Veteran political journalist Vassy Kapelos will host a new national radio show starting today.
Kapelos, newly named CTV’s chief political correspondent, will host The Vassy Kapelos Show weekdays from noon to 2 p.m. Newstalk 580 CFRA in Ottawa and on the iHeartRadio Canada chat network.
“It’s going to be really fun,” Kapelos told CTV News at Six. “I know it’s not supposed to be hard politics all the time, although that’s what I like, so there will be a lot of it, but there will be fun to be had, especially during the season. holidays and lead- until Christmas.
She says she also hopes there will be more interactions with people affected by the political decisions that will be covered by the new show.
“The big issue right now is the cost of living, after that maybe related sometimes, sometimes higher, health care. I’m curious to see how different parties continue to navigate them,” she said. “If there’s one issue that has kind of demarcated the parties from each other over the past six months, it’s the cost of living crisis in this country.”
Prior to joining CTV News and Newstalk 580 CFRA, Kapelos was the host of CBC’s Power & Politics. Previously, she was Ottawa bureau chief for Global News and host of The West Block. Prior to working in Ottawa, she covered provincial politics in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Kapelos says she is excited to broadcast on the radio.
“There can be a lot of big interviews with major players that are difficult, and that’s definitely the direction I want to go, but also, I have the opportunity to talk to people who are impacted by political decisions. …and actually talk to them. Live. It’s something I’ve never experienced before,” she told CTV News Montreal, where Vassy Kapelos airs weekdays on CJAD 800. .
In addition to hosting The Vassy Kapelos Show weekdays on radio, she also hosts CTV News Channel’s daily political show Power Play, as well as Question Period, CTV’s signature weekly political show.
Kapelos twice won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Production, Social Media (2020), for CBC’s coverage of the British Columbia by-election that saw Jagmeet Singh win his seat in Parliament, and the best talk show or series (2021), for Power & Politics. She also received the 2021 Leitch Lecture Award from the Faculties of Law at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary after lecturing on the political effect of the COVID-19 health crisis in Canada. .
Born in Toronto, Kapelos graduated from Western University with a Bachelor of Arts and then from Dalhousie University with a Master of Arts.
The Vassy Kapelos show airs weekday afternoons from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET on iHeartRadio Canada Talk network stations, including Newstalk 580 CFRA in Ottawa, CJAD 800 in Montreal, NEWSTALK 1010 in Toronto, 610 CKTB in St. Catharines, 1290 CJBK in London, AM800 CKLW in Windsor, AM1150 in Kelowna, CFAX 1070 in Victoria.
All iHeartRadio Canada stations are available across the country via live streaming on iHeartRadio.ca and the iHeartRadio Canada app.
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