Ontario Today
Ontario Today is a Canadian talk radio program hosted by Rita Celli on CBC Radio One. The program is broadcast live from the studios of CBO-FM in the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre weekdays, and it is carried on all CBC Radio One transmitters in Ontario. The program generally consists of news reports for the first half-hour, followed by a half-hour call-in segment on various topics.
| Running time | 12:00 pm–1:00 pm |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | CBC Radio One |
| Hosted by | Rita Celli |
| Recording studio | CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre |
| Website | cbc.ca/ontariotoday |
Interim hosts of the program while regular host Rita Celli was on maternity leave have included Hallie Cotnam and Kathleen Petty.[1]
The program was previously hosted by Alan Neal from 2003 to 2006. Ontario Today launched in 1997 as a province-wide two-hour programme produced out of CBC Ottawa, replacing Radio Noon, which was the umbrella name of five different midday programmes by CBC Radio stations in Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor, Sudbury, and Thunder Bay.[2] Radio Noon, had consisted of an hour from noon to one that was locally produced while the second hour was a province-wide phone-in.[3][4][5] Radio Noon continues to be the name of the similar noon-hour programs on CBC Radio One's stations in Manitoba, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.
See also
References
- "Kathleen Petty returns to CBC Radio on Monday". Ottawa Citizen, October 16, 2012.
- "Radio Noons chopped CBC replaces five regional shows with one". The Globe and Mail; Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]09 June 1997: C.2.
- "New format emphasizes news": [FINAL Edition] Shaw, Ted. The Windsor Star; Windsor, Ont. [Windsor, Ont]20 Aug 1997: E.5.
- ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF: [FINAL Edition] Star Staff and News Services. The Windsor Star; Windsor, Ont. [Windsor, Ont]17 June 1997: B.6.
- "CBLA-FM | History of Canadian Broadcasting".