Monday to Saturday from 10 pm to 12 am, Laurie Brown hosts The Signal, a brand new program of recorded and live contemporary music with an emphasis on homegrown Canadian creators and performers. It's a time to discover a wide range of cutting edge sounds: from "new" classical to electronica, world, improvised, and cross-genre styles. It's the music of now: as wide-ranging and diverse as the world we live in.
Laurie Brown is the perfect late-night-radio companion. She brings knowledge and enthusiasm and warmth to everything she presents. Her curiosity and passion for all kinds of music set the mood for the show and for the night.
Laurie Brown is a passionate advocate for the arts and artists in Canada. She has built a reputation as an accomplished interviewer and seasoned broadcaster by bringing out the best in Canadian artists. On March 19, Laurie begins a new phase of her career on radio, hosting a new late night contemporary music show, The Signal on CBC Radio 2.
At CBC Television, Laurie delivered critical reviews, interviews, documentaries and essays with attitude for four seasons on CBC Newsworld's lively arts and entertainment series ON THE ARTS WITH LAURIE BROWN. She was also Senior Arts Correspondent for CBC News and covered music, theatre, arts, dance, film and books. She joined CBC in 1990 as an arts journalist for THE JOURNAL. Previously, she was co-host and associate producer of CityTV's THE NEW MUSIC and a VJ on MUCHMUSIC.
Author of SUCCESS WITHOUT COLLEGE - Days and Nights in Rock 'n Roll Television, published by Penguin Books, Laurie is finishing her second book, a novel.
Laurie Brown is the perfect late-night-radio companion. She brings knowledge and enthusiasm and warmth to everything she presents. Her curiosity and passion for all kinds of music set the mood for the show and for the night.
Laurie Brown
Laurie Brown is a passionate advocate for the arts and artists in Canada. She has built a reputation as an accomplished interviewer and seasoned broadcaster by bringing out the best in Canadian artists. On March 19, Laurie begins a new phase of her career on radio, hosting a new late night contemporary music show, The Signal on CBC Radio 2.
At CBC Television, Laurie delivered critical reviews, interviews, documentaries and essays with attitude for four seasons on CBC Newsworld's lively arts and entertainment series ON THE ARTS WITH LAURIE BROWN. She was also Senior Arts Correspondent for CBC News and covered music, theatre, arts, dance, film and books. She joined CBC in 1990 as an arts journalist for THE JOURNAL. Previously, she was co-host and associate producer of CityTV's THE NEW MUSIC and a VJ on MUCHMUSIC.
Author of SUCCESS WITHOUT COLLEGE - Days and Nights in Rock 'n Roll Television, published by Penguin Books, Laurie is finishing her second book, a novel.
