Kamloops bureau hosts open house

The station is holding an open house at 218 Victoria St. in Kamloops during a live broadcast of the show from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT Tuesday, with special guests, musicians and CBC celebrities.

Vernon singer-songwriter Andrew Allen and Tiller`s Folley of Surrey, B.C., will perform.

From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT the public will also have a chance to meet Bob McDonald, host of CBC Radio One's Quirks & Quarks, B.C. Almanac host Mark Forsythe,and Graham Wardle, star of CBC television's Heartland.

The open house kicks off a week of special CBC activities in Kamloops to celebrate the bureau's opening.

North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay will do a live broadcast at the Art We Are Caf at 246 Victoria St. with guests Barney Bentall, Dustin Bentall and multi-instrumentalist Eric Reed from 6 to 9 a.m. PT on Oct. 13.

On Oct. 16, there will be a live concert recording for CBC Radio One's jazz show Hot Air with host Margaret Gallagher at The Parkside Lounge at the Interior Savings Centre, on 300 Lorne St. in Kamloops. The show will feature hometown favourites the Anita Eccleston Quintet and Victoria's funky new jazz outfit The HiFi.