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| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| Home station | CBC Radio One |
| Syndicates | Public Radio Exchange (US) |
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| Recording studio | Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto |
| Original release | April 16, 2007 |
| Website | www |
| Podcast | www |
q with Tom Power (previously known as Q with Jian Ghomeshi) is a Canadian arts magazine show produced by and airing on CBC Radio One, with syndication to public radio stations in the United States through Public Radio Exchange. The program mainly features interviews with prominent cultural and entertainment figures, though subjects and interviewees also deal with broader cultural topics such as their social, political and business aspects.
Though not the highest-rated show on CBC Radio One (The Current and As It Happens hold that distinction), Q is the highest rated show in its timeslot in CBC history, surpassing even Peter Gzowski who previously hosted the second hour of Morningside during the slot. The show is also regarded as standing out in CBC Radio One's schedule through attracting a younger, more social-media-adept audience than other CBC Radio programming.[1][2]
Q launched in April 2007.[3] It was hosted by Jian Ghomeshi until October 2014.
Shad was chosen by the CBC in March 2015 as Q's new permanent host.[2] His official debut as host was April 20. The show was also re-branded as q at the same time.[4]
In August 2016, the CBC announced that Shad would be replaced as host by Tom Power, formerly the host of Radio 2 Morning, in the fall.[5] Power debuted as host on October 24, 2016.
From late March to May 15, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the 10 a.m. broadcast of the program was suspended in favour of an extended broadcast of the network's morning news program The Current; however, Power was heard on The Current as a contributor of arts stories during this period. New episodes of the program still aired in the evening repeat slot, and the program was temporarily added to the schedule of CBC Music, replacing that network's 7-8 p.m. hour of regular programming.
In November 2022 the CBC announced a change to the program's format. Beginning January 30, 2023, the program's length will be reduced from 90 minutes to one hour, and will concentrate more strongly on Power's long-form interviews, while the magazine aspects of the show, such as TV/film and music panel discussions, will be transferred to the new 30-minute show Commotion, to be hosted by Elamin Abdelmahmoud.[6]
- ^ Zekas, R. (May 1, 2010). "Minding His Peace & Q's Artist in Residence Jian Ghomeshi, Host of CBC Radio's Q, Lives Quietly in a Victorian Loft in Old Cabbagetown". Toronto Star. ProQuest 230635463.
- ^ a b "CBC pics rapper Shad as new host of Q". The Globe and Mail, March 11, 2015.
- ^ "Adventures in the Radio Trade". February 2013.
- ^ Jacques Gallant (April 15, 2015). "CBC rebrands Q as q". thestar.com. Toronto Star. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ^ "CBC's Q replacing Shad as host". CBC News, August 15, 2016.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "Reimagined ‘Q with Tom Power,’ new CBC Podcasts unveiled as part of public broadcaster’s winter slate". Broadcast Dialogue, November 30, 2022.