"[1] Hosted by Nora Young, the program made its CBC Radio One début on September 5, 2007.
[5] Spark was produced in Toronto by Young and a team that consisted of Michelle Parise, Adam Killick, and Kent Hoffman.
[9] In addition to Nora Young, producers included Michelle Parise, Adam Killick, Kent Hoffman[1] Dan Misener, Elizabeth Bowie[10] and Carma Jolly.
[8][11] The on-air version was available as a weekly podcast, augmented with two additional audio feeds: Spark Plus (which featured "bonus audio" such as full interviews), and "Bandwidth with Anshuman Iddamsetty", a weekly technology column by one of Spark's producers.
[12] Spark Lite, a low-bandwidth podcast of the on-air version powered by blip.tv, was available from November 2008 to October 2011; it ended due to changes in blip.tv policy.