The House (radio)
| Genre | politics, current affairs |
|---|---|
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | CBC Radio One |
| Hosted by | Chris Hall |
| Original release | October 22, 1977 – present |
| Website | http://www.cbc.ca/thehouse/ |
The House is a Canadian politics and current affairs radio program, airing on Saturday mornings on CBC Radio One with repeat broadcasts Saturday evenings. The show's contents and format are similar to a television Sunday morning talk show. It is produced from the studios of CBO-FM, the network's station in Ottawa, Ontario.
The program debuted on October 22, 1977, soon after the rules of the Canadian House of Commons were changed to permit radio and television broadcasts of the chamber's proceedings. The program's original concept was to simply record and air House debates, although the producers soon decided to add interview and journalism segments to broaden the program's scope and appeal.
In late 2001 and early 2002, during the same repositioning process that ultimately saw the network's weekday morning program This Morning replaced with The Current and Sounds Like Canada, media began to report that The House was also slated for cancellation. The CBC acknowledged that the show's future was under consideration, but denied that any decision to cancel it had already been made. When the CBC formally announced its new programming lineup in May 2002, The House remained on the schedule.
The content is focused on interviews with Canadian politicians, advocates, and commentators, with infrequent radio documentaries and a weekly "in-House panel" discussion featuring a rotating roster of CBC and external political journalists including Terry Milewski, Ici RDI's Emmanuelle Latraverse, Power and Politics host Rosemary Barton, Joel-Dennis Bellavance of La Presse, and pundit Tasha Kheiriddin. In the late 2000s, it also featured a segment called "That's a Good Question," in which Kady O'Malley answered listener questions about political processes.
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