TORONTO — Bell Media announced today its iHeartRadio Canada’s Talk Network is launching a new national radio program and podcast hosted by veteran broadcaster Jim Richards.
The Late Showgram with Jim Richards airs weeknights from 12 midnight to 5 a.m. ET and features Richards delivering his comedic spin on the news and social issues of the day. He will be joined by “some of the country’s most entertaining and unique personalities, as well as the voices behind the day’s biggest — and smallest — news stories,” reads Bell Media’s press release.
The first episode is available here.
“There has always been an intimacy to late night radio. We will bring some laughs to that space,” said Richards, in the press release. “My hope is that at one point, the audience will stare at their smart speaker or radio and say, ‘What the ____ is that guy doing?’, whether they’re listening live or to the podcast.”
“Jim Richards has a proven track record of presenting a unique, creative, and funny point of view on the issues we all face — a perspective that listeners are connecting with now more than ever,” said Mike Bendixen, program director at NewsTalk 1010 and national format director of news and talk programming at Bell Media.
The Late Showgram with Jim Richards is available on the following iHeartRadio Canada Talk Network stations:
- Toronto — NewsTalk 1010
- Montreal — CJAD 800
- Ottawa — 580 CFRA
- Catharines — NewsTalk 610 CKTB
- Windsor — AM800 CKLW
- London — 1290 CJBK
- Vancouver — BNN Bloomberg 1410
- Victoria — CFAX 1070
- Kelowna — AM 1150
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