"Night Shift" replaces NewsTalk Tonight on Bell Media's talk stations. Instead of being on overnights, it's now on 7-11PM  weeknights on the iHeart Talk Radio Network. CFRB is the flagship and Hewitt is now based out of Toronto. 

Its predecessor, NewsTalk Tonight, was also a 4-hour program in the same time slot.

One thing I didn't hear was whether any rerolls are involved. When Jim Richards hosted the show, they would do a segment called "The Rundown," a kind of Free-For-All Roundtable segment with two guests batting around issues of the day. That aired around 7:20 PM and lasted about half an hour. 

But it was rerun in the 10 o'clock hour, so the entire show was not live and completely original. I suppose they thought no one listens to the whole thing, so what's the harm in repeating something three hours later? I can't imagine Hewitt doing that with anything from his first segment, but stranger things have happened.  

I wonder if Shane moved to Toronto to do this show, or if he is hosting remotely from Calgary - IIRC his Corus Radio show was done from his home in Calgary via CKNW Vancouver. 

That topic sounds awfully close to violating a CRTC reg respecting 'advocating the committal of crime'. I remember Natasha Ramsahai (CBC Radio) got into a little hot water when she gushed about avoiding some Customs duty when cross-border shopping.

Also, I'm really liking this show.

If talk radio had gone in this direction years ago it wouldn't be in the predicament it's in now.

RadioActive wrote:

Its predecessor, NewsTalk Tonight, was also a 4-hour program in the same time slot.

One thing I didn't hear was whether any rerolls are involved. When Jim Richards hosted the show, they would do a segment called "The Rundown," a kind of Free-For-All Roundtable segment with two guests batting around issues of the day. That aired around 7:20 PM and lasted about half an hour. 

But it was rerun in the 10 o'clock hour, so the entire show was not live and completely original. I suppose they thought no one listens to the whole thing, so what's the harm in repeating something three hours later? I can't imagine Hewitt doing that with anything from his first segment, but stranger things have happened.  

I listened on Monday and he did rerolls for two segments, about half an hour, and I am fairly certain that one of the segments that was played originally aired on the Rush on Friday afternoon. Having said that, I think Hewitt is doing a great job so far and wish him success.
 

Yes, a bit disappointing, but I think you’re right that they think no one will listen the entire show, so why not rerolls. It could be just while Hewitt gets up and running, but doubt it!

The days/nights of four hours of original programming are sadly long gone, not sure why though.

Last edited by Shorty Wave (July 10, 2024 8:44 am)

So I have been tuning in to Shane’s Night Shift and am starting to get annoyed at the amount of re-rolls being used. Last night the 10pm segment started with a piece I heard on Friday’s show.
On another evening last week there were two re-rolls back to back, so a huge chunk of repeated programming. I enjoy Shane as an on-air personality but getting tired of hearing stuff repeated most every show, maybe cut the it down to 3 hours and avoid repeating material, just an idea.