Canada's Top 20 Countdown
| Genre | Music chart show, talk |
|---|---|
| Running time | Approx. 2 hrs. (including commercials) |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Home station | CKBE-FM |
| Hosted by | AJ Reynolds CHR, AC, ROCK (2009-present) Julia Kilbride (2010-present) various guest hosts |
| Created by | A. J. Reynolds |
| Executive producer(s) | Alexander Ewing |
| Original release | September 11–13, 2009 – present |
| No. of episodes | CHR - 105, Rock - 50, Country - 31 (as of September 5th, 2011) |
| Website | www |
Canada's Top 20 Countdown is a weekly syndicated radio program based out of Montreal, Quebec heard on stations across Canada and the World. The countdown began September 2009 and is owned and produced by Positive Number Productions.
The Countdown
Canada’s Top 20 Countdowns are weekly CHR/HOT AC, ROCK and COUNTRY Radio Countdown programs. Each program runs two hours in duration, and they count down the 20 biggest songs from coast to coast in their respective genres. Collectively they have a listenership in Canada of just over 3,000,000 weekly and the show is heard in 23 different markets by over 30 million plus listeners in Europe, across the Caribbean, on all Air Canada flights world-wide and on The Canadian Forces Network .[1]
In 2010, Positive Number Productions rolled out a Rock version of the countdown and also added a Country version.[2]
Canada’s Top 20 CHR/HOT AC, ROCK and AC are hosted by A. J. Reynolds. The Country Program is hosted by Julia Kilbride.[3]
Commitment To Canadian Content
Celebrating Canadian artists each week, Canada’s Top 20 has interviewed over 150 guests in it’s Canadian Artist of the Week segment. A platform for up and coming artists and charting acts all across Canada. The countdown maintains a minimum of 40% Canadian Content and prides itself on its commitment to up and coming Canadian artists by featuring an unsigned, independent artist on its show monthly.[4]
Production team
- AJ Reynolds -- Host
- Floyd Blaikie - Segment Host
- Alex Ewing -- Executive Producer
- Madaline Martelle -- Artistic Director / Media Manager
- Julia Kilbride -- Country Host
Stations Airing Canada's Top 20
Canada
- CFOB-FM Fort Frances, Ontario, Friday night at 7pm
- CJRL-FM Kenora, Ontario, Friday nights at 8pm
- CKBW-FM Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Saturday afternoon at 2pm
- CKDR-FM Dryden, Ontario, Saturday afternoons at 4pm
- CJFX-FM Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Saturday nights at 8pm
- CKIQ-FM Iqaluit, Nunavut, Friday afternoons at 2pm
- CFPW-FM Powell River, British Columbia, Saturdays at 4pm, Sundays at 6am
- CFNI Port Hardy, British Columbia, Saturdays at 4pm, Sundays at 6am
- CIFX-FM Lewisporte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Friday nights at 8pm
- CKPE-FM Sydney, Nova Scotia, Saturdays at 6pm
- The Peak radio network, Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, Saturdays at 4pm, Sundays at 12 Noon
- CJUK-FM Thunder Bay, Ontario, Saturdays 2pm
- CHMZ-FM Tofino, British Columbia,Saturdays 12pm
- CIMM-FM Ucluelet, British Columbia, Saturdays 12pm
- CFPV-FM Pemberton, British Columbia, Saturdays 12pm
- CKQR-FM Castlegar, British Columbia' Saturdays 6pm
- CHWK-FM Chilliwack, British Columbia, Saturdays 8am, Sundays 4pm
- CKJX-FM Olds, Alberta, Thursdays 7pm
- CKMH-FM Medicine Hat, Alberta, Saturdays 10am
- CFWF-FM Regina, Saskatchewan, Saturdays 12pm
- CIOK-FM St. John, New Brunswick, Saturdays 4pm
Europe
- CFRT Radio Europe, Saturdays at 2pm, Sundays at Noon CET
Caribbean
- Kyss102.5 FM, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saturdays at 7pm
- Z99, Cayman Islands
- Hit 94 FM, Aruba
Other Sources
- Canada's Top 20 Countdown can also be heard on selected Air Canada flights via their inflight entertainment systems.
- A variation of the show, Canada's Top 20 Skate, is also heard at hockey arenas throughout Canada.
- "Canadas' Top 20 Rock format" and "Canada's Top 20 Country" has also been added to the brand
References
- ^ http://canadastop20.com/index.php/stations/
- ^ www.canadastop20.com
- ^ http://canadastop20.com/index.php/peeps/s/
- ^ http://canadastop20.com/index.php/indie-submissions/
- ^ www.canadastop20.com/stations