CBC Radio Three is a World Wide Web devoted to Canada 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 in 2000 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, New Music Canada and Just Concerts, which offer streaming media. All of its sites can be accessed either independently or through the main CBC Radio Three portal. The French language equivalent to CBC Radio Three is Bandeapart.

CBC Radio Three also rebroadcasts some of its content as a Saturday night program on CBC Radio Two. CBC Radio Three has recently been distributed through podcast format via ITunes.

CBC Radio Three recently changed its format away from the popular magazine on 4 March 2005 [http://www.cbcradio3.com/issues/2005_02_11/images/letter.html]. The various sites will merge into a single one, and the Radio Three team will place more emphasis on the radio broadcasts.

Podcasting is a recent addition to Radio Three s programming. [http://www.cbcradio3.com/podcast.cfm]. They now also publish their playlist online. [http://www.cbcradio3.com/playlist/index.cfm]

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

The CBC has also announced a partnership with Standard Broadcasting and Sirius Satellite Radio, with the intent of introducing satellite radio service to Canada. Its application and two others for satellite radio service were approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on 16 June 2005. CBC Radio Three and Bandeapart will become full-time stations on Sirius Canada.

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