The House (radio program)

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The House
Genrepolitics, current affairs
Running time60 minutes
Country of origin Canada
Language(s) English
Home station CBO-FM
Hosted byCatherine Cullen
Original releaseOctober 22, 1977 –
present
Website http://www.cbc.ca/thehouse/

The House is a Canadian national politics and current affairs radio program, airing nationally on Saturday mornings on CBC Radio One with repeat broadcasts Saturday nights. The show's contents and format are similar to a television Sunday morning talk show. It is produced from the studios of CBO-FM at the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre in Ottawa, Ontario.

Contents

The program's current host is Catherine Cullen. [1]

History

The program debuted on October 22, 1977, soon after the rules of the House of Commons of Canada were changed to permit radio and television broadcasts of the chamber's proceedings. The program's original concept was to simply record and air House debates, although the producers soon decided to add interview and journalism segments to broaden the program's scope and appeal.

In late 2001 and early 2002, during the same repositioning process that ultimately saw the network's weekday morning program This Morning replaced with The Current and Sounds Like Canada , media began to report that The House was also slated for cancellation. The CBC acknowledged that the show's future was under consideration, but denied that any decision to cancel it had already been made. [2] When the CBC formally announced its new programming lineup in May 2002, The House remained on the schedule. [3]

Content

The content is focused on interviews with Canadian politicians, advocates, and commentators, with infrequent radio documentaries and a weekly "in-House panel" discussion featuring a rotating roster of CBC and external political journalists including Terry Milewski, Rosemary Barton, Ici RDI's Emmanuelle Latraverse, Joël-Denis Bellavance of La Presse , and pundit Tasha Kheiriddin. In the late 2000s, it also featured a segment called "That's a Good Question," in which Kady O'Malley answered listener questions about political processes.

Apart from the serious current affairs pieces, the show has also aired some complementary entertainment features. These have included "Beat the House," where listeners are challenged to guess the identity of the mystery guest who was a notable figure in recent Canadian political news who gives a series of clues, and "A Little Housecleaning," which features political satirical humour. The Christmas episode is reserved for an annual holiday House Quiz, a game show-format political trivia competition featuring a panel of CBC journalists as competitors, each equipped with a different humorous noisemaker used to claim precedence in answering questions posed by the host about news stories from throughout the year. [4]

The digital archive on the CBC's website includes selected segments from the program dating as far back as 1978.

Hosts

The program's original host was Marguerite McDonald. [5] Since then, it has been hosted by Stephen Boissonneault, Denise Rudnicki, Judy Morrison (1980s), [6] Jason Moscovitz (1990s), [7] Anthony Germain (2001–2006), [8] Kathleen Petty (2006–2011) [8] [9] and Evan Solomon (2011–2015). [10]

After Solomon's dismissal from the CBC in June 2015, [11] Rosemary Barton hosted the first episode, [12] while parliamentary reporter Chris Hall hosted thereafter.

Hall retired from the CBC in June 2022. [13]

On August 17, 2022, it was announced that Catherine Cullen will be the new permanent host.

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References

  1. ↑ Mike Lapointe, "Catherine Cullen set to take over as host of CBC’s The House". The Hill Times , August 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ "CBC denies it has cancelled current affairs radio show". Ottawa Citizen , December 11, 2001.
  3. ↑ "Radio One mornings to change". Toronto Star , May 7, 2002.
  4. ↑ "The 2015 House Quiz!". CBC. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Marguerite McDonald, 1st host of CBC Radio's The House, dead at 73". CBC News, August 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ "CBC turns 50 with a lively birthday bash". The Globe and Mail , November 1, 1986.
  7. ↑ "CBC's Moscovitz wins journalism award". Montreal Gazette , March 28, 1995.
  8. 1 2 "CBC Newsworld's Petty to host Radio One show". The Globe and Mail . 21 June 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Kathleen Petty set to return to CBC Radio; Ready to put her illness behind her, broadcaster is eager to host Ontario Today". Ottawa Citizen , October 18, 2012.
  10. ↑ "CBC Radio One Appoints New Host for 'The House'". Broadcaster, September 8, 2011.
  11. ↑ "CBC host Evan Solomon fired after Star investigation finds he took secret cut of art deals". Toronto Star , June 9, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Rosemary Barton steps in to host CBC Radio show The House after Evan Solomon firing". The Georgia Straight , June 13, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Revolving Door". Broadcast Dialogue, June 2, 2022.
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