The NewMusic
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Created by | John Martin |
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Release | 1979 2008 | –
The NewMusicwas a weekly music and culture televisionnewsmagazinethat aired on theCanadiantelevision stations owned byCHUM Limited:MuchMusic,MuchMoreMusic,Citytv,A-ChannelandCP24.
Created byJohn Martin,and intended to combine the spirit of magazines likeRolling StoneandNew Musical Expresswith the format of a televisionnewsmagazine,The NewMusicpresented current popular music in a broadsocial,politicalandeconomiccontext. It won anIris Awardin 1984.
The series was cancelled in 2008amid ownership changes.
Hosts
[edit]- Jeanne Beker(1979–1985)
- J. D. Roberts(1979–1985)
- Daniel Richler(1985–1987)
- Laurie Brown(1985–1990)
- Denise Donlon(1986–1993)
- Jana Lynne White(1990–1996)
- Kim Clarke Champniss(1993–1996)
- Avi Lewis(1996–1998)
- Byron Wong(1998–2000)
- George Stroumboulopoulos(2000–2004)
- Hannah Sung(2004–2006)
- Hannah Simone(2006–2008)
Theme song
[edit]There have been many songs used for the theme during the opening credits, each reflecting the music of the time. The original music was the opening bars of "Overture" fromRush's2112,whereas the most recent theme song was aninterpolationofPigbag's "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag",which was also used as the show's theme during the early 1980s.
- Citytv original programming
- 2000s Canadian documentary television series
- Entertainment news shows in Canada
- Much (TV channel) original programming
- Pop music television series
- Rock music television series
- 1970s Canadian music television series
- 1980s Canadian music television series
- 1990s Canadian music television series
- 2000s Canadian music television series
- 1979 Canadian television series debuts
- 2008 Canadian television series endings
- Canadian television news show stubs