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2 unusual facts about CBC Radio 3


2009 Polaris Music Prize

In addition to being broadcast live on CBC Radio 3, the 2009 ceremony was also be webcast on MuchMusic's website, as well as produced for later broadcast on MuchMusic.

The Western Investor

Their single "If You Wanna Go" from This Beautiful Town was on frequent rotation at CBC Radio 3.


Jesse Dangerously

He appeared on the MuchMusic program Going Coastal on March 19, 2006, was used by MTV Canada's MTV Live as a rapping correspondent to describe the history of nerdcore and has been featured on the CBC Radio program Atlantic Airwaves as well as many programmes on CBC Radio 3.

OK Cobra

The album quickly reached #1 on Chart's hip hop charts, and the singles "Child in Rhyme" (sampling Deep Purple's "Child in Time"), "Time Flies" and "Fall Dumbass" have garnered extensive airplay on CBC Radio 3, which named "Time Flies" one of the best songs of 2006.

Quebec Connection

The album charted on !earshot's campus radio charts in 2005, and has had airplay on CBC Radio 3.

The Old Prince

The video for "The Old Prince Still Lives at Home", a spoof of the opening credits to the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air with Shad playing the role of Will Smith, won CBC Radio 3's 2008 Bucky Award for Best Video.


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Alexis Mazurin

He subsequently joined CBC Radio, hosting the series Pass the Mic and Out There before joining CBC Radio 3 in 2003.