Canada's Top 20 Countdown
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Canada's Top 20 Countdown is a weekly syndicated radio program based out of Montreal, Quebec heard on stations across Canada
and the World
. The countdown began September 2009 and is owned and produced by Positive Number Productions.
flights world-wide and on The Canadian Forces Network .
In 2010, Positive Number Productions rolled out a Rock version of the countdown and also added a Country version.
Canada’s Top 20 CHR/HOT AC, ROCK and AC are hosted by A. J. Reynolds. The Country Program is hosted by Julia Kilbride.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and the World
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....
. The countdown began September 2009 and is owned and produced by Positive Number Productions.
The Countdown
Canada’s Top 20 Countdowns are weekly CHR/HOT AC, ROCK and COUNTRY Radio Countdown programs. Each program runs two hours in duration, and they count down the 20 biggest songs from coast to coast in their respective genres. Collectively they have a listenership in Canada of just over 3,000,000 weekly and the show is heard in 23 different markets by over 30 million plus listeners in Europe, across the Caribbean, on all Air CanadaAir Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
flights world-wide and on The Canadian Forces Network .
In 2010, Positive Number Productions rolled out a Rock version of the countdown and also added a Country version.
Canada’s Top 20 CHR/HOT AC, ROCK and AC are hosted by A. J. Reynolds. The Country Program is hosted by Julia Kilbride.
Commitment To Canadian Content
Celebrating Canadian artists each week, Canada’s Top 20 has interviewed over 150 guests in it’s Canadian Artist of the Week segment. A platform for up and coming artists and charting acts all across Canada. The countdown maintains a minimum of 40% Canadian Content and prides itself on its commitment to up and coming Canadian artists by featuring an unsigned, independent artist on its show monthly.Production team
- AJ ReynoldsAJ ReynoldsAlfred John "AJ" Reynolds is a Canadian performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show Canada's Top 20 Countdown...
-- Host - Floyd Blaikie - Segment Host
- Alex Ewing -- Executive Producer
- Madaline Martelle -- Artistic Director / Media Manager
- Julia Kilbride -- Country Host
Canada
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St. John, New Brunswick, Saturdays 4pm
Europe
- CFRT Radio EuropeCanadian Forces Radio and TelevisionEnglish: Canadian Forces Radio and Television , French: Radiotélévision des Forces canadiennes , is a television and radio network system broadcast by satellite to those members of the Canadian Forces ground forces who are serving overseas in places such as the Middle East, Africa and Europe and,...
, Saturdays at 2pm, Sundays at Noon CET
Caribbean
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Other Sources
- Canada's Top 20 Countdown can also be heard on selected Air CanadaAir CanadaAir Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
flights via their inflight entertainment systems.
- A variation of the show, Canada's Top 20 Skate, is also heard at hockey arenas throughout Canada.
- "Canadas' Top 20 Rock format" and "Canada's Top 20 Country" has also been added to the brand