Live at 5 is a Canadian television news program that airs weekdays on CP24 from 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. Starting in July 2017, CTV Toronto started to simulcast the program in addition to Live at 5:30. The show features breaking news, weather, and traffic. Also a brief look at the Top Stories of the day. The special weather forecast will be presented by meteorologist Chris Potter.
| Live at 5 | |
|---|---|
 Live at 5 opening as of September 27, 2012 | |
| Genre | News |
| Starring | Nick Dixon, Stephaine Smyth |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production location | Toronto |
| Original release | |
| Network | CP24 |
| Release | January 14, 2008 |
| Related | |
| Live at 5:30 CP24 Breakfast | |
History
editLive at 5 premiered on January 14, 2008, as a 15-minute newscast before going to talk shows, the original hosts were, Ann Rohmer and George Lagogianes. On January 19, 2010, the program was expanded to 30-minutes in the wake of budget cuts at Rogers Media's Citytv stations across Canada including the cancellation of their 5 p.m. newscast for Toronto which is now followed by its newly launched half-hour newscast, Live at 5:30.
Set
editThe CP24 studio is located on the second floor of 299 Queen Street West. Large north-facing windows look out towards Queen Street. The set and newsroom is home to Live at 5 and most of the other CP24-produced programming.
Current presenters
edit- Host(s): Stephaine Smyth
- Weather: Chris Potter (meteorologist)
- Traffic: Rotating