Freestyle is a radio program on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio One. It airs weekdays from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (1:00 PM - 3:00 PM in Toronto and Winnipeg) and is hosted by Kelly Ryan and Cameron Phillips. Freestyle combines contemporary music with generally irreverent stories from Canada and the rest of the world. It first aired on November 7, 2005, replacing The Roundup. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the countrys national radio and television broadcaster. ... CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Roundup is a weekday afternoon program on the Radio One network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, hosted by Tetsuro Shigematsu. ...
Criticisms
Freestyle has drawn criticism as it follows a format more common to commercial radio and is a vast departure from other CBC Radio One programs. The music choices can be somewhat random, and the host banter is seen by some critics as awkward and inane. Also, a great deal of the stories discussed have previously appeared on online forums such as Fark. Screenshot Fark. ...
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