Night Lines

Night Lines was a Canadian radio series, which aired on CBC Stereo from 1984 to 1997. The show, which aired on Friday and Saturday nights, profiled independent and alternative music. It was a weekend companion to the network's weekday overnight show "Brave New Waves", and aspired to revive the freeform style and creative experimentation associated with rock radio stations in the 1960s and 1970s.
The show's original host was Ron Robinson. Ralph Benmergui succeeded him, and was in turn followed by David Wisdom, who hosted the program from 1987 until the end of its run.
During the early years with hosts Robinson and Benmergui the show was produced from CBC Winnipeg by Ross Porter. When David Wisdom took over the hosting duties in 1987, the show moved to CBC Vancouver and was produced by Susan Englebert.
Features.
Regular features of the show during Wisdom's tenure included:
Grant Lawrence, now one of the hosts on CBC Radio 3, began his association with the CBC as a contributor to "Night Lines", calling the show to share stories about life on tour with his band The Smugglers.
Cancellation.
"Night Lines" ended on August 31, 1997. The show's final episode featured an in-studio performance by Rheostatics. Rheostatics subsequently released that performance on CD as "The Nightlines Sessions". Wisdom went on to cohost the new series "RadioSonic" with Leora Kornfeld. "RadioSonic" eventually evolved into today's CBC Radio 3.
Some individual tracks from "Night Lines" sessions by other bands, including Pluto, cub, Huevos Rancheros and The Smugglers, were released in 2006 on the compilation album "Mint Records Presents the CBC Radio 3 Sessions".