Stations in Canada's CBC Radio One network each produce some local programming in addition to the network schedule.
The amount of local programming may vary from station to station. For instance, some stations in smaller markets may produce their own morning show but air an afternoon show from another station. Some stations in major markets also preempt some regular network programming in favour of an extended local schedule.
Some regional programming is also produced which is shared by all stations in a province. This most commonly applies to daily noon-hour shows, weekend morning shows and a Saturday afternoon arts and culture magazine.
Content
Local programs on CBC Radio One feature news and human interest content local to the region they serve. Each program also includes both national and local news headline segments. Some general content segments, such as business news reports, science news reports and entertainment reviews, air across the network on all local programs.
Some local segments from the various morning and afternoon programs are also aired on the national network program The Story from Here.
At the top of each hour during the morning and afternoon programs, national newscasts – World Report in the mornings and The World This Hour in the afternoons – air for the first ten minutes. A shorter local newscast typically airs at the half-hour mark.
On statutory holidays, nearly all local programming is preempted in favour of network-wide special programming. In heavily populated provinces like Ontario, the various local morning shows within often rotate broadcasting for the entire province. On Christmas Day, the entire daytime broadcasting schedule, and most of the evening is preempted for holiday music programming except for news programming such as World Report and Your World Tonight.
Weekday programming
Local morning shows air from 5:30 or 6 local time, depending on the station, to 8:30. They are followed by a local news update, and then The Current at 8:37. The sole exception is Qulliq, the program from Nunavut, which begins at 6:30 ET and airs until 9:30 ET. As of the 2015-16 television season, the 6:00 hour of these programs outside of CBC North air on local CBC television stations.
Local afternoon shows on CBC Radio One air from 4 to 6 local time, except in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria, where they start at 3. Rebroadcasters outside of those cities do not air the first hour of the extended afternoon shows; they stay with regional or conventional network programming and then rejoin their host station's afternoon show at 4.
In addition to the standard local programming blocks, the stations in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and northern Quebec also preempt much of the network's afternoon schedule to produce additional local programming in aboriginal languages. See CBC North for further information. (Pre-6 morning show start times are listed in brackets in the table)
City Station Morning show5:30 or 6:00 to 8:30 Noon show12:00 to 1:00 Afternoon show3:00 or 4:00 to 6:00AlbertaCalgary CBR Calgary Eyeopener (Loren McGinnis and Angela Knight) Alberta @ Noon (Andrew Brown) The Homestretch (Chris dela Torre)Edmonton CBX Edmonton A.M. (Tara McCarthy and Colton Hutchinson) (5:30) Radio Active (Jennifer Ng and Min Dhariwal)British ColumbiaKamloops CBYK-FM Daybreak Kamloops (Shelley Joyce) BC Today (Michelle Eliot) Radio West (Sarah Penton)Kelowna CBTK-FM Daybreak South (Chris Walker)Prince George CBYG-FM Daybreak North (Carolina de Ryk)Prince Rupert CFPRVancouver CBU The Early Edition (Stephen Quinn) (5:00) On the Coast (Gloria Macarenko)Victoria CBCV-FM On the Island (Gregor Craigie) (5:30) All Points West (Jason D'Souza)ManitobaThompson CBWK-FM Information Radio (Marcy Markusa) Radio Noon (Marjorie Dowhos) Up to Speed (Faith Fundal)Winnipeg CBWNew BrunswickFredericton CBZF-FM Information Morning (Jeanne Armstrong) Maritime Noon (Bob Murphy) Shift 4:00 to 6:00 (Vanessa Vander Valk)Moncton CBAM-FM Information Morning (Vanessa Blanch)Saint John CBD-FM Information Morning (Emily Brass)Newfoundland and LabradorCorner