Shelagh Rogers to leave Sounds Like Canada
CBC Radio’s Shelagh Rogers, host of the flagship Sounds Like Canada program, will leave the show at the end of May. The program will continue through the summer with guest hosts, then Shelagh may return in the fall with a new program.
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I was afraid to read past the headlines, Shelagh Rogers leaves, afraid that she would be leaving for good.
Good news that she will return with a new program, she will stay with us.
We love Shelagh!!!
Shelagh may return …or she may not.
I’ve been listening to Shelagh and her crew since her show was operating as This Morning. Good to see it’s not a complete parting of the ways, but it’s still a shock to the system.
I for one have been advocating that it was time to move Shelagh on to something new. Also Michael Enright.
I know we all love them, but I finally had to admit that I just enjoyed their programs more when someone else was guest hosting.
I vote Kevin Sylvester for SLC. I enjoyed his hosting immensely.
Noooooooo!
I’ll miss Shelagh but hope she finds something she enjoys. Please do NOT bring in Kevin Sylvester as host. I never enjoy the show as much when he is hosting. I vote for more air time for Bernard St. Laurent!
Though Rogers is wonderful, I’d rather hear her doing something else, maybe an hour-long show instead. Same for Enright.
Maybe there will be something more for that honey-voiced radio god Ian Brown…..
Ian Brown, yes.
It’s no wonder Shelagh is leaving. You’ve made it impossible for her to have a show of any substance. There are no longer any interviews with authors and new books, for instance. I used to tune in to see what new books our authors were publishing. It’s so sad for Canadian literature not to have a voice on radio, and with Shelagh so gifted at talking about books. You at CBC seem to think the public doesn’t read and has no interest in our literature and culture.
Thank God.
Better late than never, but this decision is about 6 years late.
Pamela: How, then, do we explain the continued success of events like Canada Reads, if you’re right?
Shelagh Rogers is one of the only reasons I listened to CBC radio at all.
With all the abundant streaming and podcasting on the internet, CBC should devote itself to excellence in the fine arts – not to the "pop culture crap" that I unfortuately hear from its studios lately. UTTER infantile bunk. Leave that to the commercial stations, PLEASE! There must be SOME refuge for listeners with more mature musical tastes!
I vote for Ian Brown. But no to Kevin Sylvester!
Or better yet – Matt Galloway
Ian Brown — yes, yes.
Or, dare I say it: Ralph Benmergui ?
Bernard Saint-Laurent would be welcome too.
To Dwight: Canada Reads has nothing to do with thoughtful author interviews. Not to say it’s terrible; the former just doesn’t properly replace the latter.
I am just so concerned about what is happening at CBC Radio, both the Radio One and Radio Two. I once listened to practically every program on Radio One and occasionally to Radio Two, but in the past 2-3 years, content has been ‘dumbed down’ and there appears to be a concentrated effort to join ‘mainstream’ pop-culture and adopt a "damn the over 40 audience." The Arts, serious political analysis, literature, meaningful interviews, classical music are all gradually disappearing in favour of the "instant gratification’ set. Attempting to attract an audience which has NO interest in public radio, at the expense of the many who do (and have for years) seems so tawdry, and will instead assure us being condemned to the gradual fate of American radio and its accompanying culture, where only NPR bears any resemblance to intelligent broadcasting. Sheesh already!
Canada Reads probably doesn’t replace the interviews. The debates do have their own charms, though! Particularly this latest go-round with Zaib Shaikh vs. Steve McLean vs. the rest…
She has a voice like butta, a laugh that makes my heart sing and an intellect and personality that soar far above the rest. Please don’t let her go too far. I’d be willing to settle for another thirty years of her magnificent personality.
Nelly–
Perhaps not "damn the over 40 audience" necessarily. Me and most of my friends in their 20′s don’t love the trend of CBC programming any more than you.