Freestyle combined contemporary popular music, predominantly but not exclusively by Canadian artists, with generally irreverent "water cooler" chat.
[2] The show also featured regular commentators including "music guy" Daniel Levitin and book reviewer Sara O'Leary.
[3] Conversely, Kate Taylor of The Globe and Mail called the show relatively inoffensive and safe, but supported the CBC's desire to attract a younger listening audience.
[2] Freestyle had its final broadcast on April 13, 2007, and was replaced on the CBC Radio One schedule by Q.
Only the first hour of Freestyle aired in Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.