La Première Chaîne is the news and information service of la Société Radio-Canada, the French-language public broadcaster in Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces...
Canada. It is the French equivalent of the English CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial free and offers both local and national programming. It is available to ninety-eight percent of Canadians, and is also available overseas through Radio Canada International and also...
CBC Radio One.
See also: Espace musique is the French language musical radio service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada, the national public broadcaster in Canada. Previously known as La chaîne culturelle, the network was rebranded as Espace musique in September, 2004 as part of a major repositioning of the CBC...
Espace musique.
National news are read at the top of every hour. Extended newscasts air at 8 a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.; other newscasts are brief summaries of headlines. Local newscasts air throughout the morning and afternoon on weekdays, either on the half hour or immediately following a national newscast. Local newscasts only air in the morning on weekends.