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CBC radio host Andy Barrie to retire

TORONTO – Radio veteran Andy Barrie is leaving CBC Radio One's Toronto morning program after 15 years.He will host the show until March 1st, and will “continue to be a member of the CBC family in a re-imagined capacity”, the CBC said in an announcement on Monday. A new host will be named later this month.Barrie, 65, began hosting Metro Morning on 99.1FM in 1995. The show, which airs weekdays from 5:30 – 8:30 a.m., was often Toronto's top rated morning radio program.www.cbc.ca