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Day 6 is a Canadian radio program hosted by Brent Bambury, which airs Saturdays on CBC Radio One. [1] The show presents a mix of the week's stories, including both news and cultural or entertainment topics, predominantly through interviews.

At the end of each episode, the program presents a "Riffed from the Headlines" segment, in which clips from three songs are spliced together as a clue to a news story from the previous week to which listeners are invited to send in guesses. This feature was retained from a similar segment in Bambury's prior series Go .

The program debuted on September 11, 2010, in the time slot formerly held by Go. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Saturday morning guy; Saint John native Brent Bambury hosts new CBC radio show 'Day 6'". The Telegraph-Journal , September 20, 2010.