The Current (radio program)
Canadian current affairs radio program airing on CBC Radio One
The Current is a Canadian current affairs radio program which airs weekday mornings on CBC Radio One. It airs from 8:37 a.m. local time to 10 a.m., with the exception of Newfoundland, where it runs from 9:07 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
The show features interview sessions and radio documentaries that typically take up a half hour each.
History
The program premiered in 2002, and was hosted from its inception by investigative journalist Anna Maria Tremonti. It was created as a replacement for This Morning, partially in response to criticism that the prior program's prerecorded format had hamstrung the network's ability to pivot to a live breaking news broadcast on the day of the September 11 attacks.
Tremonti retired from the program in June 2019. Laura Lynch served as interim host until the end of 2019, and Matt Galloway took over as the program's new permanent host effective January 6, 2020.
During the COVID-19 pandemic until May 15, 2020, The Current's runtime was extended to the rest of the morning for most of the nation to cover that issue, replacing Q (although it still had its shorter evening broadcast slot) and the various half-hour 11:30 AM shows with the host of the former show, Tom Power appearing for selected arts stories related to the pandemic.
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