thumb|upright|250px|[[299 Queen Street West, the former headquarters of CHUM Limited and Citytv Toronto, where the old Speakers Corner booth was previously located, seen in 2022]]

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thumb|upright|A Speakers Corner booth at the [[CKVU-DT|Citytv Vancouver building]]

Speakers Corner is a brand owned by Rogers Media that is used for its television segments airing on Citytv in Canada. The namesake television series aired weekly on CHUM Limited's television stations Citytv and A (formerly A-Channel) stations as well as CP24 in Canada from 1990 to 2008, featuring numerous short segments on a variety of topics as recorded by members of the general public in the form of rants, big-ups, shoutouts, jokes, music performances, etc. After the video was complete, it was edited for television.

The show was an example of Citytv founder Moses Znaimer's philosophy of interactive broadcasting, and essentially created what some 21st-century media outlets would retroactively label as a precursor to YouTube. The booth's original intent was for viewers to record news commentary and "letter to the editor" segments for broadcast on CityPulse, and entertainment-oriented segments also sometimes appeared on other CHUM television outlets, such as MuchMusic and Space, as interstitials. (The concept pre-dated CITY, with Keeble Cable pitching the idea in 1970.)

The series' theme music was composed and performed by Graeme Kirkland.

Within the series, segments selected for broadcast would be organized around themes, with several clips on similar or interrelated topics airing together. Sometimes an entire episode would revolve around a single theme, while other times several distinct themes would be presented over the course of an episode.

Several local celebrities were created by the show. A largely-unknown Barenaked Ladies received some of their first widespread publicity, prior to the release of The Yellow Tape, by performing their future hit single "Be My Yoko Ono" in the Speakers Corner booth before a live show at The Rivoli in early 1991. The following year, they made a repeat appearance on the program in a bid to leverage their newfound fame into a publicity boost for Rheostatics' new album Whale Music. Musician Jesse Labelle also received his first significant break as a result of Speakers Corner, being invited to join FeFe Dobson's band after his performance in the booth was broadcast.

Actor Scott Speedman got his first opportunity to audition for a major film role, in Batman Forever, because of a Speakers Corner appearance; although he didn't get the role, the contacts and experience he gained from the audition opened up other opportunities for him. In later years, street entertainer Zanta used both Speakers Corner and performances outside the streetfront studio of Citytv's Breakfast Television as a springboard to local notoriety.

The Devil's Advocates, a comedy duo who presented themselves as devil-horned spokesmen for Satan, became a staple of the program with a recurring routine in which they responded to and satirized other Speakers Corner clips that had aired in the previous week. Howell and Currie stopped appearing regularly on Speakers Corner when they were given their own show, Improv Heaven and Hell, on The Comedy Network in 1998. although some such segments were screened as entertainment at private staff parties.

Rogers Media, which had acquired the Citytv stations from CTVglobemedia in 2007, announced the cancellation of the series on August 31, 2008. According to the company, the 21st-century emergence of other interactive media, such as YouTube and social media, had diminished the cultural value of Speakers Corner.

Operation

Each Speakers Corner booth consisted of a video camera, recording technology and in most cases a coin slot. Any member of the general public could enter a Speakers Corner booth, deposit a coin (normally one dollar), then record a short video segment on any topic. Each segment was limited to a maximum of two minutes, but the content was determined by the person using the booth.

Typically, the Speakers Corner Alberta (as well as the ones in London, Ontario) booths were free, offered a few questions, and usually had a limit of 60 seconds.

The show's producers then reviewed the booth recordings and selected the "compelling" segments.

The broadcast segments traditionally were presented in a campy atmosphere, with each segment (such as "rants", "complaints", "kudos", etc.) being introduced over clips of B-grade 1950s and 1960s sci-fi movies. Later in the show's run, however, it took on a more polished feel, and included text messages on-screen from viewers during broadcast.

Money collected from the Speakers Corner booths went to charity.