Daybreak Montreal

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Daybreak Montreal is a daily, early morning, English-language Canadian radio program, broadcast by CBME-FM, the CBC Radio One station in Montreal, Quebec. [1]

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In 2006, Dave Bronstetter stepped down after hosting the program for 11 years; [2] he was replaced by Mike Finnerty. [3] [4]

Finnerty, who was 41 in 2007, was born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan. He first joined CBC Radio in Quebec City as a young reporter in 1989, moving to CBC Radio Montreal in 1992. [5] Finnerty worked in London for the BBC World Service for ten years, before becoming host of Daybreak. [5]

Nancy Wood was hired as host in 2009. Her dismissal in 2010 was the subject of some controversy in Montreal. [6] [7] [8]

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  4. "Mike Finnerty – taking CBC Radio's Daybreak to new heights". The Montrealer. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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  8. Boone, Mike (15 July 2009). "Maybe it's time to wake up to a woman's voice on Daybreak; "To do what's been a man's job, any woman will do."". Montreal Gazette. ProQuest   434844000.