Morning News (TV series)

Morning News

The opening title for Global BC's Morning News; the location name under the Global logo and the skyline image in the background are customized for each individual Global station
Also known as Global News Morning (Ontario, 2003-2009)
This Morning Live (Quebec, 2001-2008)
Global News Morning Edition (Edmonton/Calgary, 2000-2006)
ITV First News (Edmonton, Early 1990s-2000)
The Breakfast Show (Calgary, Early 1990s-2000)
Genre breakfast television
Format News
Starring Various hosts
Country of origin Canada
Language(s) English
Production
Location(s) Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Montreal
Maritimes
Broadcast
Original channel BCTV/Calgary 7/ITV (1990s-2001)
Global (2001-present)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Chronology
Related shows News Hour

The Morning News (known as the Saturday Morning News or the Sunday Morning News on Saturdays and Sundays respectively) is the name of local morning newscasts airing on Global Television Network's owned-and-operated stations (O&Os) in British Columbia, Calgary and Edmonton, with each station producing its own edition of the program.

As part of Shaw Communications' benefit package for acquiring Global and other specialty channels from the bankrupt Canwest, Global O&Os in Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon and the Maritimes will also introduce morning news programs over the second half of 2011. The package also includes reintroducing a local morning show at Global Montreal, although its launch date is currently unknown.[1]

Contents

Global BC

The Morning News on Global BC airs at 5:30AM to 9AM PT on weekdays, 7AM to 10AM PT on Saturday mornings, and 8AM to 10AM PT on Sunday mornings. It is simulcast on Global Okanagan.

Personalities

Global Calgary

The Morning News on Global Calgary airs at 5:30AM to 9AM MT on weekdays and 8AM to 10AM MT on Saturday mornings. It is simulcast on Global Lethbridge.

Presenters

Global Edmonton

The Morning News on Global Edmonton airs at 5:30AM to 9AM MT on weekdays and 8AM to 10AM MT on Saturday mornings. It is the most watched morning show in Edmonton, consistently beating the nearest competition by a margin of 6 to 1.[2]

Personalities

Global Regina

The Morning News will air on Global Regina weekdays from 6am to 9am, beginning in fall 2011.

Personalities

Global Saskatoon

The Morning News will air on Global Saskatoon weekdays from 6am to 9am, beginning on December 5, 2011

Personalities

Global Toronto

Global Toronto airs The Morning Show from 6AM to 9AM ET on weekdays. The show is produced from studios located at the Shaw Media Building at 121 Bloor St. in Toronto.

Personalities

Former personalities

History

The station debuted a morning news program on July 14, 2003 under the title Global News Morning; it was broadcast weekdays 6AM to 9AM ET. The program was renamed Morning News in 2006 in conjunction with Global's network-wide rebranding exercise.

The newscast was cancelled in January 2009 due to low ratings, and was replaced by a simulcast of then-sister station CHCH-TV's more popular Morning Live show, originating in Hamilton, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. The CHCH simulcast was dropped in August 2009 after Canwest sold the Hamilton station to Channel Zero; since then, Global Toronto had aired second-run lifestyle programming in the morning timeslot.

On June 1, 2011, Shaw Communications announced that it would relaunch a morning newscast on Global Toronto in the fall of 2011 under the title The Morning Show, instead of using the Morning News moniker.[3] Kris Reyes, Liza Fromer, Dave Gerry and Daru Dhillon were named as the anchors for the three-hour long newscast. The show debuted on October 11, 2011.

Global Montreal

Personalities

History

After being rebranded as Global, Global Montreal aired a live two and a half hour (and subsequently three) hour morning magazine program called This Morning Live. It was aired in place of cartoons that aired on most Global stations in the morning because Quebec provincial law requires children's programming to be shown commercial-free over the air. A side benefit of this was that it added enough Canadian content to the station's schedule that it could air American talk shows in the afternoon.

The cancellation of This Morning Live was announced in late 2007 and the last program was broadcast on February 27, 2008. To partially make up for the loss of locally produced broadcast hours, the station brought back News Final, which was cancelled in June 2006 due to low ratings.

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