The new Ben Mulroney show (national topics segment) debuts tonight on CKNW at 6:00 p.m.--eleven hours after it was originally broadcast on Toronto's 640 AM at 10:00 a.m. ET, 7:00 a.m. PT. So when major national news stories break throughout the day, as far as us in the Pacific Time zone are concerned, Mulroney and his guests will have nothing to say about them.
"We are thrilled to welcome Ben to our daytime lineup of programming, and believe listeners will love this new dynamic program,” said National Director, Talk Radio, Mike Bendixen. A show starting at 6:00 p.m. on CKNW isn't really part of a daytime lineup and some of the dynamism is lost when the show is a re-broadcast eleven hours old.
I thought radio was supposed to be an up-to-date medium. Corus puts on a new national show which for listeners in the Pacific Time Zone is really akin to a "newspaper of the air."