It's been a long time since Dave Trafford did the only live private radio morning show on the weekends in the GTA over CFRB. That timeslot has now been reduced to a simulcast of CP24 that costs Bell nothing. So there was a huge opening for someone to re-establish the idea. And now, someone has. 

AM 640 will introduce a new weekend show called "Toronto This Weekend," concentrating on what's happening in the GTA on Saturday and Sunday. It will air from 7-10AM and be hosted by Maggie John. She's a host based in Hamilton, who's fronted a show called "Context: Beyond The Headlines," which deals with issues from a religious point of view, out of CTS. Hopefully, her new show will be more secular but that remains to be seen.

It explains why Corus may have cancelled its previous "A Word In Edgewise," which was a Roundtable-like program I quite liked on Sunday mornings.  

In addition, the Yonah Budd self-help show that airs weekend nights will now go national and Andre Proulx will co-host a show on the city's food and drink scene in a program called "Tasting Together." This is all in addition to the previously announced financial oriented talk show with Rubina Ahmed-Haq, that will hit the air Sundays at 5 PM.

Whatever the appeal of any of these, it certainly beats the endless rerolls that have - beyond Roy Green's afternoon network talker - been the hallmark of 640's weekend schedule for way too long.