CBC Radio Three

CBC Radio Three is a website devoted to Canadian arts and music.

Operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Three had its genesis in a 1997 plan to open a third radio network, complementing CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two, devoted to youth culture. Although the original radio network proposal was abandoned, the CBC launched Radio Three as a pilot project through its new media division.

A cross between a webzine and an Internet radio stream, Radio Three includes both writing and music. It consists of a cluster of related websites, including 120 Seconds (http://www.120seconds.com/), New Music Canada (http://www.newmusiccanada.com) and Just Concerts (http://www.justconcerts.com), which offer streaming media. All of its sites can be accessed either independently or through the CBC Radio Three (http://www.cbcradio3.com) portal.

CBC Radio Three also rebroadcasts some of its content as a Saturday night program on CBC Radio Two.

CBC Radio Three won the 2003 Webby Award and People's Voice Award for Best Broadband site.