Major Canadian radio networks scrap a holiday favourite

3,461 views · Published 5 December 2018 · 2:00 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: CBC News: The National · 2018 · News & Politics

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CBC said it will join at least two other broadcasters in the country, Rogers Media and Bell Media, who have pulled 'Baby It's Cold Outside' from their holiday rotations this year. The decision comes as the duet, written back in 1944, faces renewed scrutiny over what some say are inappropriate lyrics in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

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