Sounds Like Canada

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Sounds Like Canada is a Canadian radio program, which airs weekday mornings on CBC Radio One. The program is hosted by Shelagh Rogers from Vancouver, and airs programming which covers cultural and human interest stories relevant to Canadians. Jian Ghomeshi, Jim Brown, Rick Cluff, Kevin Sylvester and Bill Richardson have also acted as guest hosts.

The show first aired in 2002, when Radio One split its former morning program, This Morning, into two new programs: The Current took over the news and current affairs portion of This Morning's programming, and Sounds Like Canada took over the cultural and human interest areas.

Content on the program may include interviews with artists, musicians, writers, comedians or filmmakers, concert performances, comedy segments, human interest features, and panel discussions on cultural topics such as literature, cuisine, wine or sports.

Sounds Like Canada airs from 10:00 to 11:30 weekday mornings, and is followed by a half-hour information or radio drama series, except on Wednesdays when it airs until noon.

On all weekdays except Mondays, one feature from Sounds Like Canada is repeated in the evenings on Nighttime Review. During the summer, the program broadcasts with guest hosts as Sounds Like Canada in the Summer, and features a mix of new and repeated features.

CBC has announced Rogers will leave Sounds Like Canada at the end of May, 2008 and the show will likely continue until the end of August hosted by guests, or airing repeat broadcasts. The show will end its six-year run at that time to be replaced by another, yet to be developed show.