They are promoted in bookstores, in the hope that the Canada Reads audience will purchase and read them all before the programs air.

It is considered a community network, because local programs air on different RN stations.

Syndicated religious programs air on Sunday morning.

Other programs air weekly, including Snap Judgement with Glynn Washington, a story-telling show from PRX and NPR.

CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and children's programming, in most cases feeding the same programming at the same local times nationwide, except to the Newfoundland Standard Time Zone, where programs air 30 minutes "late".

Because of Arizona's time zone irregularities (the state does not participate in daylight saving time), the syndicated programs air on a tape delay during the spring and summer months.

This is desirable not only to receive Canadian-only content, but because some US-produced programs air in Canada in advance of their US broadcast.

Aside from encores, almost all of TRN's programs air live.

Many of the programs air on WNEP have been in-house productions rather than syndicated shows.

Supersport is also currently embarking on a local boxing revival program and these programs air live on this channel, though PSL always get first privilege.