Brook CBY CBC Newfoundland Morning (Martin Jones and Bernice Hillier) (6:00) The Signal (Adam Walsh) On the Go (Krissy Holmes) (4:00), The Broadcast (Paula Gale) (6:00)GanderGrand Falls-Windsor CBGCBT-FMHappy Valley-Goose Bay CFGB-FM Labrador Morning (Rhivu Rashid) (5:30)St. John's CBN The St. John's Morning Show (Jen White) (5:30 am)Northwest TerritoriesInuvikCHAKQulliq (Teresa Qiatsuq) (4:30), The Trailbreaker (Hilary Bird)Northwind (Wanda McLeod)Nantaii (William Firth) (1 pm), Legots'edeh (Mary Anne Williams) (2:00), Tusaavik (Dodie Malegana), Trail's EndYellowknifeCFYK-FMTide Godi (Cecilia Boyd) (1 pm), Dehcho Dene (Jimmy Hope) (2 pm), Denesuline Yatia (Marline Grooms), Trail's End Nova ScotiaHalifax CBHA-FM Information Morning (Portia Clark) Maritime Noon (Bob Murphy) Mainstreet (Jeff Douglas) 3:00 (or 4:00 outside HRM) to 6:00Sydney CBI Information Morning (Steve Sutherland) Mainstreet (Wendy Bergfeldt) 4:00 to 6:00NunavutIqaluitCFFBQulliq (Teresa Qiatsuq) (6:30)Nipivut (Pauline Pemik)Tausunni (1 pm), Tuttavik, Tusaajaksat, Tusaavik, Sinnaksautit (10 pm)Rankin InletCBQR-FMQulliq (Teresa Qiatsuq) (5:30) Nipivut (Pauline Pemik) (11 am)Tausunni (noon), Tuttavik (2:00), Tusaajaksat, Tusaavik, Sinnaksautit (9 pm)OntarioLondon CBCL-FM London Morning Ontario Today (Amanda Pfeffer) Afternoon Drive (Matt Allen)Ottawa CBO-FM Ottawa Morning (Rebecca Zandbergen) All in a Day (Alan Neal) Eastern Ontario Ontario Morning (Ramraajh Sharvendiran)Sudbury CBCS-FM Morning North (Markus Schwabe) Up North (Jonathan Pinto)Thunder Bay CBQT-FM Superior Morning (Mary-Jean Cormier)Toronto CBLA-FM Metro Morning (Chris Glover) Here and Now (Farrah Merali)Southern Ontario Ontario Morning (Ramraajh Sharvendiran)Kitchener-Waterloo CBLA-FM-2 The Morning Edition (Craig Norris)"CBC launches new Waterloo Region station March 11". CBC News, January 22, 2013.Windsor CBEW-FM Windsor Morning (Amy Dodge) Afternoon Drive (Matt Allen)Prince Edward IslandCharlottetown CBCT-FM Island Morning (Mitch Cormier) Maritime Noon (Bob Murphy) Mainstreet 4:00 to 6:00 (Steve Bruce)QuebecChisasibi (Eeyou Istchee)CBMP-FMQuebec AM (Julia Caron), WinschgaougEyou Dipajimoon (Marjorie Kitty)Winschgaoug (Elma Moses), Breakaway (Alison Brunette)Kuujjuaq (Nunavik)CFFB-FM-5Quebec AM, Qulliq (Teresa Qiatsuq)NipivutTausunni (1 pm) (Isabela Katokra), Tuttavik (2 pm) (Alec Gordon), Tusaavik (Dodie Malegana), Tusaajaksat (Robert Kabvitok and Lissie Aniviapik), Tusaavik (Dodie Malegana), Sinnaksautit (10 pm)Montreal CBME-FM Daybreak Montreal (Sean Henry) (5:30 am) Radio Noon (Shawn Apel) Let's Go (Sabrina Marandola)Quebec City CBVE-FM Quebec AM (Julia Caron) Breakaway (Alison Brunette)SaskatchewanRegina CBK The Morning Edition (Stefani Langenegger) Blue Sky (Leisha Grebinski) The 306 (Peter Mills)Saskatoon CBK-1-FM Saskatoon Morning (Stephanie Massicotte)YukonWhitehorse CFWH-FM Yukon Morning (Elyn Jones) Midday Café (Leonard Linklater) Airplay (Dave White)
Weekend programming Each province and territory also has a regional weekend morning show, which airs provincewide Saturday and Sunday mornings from 6 to 9, and most also have a regional arts and culture magazine which airs on Saturday afternoons scheduled around the live nationwide call-in show, Just Asking, depending on the local time zone. Stations in the Atlantic provinces air an additional regional arts and culture program on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 AT, due in part to a hole in the schedule created by the fact that Cross Country Checkup airs live across Canada at 5:00 AT. CBI in Sydney airs the long running Island Echoes, a weekly cultural program on Saturday evenings at 8:00 AT.
In parts of Western Canada, however, distinct Saturday afternoon arts and culture magazines are no longer aired; the stations air a repeat broadcast of the national network program Unreserved.
As of October 2025, the regional arts and culture magazine shows from Toronto, Atlantic Canada, Alberta and British Columbia are also rebroadcast nationally on CBC Music on Sunday nights."These 4 regional radio shows are going national on CBC Music". CBC Music, October 10, 2025.
