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Canadian radio and podcast variety show
Radio show
The Vinyl Cafe
The official podcast cover art
Genre
Variety show
Running time
1 hour
Country of origin
Canada
Home station
CBC Radio
Syndicates
Public Radio International
Starring
Stuart McLean
Produced by
Jess Milton
Original release
1994 – 2015
No. of episodes
400+
Website
www.vinylcafe.com
Podcast
Vinyl Cafe Stories
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The Vinyl Cafe was an hour-long radio variety show hosted by Stuart McLean that was broadcast on CBC Radio and was syndicated to approximately 80 U.S. public radio stations through Public Radio International.[1] It aired on Sunday at noon EST and Tuesday at 11:00 pm EST on CBC Radio One and Saturday at 9 am EST on CBC Radio 2. The program was also available as a CBC podcast, although the podcasts usually contained just McLean's stories and essays for studio episodes because of copyright restrictions on recorded music.[2] CBC Radio also aired a separate weekday afternoon program, under the title Vinyl Cafe Stories, which consisted of two previously recorded Dave and Morley stories per episode.
The show was produced independently by McLean and sold to the CBC. Each season had approximately 26 new episodes. Half of those were recorded in the studio and the other half were done with live audiences in theatres across Canada and the United States. One episode was recorded onboard VIA Rail's transcontinental passenger train The Canadian from the dome observation car, complete with an audience of passengers and featured a rail travel theme. The musical guest was singer songwriter Reid Jamieson.
The Vinyl Cafe stopped touring and producing new episodes following McLean's diagnosis with melanoma in November 2015.[3] McLean announced on December 13, 2016, that he required a second round of treatment, meaning further delay in producing new episodes, and that repeats of past shows would stop airing on CBC Radio One effective January 2017 to "make room for others to share their work on the radio."[4] McLean died on February 15, 2017.[5]
^The Vinyl Cafe. Canadian Communications Foundation.
^"Vinyl Cafe with Stuart McLean - Official Website". CBC. Retrieved August 24, 2011.
^"Stuart McLean cancels Vinyl Cafe Christmas tour due to melanoma". CBC News. November 21, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^McLean, Stuart. "A message from Stuart McLean". CBC Radio.
^Sumanac-Johnson, Deana (February 15, 2017). "Stuart McLean, CBC Radio host and award-winning humorist, dead at 68". CBC. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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