Espace musique

Espace musique is the French language musical radio service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société Radio-Canada, the national public broadcaster in Canada.

Previously known as La chaîne culturelle, the network was rebranded as Espace musique in September, 2004 as part of a major repositioning of the CBC's French services. Many high-brow cultural programs were moved to La Première Chaîne, while the new Espace musique service adopted a populist attitude, centred on four genres: classical, jazz, world and folk music, and Francophone song.

The rebranding was controversial. The network was previously formatted similarly to CBC Radio Two and was indeed regarded by some as superior to its English counterpart, leading many cultural commentators to criticize the new format. However, Bureau of Broadcast Measurement ratings taken soon after the relaunch suggested that the service has indeed become more popular.

The network presently covers the majority of Quebec, all provincial capitals, and certain other large cities such as Ottawa and Vancouver. Unlike most CBC broadcast networks, Espace musique broadcasts the same programming simultaneously on all stations regardless of location, with the exception of two weekday evening programs that are interchanged on the British Columbia transmitters.

Note: Linked news releases are in French.

Schedule

Weekdays

Monday-Friday

Start Time	End Time	Genre	Host	Notes
6:00 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	Classical music	Michel Keable
10:00 a.m.	noon	Chanson	Sophie Durocher	host Catherine Pogonat on Fridays
12:00	1:00 p.m.	Jazz	Stanley Péan
1:00 p.m.	3:00 p.m.	World music	Ginette Bellavance
3:00 p.m.	5:30 p.m.	All genres	Claude Saucier
5:30 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Jazz	André Vigeant
8:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	Classical concerts	Françoise Davoine and Mario Paquet	Monday-Thursday
10:00 p.m.	12 midnight	Jazz	André Rhéaume	Monday-Wednesday
10:00 p.m.	12 midnight	All genres	Claude Rajotte	Thursday
10:00 p.m.	12 midnight	All genres	Claude Rajotte	Friday
12 midnight	3 a.m.	All genres	Cynthia Dubois	Monday-Thursday
3 a.m.	6 a.m.	simulcast of Galaxie		Monday-Thursday

Sunday

Start Time	End Time	Genre	Host
6:00 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	Classical music	Carole Trahan
10:00 a.m.	1:00 p.m.	Classical	Sylvia L'Écuyer
1:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	Opera	Georges Nicholson
6:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Jazz	Dorothée Berryman
8:00 p.m.	11:00 p.m.	All genres (concerts)	Chantal Jolis

Start Time	End Time	Genre	Host
6:00 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	Classical music	Carole Trahan
10:00 a.m.	noon	All genres (concerts)	Alain Lefèvre
noon	1:00 p.m.	Chanson (interviews)	Monique Giroux
1:00 p.m.	6:00 p.m.	All genres	François Dompierre
6:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.	Jazz	Dorothée Berryman
8:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.	World music	Chantal Jolis
10:00 p.m.	12:00 midnight	Classical music	Mario Paquet
12:00 midnight	3:00 a.m.	All genres	Cynthia Dubois
3 a.m.	6 a.m.	simulcast of Galaxie

Stations

Only originating stations in the network are listed here. The network's rebroadcast frequencies are listed in the appropriate originating station's article.

External links

Espace Musique