City Station Saturday morning6:00 to 9:00 Saturday afternoon5:00 to 6:00 Saturday evening8:00 to 9:00 Sunday morning6:00 to 9:00 Sunday afternoon4:00 to 5:00AlbertaCalgary CBR Daybreak Alberta (Paul Karchut) Key of A (Tarik Robinson) n/a Daybreak Alberta (Paul Karchut) n/aEdmonton CBXBritish ColumbiaKamloops CBYK-FM North by Northwest (Margaret Gallagher) Vibin (Rohit Joseph) n/a North by Northwest (Margaret Gallagher) n/aKelowna CBTK-FMPrince George CBYG-FMPrince Rupert CFPRVancouver CBUVictoria CBCV-FMManitobaThompson CBWK-FM The Weekend Morning Show (Nadia Kidwai) Unreserved (Rosanna Deerchild) n/a The Weekend Morning Show (Nadia Kidwai) n/aWinnipeg CBWNew BrunswickFredericton CBZF-FM Weekend Mornings (Bill Roach) East Coast Music Hour (Bill Roach) n/a Weekend Mornings (6:00–8:30), Atlantic Voice (Lindsay Bird) (8:30–9:00) Maritime Connection (Preston Mulligan)Moncton CBAM-FMSaint John CBD-FMNewfoundland and LabradorCorner Brook CBY Weekend AM (Heather Barrett) East Coast Music Hour (Bill Roach) n/a Weekend AM (Heather Barrett) Deep Roots (Tom Power)Gander CBGHappy Valley-Goose Bay CFGB-FMSt. John's CBNNorthwest TerritoriesInuvikCHAK The Weekender (Jared Monkman) Unreserved (Rosanna Deerchild) (4:00-5:00), Dene Yati n/a The Weekender (Jared Monkman) Voice of the Gwich'in (William Firth) (5:00)Yellowknife CFYK-FM Nova ScotiaHalifax CBHA-FM Weekend Mornings (Bill Roach) East Coast Music Hour (Bill Roach) n/a Weekend Mornings (6:00–8:30), Atlantic Voice (Lindsay Bird) (8:30–9:00) Maritime Connection (Preston Mulligan)Sydney CBI Island Echoes (Wendy Bergfeldt)NunavutIqaluit CFFB Saturday Morning Show (Toby Otak) Unreserved (Rosanna Deerchild) (4:00) n/a Sunday Morning Show (Toby Otak)Sunday Request Show (3:00)Rankin InletCBQR-FM Saturday Morning Show (Toby Otak) (5:00) Unreserved (Rosanna Deerchild) (3:00) Sunday Morning Show (Toby Otak) (5:00)Sunday Request Show (2:00)OntarioOttawa CBO-FM In Town and Out (Giacomo Panico) In the Key of C (Craig Norris) n/a Fresh Air (Ismaila Alfa) n/aEastern Ontario Fresh Air (Ismaila Alfa)Sudbury CBCS-FMThunder Bay CBQT-FMToronto CBLA-FM Big City, Small World (Errol Nazareth)Southern Ontario In the Key of C (Craig Norris)Windsor CBEW-FMPrince Edward IslandCharlottetown CBCT-FM Weekend Mornings (Bill Roach) East Coast Music Hour (Bill Roach) n/a Weekend Mornings (6:00–8:30), Atlantic Voice (Lindsay Bird) (8:30–9:00) Maritime Connection (Preston Mulligan)QuebecChisasibi (Eeyou Istchee)CBMP-FMAll in a Weekend (Sonali Karnick) The Bridge (Nantali Indongo)n/a All in a Weekend (Sonali Karnick) n/aKuujjuaq (Nunavik)CFFB-FM-5Saturday Morning Show (Toby Otak)Unreserved (Rosanna Deerchild) (4:00)Sunday Morning Show (Toby Otak) Montreal CBME-FM All in a Weekend (Sonali Karnick) The Bridge (Nantali Indongo) All in a Weekend (Sonali Karnick) Quebec City CBVE-FMSaskatchewanRegina CBK Saskatchewan Weekend (Shauna Powers) Unreserved (Rosanna Deerchild) n/a Saskatchewan Weekend (Shauna Powers) n/aYukonWhitehorse CFWH-FM The Weekender (Marc Winkler) Unreserved (Rosanna Deerchild) (4:00), Rencontres n/a The Weekender (Marc Winkler) Voice of the Gwich'in (William Firth) (5 pm)
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