Daybreak Montreal

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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Boone, Mike (12 March 1994). "The dawn of a new Daybreak; Royal Orr and his team reinvent CBC morning radio". Montreal Gazette. ProQuest 432601766.
  2. ^ Kelly, Brendan (18 February 2012). "Dave Bronstetter given a classy send-off on All in a Weekend". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ Semenak, Susan (3 October 2006). "Finnerty to host Daybreak". Montreal Gazette. ProQuest 434409214.
  4. ^ "Mike Finnerty – taking CBC Radio's Daybreak to new heights". The Montrealer. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b Greenaway, Kathryn (20 January 2007). "New Daybreak host isn't asleep at the switch even if he rises at precisely 3:36 a.m". Montreal Gazette. ProQuest 434419799.
  6. ^ Aubin, Henry (6 March 2010). "Bring back Nancy Wood; The CBC Radio host was sacrificed on the altar of ratings, even though she was doing a great job". Montreal Gazette. ProQuest 434920238.
  7. ^ Boone, Mike (22 March 2010). "Numbers may not lie, but Nancy Wood's future came down to two sample listeners". Montreal Gazette. ProQuest 434893892.
  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.