Kristina Gutauskas was the Front of Book Editor for the Winter 2011 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Goodnight, Andy. Good Morning, Matt
Andy Barrie was the voice of CBC Radio Toronto for 15 years. He helped take it to the top. Can his successor, the subdued Matt Galloway, keep it there as a thoughtful refuge on a dial dominated by sports jocks and morning zoos?
With only 10 minutes left in Metro Morning’s live outdoor broadcast, the show’s host has disappeared. At 8:20 a.m., the table where he and his colleagues have been sitting is completely abandoned in Toronto’s Simcoe Park, above which the Canadian Broadcasting Centre looms, and yet Matt Galloway’s voice continues to resonate over large speakers. It’s Bike to […]
12 Days of the RRJ: Day 1 – Matt Galloway
After waking up Torontonians for 15 years, Andy Barrie stepped down as host of CBC Radio One’s Metro Morning. He left the program at high ratings and passed the mic to Matt Galloway. Will the new show hold up to expectations? Kristina Gutauskas takes to the streets to find out what listeners think about the show—then and now.
Look for Gutauskas’s profile of Galloway and the new Metro Morning in the Winter 2011 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, launching on December 14 at the Cadillac Lounge in Toronto.
