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Canadian Breakfast Newscast

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e-dawg

How come Canada doesn't start their news early as 4:30am like the US, why does most of the early morning newscast starts at 6am or at least 530am instead of 5 or 430am? Do canadians wake up later than their american counter part?
 
e-dawg said:
How come Canada doesn't start their news early as 4:30am like the US, why does most of the early morning newscast starts at 6am or at least 530am instead of 5 or 430am? Do canadians wake up later than their american counter part?
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The simple answer: Canadian broadcasters don't prioritize to local programming as highly as their American counterparts. Canadian broadcasters regard it as a legal obligation rather than a way to make money, so most produce only the minimum required by law. One exception is CHCH in Hamilton; if I'm not mistaken, they do have news at 4:30am now, or 5:00 at the very latest.

At the same time, I question how much local news is really needed at 4:30am, especially outside the top 20 markets.
 
CHCH actually starts at 4am now.

And to e-dawg: The Global O&Os in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton moved the start time of their morning news from 5:30am to 5am a couple of weeks ago, so now they at least match the standard start time for the American affiliates from 5-10 years ago.
 
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