The NewMusic
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| Created by | John Martin |
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| Release | 1979 – 2008 |
The NewMusic is a weekly music and culture television newsmagazine that previously aired on the Canadian television stations owned by CHUM Limited: MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic, Citytv, A-Channel and CP24.
Created by John Martin, and intended to combine the spirit of magazines like Rolling Stone and New Musical Express with the format of a television newsmagazine, The NewMusic presented current popular music in a broad social, political and economic context. It won an Iris Award in 1984.
The series was cancelled in 2008 amid 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" from Rush's 2112, whereas the most recent theme song was an interpolation of Pigbag's "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag", which was also used as the show's theme during the early 1980s.
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