formerly [[CBO-FM]] Ottawa's ''[[Bandwidth (radio program)|Bandwidth]]'' until its cancellation) on all of the station's rebroadcasters outside Toronto.

Since October 2005, ''Here and Now'' has begun at 3 p.m. on CBLA's main transmitter in Toronto, unlike most CBC Radio One stations whose local afternoon programs begin at 4 p.m. However, the station's rebroadcast transmitters outside of Toronto air regular CBC network programming for the first hour and join ''Here and Now'' in progress at 4.

CBLA's rebroadcaster in [[Crystal Beach, Ontario|Crystal Beach]], which serve areas within commuting distance of Toronto, normally air ''Metro Morning'' instead of ''Ontario Morning'', but otherwise abides by the schedule used by other rebroadcasters &ndash; it carries neither the 3 p.m. hour of ''Here and Now'', nor any other specially-scheduled programming specific to the Toronto area. (For example, special weekend editions of ''Metro Morning'' aired on CBLA during the [[2010 G20 Toronto summit]]; however, the Crystal Beach and [[Paris, Ontario|Paris]] transmitters carried a morning show originating from Ottawa, as did CBLA's other rebroadcasters outside Toronto.)

In September 2011, the CBC announced plans to launch a new local radio service for the Kitchener-Waterloo area beginning in fall 2012, re-using the existing transmitter, [[CBLA-FM-2]] (89.1 FM) in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2011/26/c6357.html|title=CBC to introduce new local service to Kitchener-Waterloo|author=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|author-link=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2011-09-26|access-date=2011-09-26|archive-date=2011-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927144638/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2011/26/c6357.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therecord.com/whatson/artsentertainment/article/600405--cbc-to-expand-radio-and-internet-presence-in-kitchener-and-waterloo-by-fall-2012|title=CBC to expand radio and internet presence in Kitchener and Waterloo by fall 2012|first=Joel|last=Rubinoff|work=[[Waterloo Region Record]]|date=2011-09-27|access-date=2011-09-28}}</ref> On November 7, 2012, the CBC applied to the CRTC to convert CBLA-FM-2 to a self-sustaining FM radio station, which would carry national CBC Radio One programs, along with a minimum of 12 hours and 30 minutes a week of local programming.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-616.htm#bm2 Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2012-616], ''CRTC'', November 7, 2012</ref> The new station commenced programming on March 11, 2013,<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cbc-launches-new-waterloo-region-station-march-11-1.1311968 "CBC launches new Waterloo Region station March 11"]. [[CBC News]], January 22, 2013.</ref> but was later forced to resume rebroadcaster-only service in April, due to a misunderstanding of the application details and the conditions of the repeater license.<ref name="cbc-falsestart">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/cbc-temporarily-takes-kw-morning-show-off-air-1.1327933|title=CBC temporarily takes KW morning show off air|work=[[CBC News]]|date=2013-04-23|access-date=2013-04-23}}</ref> The new station received full approval from the CRTC on April 25, 2013.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-203.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2013-203], English-language FM radio station in Paris and licence amendment for CBLA-FM Toronto, ''CRTC'', April 25, 2013</ref> Prior to its sign-on, CBLA-FM-2 carried the same schedule as the provincial CBLA feed, apart from ''Metro Morning'' (Kitchener-Waterloo, like Crystal Beach, is also within commuting distance of Toronto).