Sunday Morning (radio program)

{{Short description|Canadian radio program}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox radio show | show_name = Sunday Morning | image = | imagesize = | caption = | other_names = | format = [[newsmagazine]] | runtime = | country = [[Canada]] | language = | home_station = [[CBC Radio One|CBC Radio]] | syndicates = | television = | presenter = [[Bronwyn Drainie]] (1976-81) [[Bruce Rogers (broadcaster)|Bruce Rogers]] (1976-77) [[Warner Troyer]] (1977-79) [[Patrick Martin (journalist)|Patrick Martin]] (1979-81) Russ Patrick (1981-83) Barbara Smith (1981-86) [[Linden MacIntyre]] (1986-88) [[Mary Lou Finlay]] (1988-94) [[Ian Brown (journalist)|Ian Brown]] (1994-97) | starring = | announcer = | creator = [[Mark Starowicz]] | writer = | director = | senior_editor = | editor = | producer = | exec_producer = | narrated = | rec_location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] | rem_location = | oth_location = | first_aired = {{Start date|1976|11|7}} | last_aired = {{End date|1997|6|15}} | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | opentheme = | othertheme = | endtheme = | sponsor = | website =  | podcast =  }} '''''Sunday Morning''''' was a Canadian radio news and information program, which aired on [[CBC Radio One]] from 1976 to 1997.<ref name=gently>"Going gently into that good night". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 14, 1997.</ref>

Created by producer [[Mark Starowicz]] as a "''[[Sunday New York Times]]'' of the air",<ref name=blockbuster>"CBC radio launches blockbuster with Mackenzie King talking to ghosts". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 6, 1976.</ref> the magazine style program was one of the highest-budget and highest-rated shows on CBC Radio during its run.<ref name=gently/> Although the program's centrepiece was radio documentaries,<ref name=backtothree>"Back to three hours on Sunday Morning". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 8, 1990.</ref> the show also featured interviews, round table discussions, book reviews, arts reports, puzzles and various features designed to resemble an audio version of a high-end newspaper.<ref name=gently/>

==History== The program, running three hours from 9 a.m. to noon in the Eastern time zone and further west, featured coverage of current news during the first two hours, and focused on arts during the final hour. The program was launched in 1976 with [[Bronwyn Drainie]] and [[Bruce Rogers (broadcaster)|Bruce Rogers]] as hosts.<ref name=blockbuster/> Rogers was replaced after several months by [[Warner Troyer]].<ref>"McLean, Solway shows get the axe". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 14, 1977.</ref>

In 1979, Troyer reduced his workload, continuing as a literary critic for the program but retiring as cohost;<ref>"Show airs Russian jazz (Russian jazz?!)" ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', May 26, 1979.</ref> he was succeeded by [[Patrick Martin (journalist)|Patrick Martin]].<ref>"When does Sunday Morning start Tuesday". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 14, 1979.</ref>

[[Stuart McLean]] was associated with the show in its early years as a documentary reporter and producer.<ref name=torstar>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/02/15/stuart-mclean-longtime-host-of-cbc-radios-vinyl-cafe-has-died.html "Stuart McLean, longtime host of CBC Radio’s ‘Vinyl Cafe,’ has died"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', February 15, 2017.</ref> He won an [[ACTRA Award]] in 1979 for "Operation White Knight", his ''Sunday Morning'' documentary about the [[Jonestown Massacre]].<ref>"CBC scores landslide in ACTRA awards" ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 5, 1979.</ref>

For much of its run, comedian [[Nancy White (singer-songwriter)|Nancy White]] contributed a weekly satirical song to the second hour of the program.<ref>"Opera surprise winner". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 23, 1978.</ref>

In 1981, the program won two ACTRA Awards, for Best Radio Program and Best Host or Interviewer in a Radio Program (Martin and Drainie).<ref>"Waxman, Establishment take Actras". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 4, 1981.</ref> That fall, Martin and Drainie were replaced by [[Russ Patrick]] and [[Barbara Smith (journalist)|Barbara Smith]], and the program was revamped so that it shared the same production staff as the weekday news program ''[[As It Happens]]''.<ref name=aih>"CBC marriage works, as it happens". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 28, 1981.</ref> McLean became the show's executive producer.<ref name=aih/> Patrick left the show in 1983 to join the staff of ''[[The Journal (Canadian TV series)|The Journal]]'',<ref>"Patrick leaving The Journal". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', April 11, 1985.</ref> and Smith continued to host with a rotating stable of cohosts that included [[Eric Malling]], [[Michael Enright (broadcaster)|Michael Enright]], Christopher Thomas, Peter Benesh and [[Dale Goldhawk]].<ref name=gently/>

[[Linden MacIntyre]] became sole host of the program in 1986.<ref>"CBC's Sunday Morning gets new host Aug. 24". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', June 10, 1986.</ref> He was succeeded by [[Mary Lou Finlay]] in 1988.<ref>"Finlay leaves Journal for radio". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', September 23, 1988.</ref> She left the series in 1994,<ref>"CBC Radio to revamp Sunday Morning". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', March 12, 1994.</ref> and was succeeded by [[Ian Brown (journalist)|Ian Brown]], the show's final host.<ref name=gently/>

The series ended in 1997 after twenty years when CBC Radio merged ''Sunday Morning'' with ''[[Morningside (radio program)|Morningside]]'' to create the new morning series ''[[This Morning (radio program)|This Morning]]''.<ref name=gently/> In 2000, the programming schedule was altered again and the Sunday morning block was made a separate program again as ''[[The Sunday Edition (CBC Radio)|The Sunday Edition]]''.

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