Metro Morning
George Rich hosted the morning show between Trebek's departure at the end of 1972 and the launch of Tomorrow Is Here on April 2, 1973.[7] For its first two decades, the program was broadcast from CBC Radio's former Cabbagetown studio at 509 Parliament Street, which had previously been a theatre.After Barrie retired from the program in 2010 he was succeeded by Matt Galloway, who had served for several years as host of the station's afternoon show Here and Now.[14] The program was helmed after Galloway's departure by guest hosts including Farrah Merali, Piya Chattopadhyay, Ismaila Alfa, Jill Dempsey and David Common until Alfa was named the permanent host on July 7, 2020.[15] Prior to being named host of Metro Morning, Alfa was the host of Up to Speed, the network's afternoon program on CBW in Winnipeg, Manitoba,[16] and has been active as a hip hop musician, most notably participating in the 2008 Record of the Week Club project.