Dispatches (radio program)

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Dispatches was a Canadian radio program, which aired on CBC Radio One from 2001 to 2012. The program, which was hosted by Rick MacInnes-Rae, aired documentary reports on international news and feature topics.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rick-macinnes-rae-says-goodbye-1.2711684 "Rick MacInnes-Rae says goodbye"]. CBC News, July 18, 2014. Its opening music was an excerpt from Mark Knopfler's song "What It Is."

Originally a half-hour program, the program expanded to a one-hour format in April 2007, incorporating some features of CBC Radio's cancelled world music series Global Village."CBC changes format of Radio Two". The Globe and Mail, January 17, 2007.

On April 10, 2012, the CBC announced it would cancel the program due to budget cuts as a result of the 2012 Canadian federal budget.{{cite news

|url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-cancels-shows-slashes-88-news-jobs-1.1159573

|title = CBC cancels shows, slashes jobs in cutbacks

|publisher = CBC News

|date = April 10, 2012

|access-date = 2012-04-10}}

The last program aired on June 21, 2012 and was repeated June 24.{{cite news| url=http://www.cbc.ca/dispatches/episode/2012/06/20/june-21-24/ | work=CBC News|title=June 21 & 24: the last Dispatches|date=June 20, 2012}}