| Running time | 2:00 pm–4:00 pm |
|---|---|
| Home station | CBC Radio One |
| Hosted by | Bill Richardson (1997–2004) Tetsuro Shigematsu (2004–2005) |
| Original release | September 1, 1997 – 2005 |
The Roundup was a weekday afternoon program on the Radio One network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1997 to 2005.[1] Heard weekdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. (2:30 to 4:30 in Newfoundland), the show mixed music with calls and letters from listeners which were often comic in nature, feature interviews, and content previously produced and aired by other radio programs, initially other CBC programs but later including content from other radio networks around the world.[2]
The show was originally hosted by Bill Richardson and called Richardson's Roundup.[3] It was created in 1997 to replace Vicki Gabereau's afternoon show after she left to do a television show with CTV, and premiered on September 1, 1997 from the studios of CBU in Vancouver.
The show also occasionally aired scripted radio dramas. Test Drive, a six-episode drama aired in 2001, starred Gordon Pinsent as Earl Hughes, the owner of an independent AMC dealership whose test drives of vehicles with potential customers inevitably devolved into comedic chaos,[4] while a 2002 drama, Paul Ciufo's On Convoy, centred on servicemen in the Canadian Merchant Navy and aired as part of a special slate of Remembrance Day programming.[5]
Richardson left in 2004 to launch the new weekend series Bunny Watson,[6] and Tetsuro Shigematsu, an occasional guest host, became the new permanent host of The Roundup.
In 2005, the show was cancelled and replaced with Freestyle.[7]