CBC News announced Wednesday an expansion of local news services in Hamilton, Ontario, with a live audio weekday morning show and a weekly podcast to be added to the existing digital news offered by the station.
CBC News said in a press release it will hire up to six new roles to support the added services, which are scheduled to launch later this year.
“This is an exciting and important investment in Hamilton,” said Brodie Fenlon, general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News, in a statement. “We will double-down on CBC service to the city and surrounding area with more daily news, current affairs programming and digital content.”
“Since CBC first opened its digital station here in 2012, Hamilton has grown rapidly, diversifying its economy while expanding its arts, culture, health and sciences sectors,” said Prasanna Rajagopalan, CBC News senior managing director for Ontario, in CBC’s press release. “There are so many more Hamilton stories to tell and CBC News will be there to report them all.”
The Hamilton station’s new live audio weekday morning show will feature community interviews, news reports and “survival information”, including local traffic and weather updates, which will be available on HD Radio receivers (99.1-2) and other digital platforms as well as the CBC News app, the CBC Listen app and cbc.ca/hamilton.
The new weekly podcast “This is Hamilton” will offer audiences an additional platform to stay connected to what’s happening in their community, CBC News said. The launch of “This is Hamilton” will bring the total number of CBC News local podcasts across the country to 16 pending the upcoming launch of previously announced “This is Kelowna” and “This is Quebec”.
The announcement of the expansion of CBC News local services in Hamilton follows the recent announcement of 33 new journalists and 11 new bureaus being added in communities where CBC has little or no presence, increasing its footprint to 77 local stations and bureaus.
Hamilton is the host city of this year’s Juno Awards, which will air live Sunday, March 29 at 8 p.m. ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and on CBC Music’s YouTube channel.
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