Editing This Morning (radio program)

{{Short description|Canadian radio program}}
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'''''This Morning''''' was a Canadian [[radio program]] which aired from 1997 to 2002 on [[CBC Radio One]].<ref name=rebel>"A rebel's quest to transform CBC Radio: 'We can't afford not to change'". ''[[National Post]]'', July 27, 2002.</ref> It was not always successful with [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] audiences, and underwent several format and hosting changes during its lifetime.<ref name=roughwaters>"CBC's This Morning rides rough waters". ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'', July 20, 1998.</ref>

The program was devised as a replacement for ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]'' following [[Peter Gzowski]]'s retirement from the network. It aired weekday and Sunday mornings from 9 a.m. to noon, also replacing [[Ian Brown (journalist)|Ian Brown]]'s ''[[Sunday Morning (radio program)|Sunday Morning]]''.<ref name=reportcard>"This Morning gets its first report card". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 4, 1997.</ref> The program was hosted in its first two years by [[Michael Enright (broadcaster)|Michael Enright]] and [[Avril Benoit]].<ref name=roughwaters/>

The program was generally perceived by critics as an expanded ''Sunday Morning'' rather than a successor to ''Morningside''.<ref name=reportcard/> Listener reaction to Benoit was particularly polarized, with Benoit herself noting that "I've been accused of being dour, earnest, biased, distant, cool and flippant, all in the same package of letters."<ref name=roughwaters/>

Enright became the show's sole host in 1999, and Benoit moved on to CBC Radio's local afternoon program in [[Toronto]], ''[[Here and Now (Toronto)|Here and Now]]''.<ref>"CBC gives Benoit, Gartner new assignments". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', August 6, 1999.</ref> In 2000, the CBC discontinued the six-day format. The Sunday broadcast once again became a separate program hosted by Enright, ''[[The Sunday Edition (CBC Radio)|The Sunday Edition]]'', and [[Shelagh Rogers]] became the weekday host of ''This Morning''.<ref>"Rogers to host CBC Radio's This Morning". ''[[Kingston Whig-Standard]]'', June 30, 2000.</ref>

Following the [[September 11 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Centre]] in [[New York City]], the program faced some criticism for the flaws its format revealed in CBC Radio's ability to respond to a breaking news story.<ref name=rebel /> Because the program had been prerecorded for its [[Atlantic Time Zone]] airing, and was airing in tape delay in the [[Eastern Time Zone]] while all of the stations in [[Western Canada]] were still airing their [[CBC Radio One local programming|local morning shows]], the network had no viable way to interrupt programming in advance of its regular news break, and thus opted to wait until 10 a.m. EST to begin its coverage of the attacks.<ref name=rebel />

In part as a response to the criticism,<ref name=rebel /> the program was cancelled in 2002 and split into two new morning programs, ''[[The Current (radio program)|The Current]]'' for hard news and ''[[Sounds Like Canada]]'' for human interest and documentary features.<ref name=listening>"Is anybody listening?" ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 15, 2003.</ref> [[Anna Maria Tremonti]] became host of ''The Current'', while Rogers remained as host of ''Sounds Like Canada''.<ref name=listening />

==Note==
CBC Radio carried a daily morning radio program under the ''This Morning'' name during 1976, shortly before the debut of ''Morningside''.

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[[Category:CBC Radio One programs]]
[[Category:1997 radio programme debuts]]
[[Category:2002 radio programme endings]]
[[Category:Canadian talk radio programs]]
[[Category:1990s Canadian radio programs]]
[[Category:2000s Canadian radio programs]]