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CBC OFFERS LIVE BROADCASTS AND GREAT PROGRAMMING FEATURING A STELLAR LINE UP OF PERFORMERS FROM THE 2008 ECMAs

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CBC will showcase Canadian Music, East Coast Style from coast to coast to coast with a multitude of live broadcasts and programming from the 2008 East Coast Music Awards, Festival & Conference in Fredericton, NB from February 7-10.Q with Jian Ghomeshi, CBC Radio One’s national arts, culture and entertainment show is coming to Fredericton for the entire ECMA event.

“One of my favourite parts of the ECMA weekend is discovering vibrant new east coast artists that I've not heard of or seen yet, but that I inevitably end up loving and championing for the rest of the year,” says host Jian Ghomeshi. “I'll be out late checking out the music each night in Fredericton. I'm looking forward to what surprises I might find.” Jian will kick off CBC Radio’s live broadcasts on Friday, February 8th from noon to 1:30 pm at the Fredericton Playhouse. Q will feature live performances by two of the top ECMA nominees – Joel Plaskett (solo) and Wintersleep – along with Carmen Townsend; plus, Jian will have a few special surprises during the show.

Q will also broadcast a weekend wrap up on Monday, February 11th from 2 pm – 3:30 pm. Listeners will hear all the tales, stories and highlights of ECMA weekend as experienced by Jian himself! (tune-in only)

SHIFT with Paul Castle will broadcast live to Atlantic Canada from The Playhouse on Friday, February 8th from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm and will feature live performances by David Myles, winner of the 2006 International Songwriters Competition, the smooth vocals of Meaghan Smith, jazz guitarist Duane Andrews, and Damhnait Doyle backed up by members of the band SLOWCOASTER, and 2008 Canadian Maple Blues Award Nominee Thom Swift.

CBC RADIO 3 will join forces with SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO (Channel 94) for two nights to present an incredible line-up on the rock stage at the Delta Fredericton Hotel. Friday, February 8th will showcase Mark Bragg, Two Hours Traffic, hey rosetta!, The Tom Fun Orchestra, and the Jimmy Swift Band. Saturday, February 9th will feature Dwight D'Eon, Age of Daze, Carmen Townsend, SLOWCOASTER, and The Trews. Both shows are from 11 pm to 2 am and are ECMA ticketed events.

The SOCAN Songwriter’s Circles, sponsored by CBC Galaxie, will be recorded live for future broadcast on CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2 on Saturday, February 9th and Sunday, February 10th at 1:30 pm from the Playhouse. Fredericton’s David Myles will host the Saturday’s Songwriter’s Circle which includes Thom Swift, Damhnait Doyle, Jean–Francois Breau and SOCAN special guest Steven Page. Lennie Gallant hosts the Sunday’s Songwriter’s Circle which includes Christian “Kit” Goguen, Jenn Grant, Roger Howse and SOCAN Special Guest Martha Wainwright. These artists will share their stories about songwriting in the cozy and intimate setting of the songwriter’s circle.

ATLANTIC AIRWAVES with Stephanie Domet is up next at the Playhouse on Saturday, February 9th from 5 pm to 6 pm. Fredericton hiphop artists First Words, featuring legendary beatman/producer JoRun will be performing. The Extremeties project “The New Tonic”, a hiphop/jazz collaboration produced at CBC Halifax (based on original tracks from the Tonic CD nominated for Jazz Album of the Year) will make its debut on the show. Joining The Extremeties are MCs Fizz, Ghettosocks, DJ JoRun, and jazz players Jamie Gatti, and Chris Mitchell.

CANADA LIVE will celebrate East Coast style with a two-hour special edition featuring all the highlights from various artists performing during the entire 2008 ECMA weekend. It will be broadcast to the country on CBC Radio 2 on Friday, February 29th from 8 pm – 10 pm. (tune in only)

BARENAKED EAST COAST MUSIC! hosted by Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies is a one-hour national TV program celebrating Canadian Music, East Coast Style featuring the very best musical performances captured at various locations and events throughout the 2008 East Coast Music, Awards, Festival & Conference. The fast-paced show will have special performances by Meaghan Smith, Jenn Grant, hey rosetta!, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Tom Fun Orchestra, Dave Gunning, and Ron Hynes. It will also include segments from a special ECMA 20th Anniversary Concert featuring Lennie Gallant, Damnhait Doyle, Ashley MacIsaac and Bruce Guthro. The program is produced by Dream Street Pictures in association with CBC and the East Coast Music Association. BARENAKED EAST COAST MUSIC! will be broadcast Sunday, March 2nd at 7:00 pm on CBC Television. Join CBC at our many live radio broadcasts, tune in, watch, and visit us online (http://www.cbc.ca/) to experience all the great music and performances captured at the 2008 East Coast Music Awards, Festival and Conference. Unless noted, all live CBC Radio broadcasts are free and open to the public. Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis.