Shelagh Rogers

Shelagh Rogers (born 1956) is a Canadian radio broadcaster. She is currently the host of CBC Radio One's Sounds Like Canada.

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1956 - Canadian - CBC Radio One - Sounds Like Canada

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Rogers grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. She was the "Head Girl" at her high school, Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and was a contestant on one of the first Reach for the Top competitions.

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Ottawa - Ontario - Lisgar Collegiate Institute - Reach for the Top

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Rogers began her career in broadcasting at Kingston, Ontario's CKWS, hosting a country music program while still a student at Queen's University. She later went on to produce a daily current affairs show and served as the station's weather reporter.

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Kingston, Ontario - CKWS - Country music - Queen's University - Weather reporter

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In 1980, Rogers joined CBC radio in Ottawa, hosting the local current affairs programs and jazz and classical music broadcasts. In 1982, she became host of the national classical concert program Mostly Music. She won an ACTRA Award in 1982 for Best Host/Interviewer.

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1980 - Ottawa - 1982 - ACTRA Award

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In 1984, she moved to CBC radio's Toronto station. In addition to hosting local programs, she became a frequent contributor to many of the network's national programs, including Morningside and Basic Black. She was also the founding host of The Arts Tonight.

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1984 - Toronto - Morningside - Basic Black - The Arts Tonight

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She became a frequent guest host of Morningside, and in 1995 the program's host and producer, Peter Gzowski, named Rogers the show's permanent guest host.

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1995 - Peter Gzowski

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When Gzowski retired from the CBC in 1997, Rogers moved to CBC Radio Two as host of Take Five. (Morningside was replaced by This Morning, hosted in its first year by Michael Enright and Avril Benoit.) During this time, Rogers was also a contributor to TVOntario's book program Imprint, and a host of Saturday Night at the Movies.

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1997 - CBC Radio Two - Take Five - This Morning - Michael Enright - Avril Benoit - TVOntario - Imprint - Saturday Night at the Movies

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In 2000, Rogers returned to Radio One as host of This Morning, after Enright became host of Sunday Edition. She hosted This Morning for two years. In 2002, the CBC replaced This Morning with two morning shows, Sounds Like Canada and The Current (hosted by Anna Maria Tremonti).

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2000 - Sunday Edition - 2002 - The Current - Anna Maria Tremonti

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Simultaneously with this programming change, Rogers took a short-term health leave from the CBC, which was believed by some observers to be a sign of Rogers' disappointment at her change of assignment. She maintains that she was suffering from elevated blood pressure and other stress related problems. Her leave lasted only a few months, and she has been host of Sounds Like Canada since her return. In 2003 she moved, along with the show, to Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Blood pressure - Stress - 2003 - Vancouver - British Columbia

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