Veteran reporter and current radio host David Common will replace Heather Hiscox as host of , the Crown corporation announced Thursday.

The announcement comes on the same day as Hiscox’s final broadcast as host — the last stop on her Morning Live across Canada tour — and 20 years after she first took over the position.

In an interview shortly ahead of the announcement, Common spoke of his plans for the show: to address both the quickly diversifying TV landscape and the increasing sense of apathy and discouragement about news.

“We're not going to shy away from the serious stuff with journalistic rigour — it is our job. But we don't want you to feel crushed by it either; I don't want to be crushed by it,” he said. “I want to have some fun, so we'll have a mixed bag — come for the buffet,

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