History
The list unfolded over ten weeks, with five songs added each week for eight weeks. A further ten songs were added by listener input in the ninth week. Panelists included Terry David Mulligan, Jay Ferguson, Lorraine Segato, Laurie Brown, Damhnait Doyle, Denise Donlon, Geoff Pevere, Leah McLaren, Lee Aaron, Jennifer Hollett and Emm Gryner. After the 50 songs were chosen, a listener vote was held to rank them.
In the fall of 2005, CBC Radio launched the series National Playlist, which took a similar format and adapted it to a weekly series.
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