Tune in this week: Global Montreal presents the special series Good Morning Montreal, Monday September 19 – Friday September 23 on the Evening News with Jamie Orchard at 6pm ET. It’s your chance to meet the men behind Montreal morning radio shows – don’t miss it!
Montreal’s Jean Talon market is one of the most colourful places in the city – and the new backyard grocery store for CBC radio host Mike Finnerty.
“I’ve lived in the Point, in the Plateau and now up here, this is the furthest north I’ve lived,” the voice of Daybreak said, referring to his current Villeray home.
Finnerty fits in perfectly in the diverse hot spot where local farmers meet city dwellers hungry for freshness.
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“My favourite thing here is everything is just different and unique, different shapes and different sizes different coulours,” he said, motioning toward the colourful array of produce around him.
But different, colourful and diverse could also apply to the morning show Finnerty hosts.
The Daybreak program is three hours of commercial-free talk about every topic one could imagine.
From the European debt crisis to the pop culture diva du jour, Finnerty stickhandles an eclectic line-up on a wide range of topics.
“We realize that we are being paid by the taxpayer, by people, by Montrealers – and we have to provide something that is different, something that they couldn’t get otherwise,” he said.
The host knows the CBC “raison d’etre” – in fact, he’s so well-liked, they hired him twice.
Finnerty walked away two years ago to pursue a career in London – but was hired back last fall.
To find out more about the man behind CBC’s Daybreak and why he returned from London, click on the video player above.
It’s all part of Global’s five-part series on local radio, Good morning Montreal, with anchor Jamie Orchard. Don’t miss it!
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