Newstalk 1010 has found some powerful hosts to fill Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s old talk-radio timeslot.

Premier Kathleen Wynne, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will rotate through the 1 p.m. Sunday slot starting this weekend.

“I’m excited to host the first show of ‘The Province’ on Newstalk 1010,” Wynne said in a statement Thursday.

“I’m looking forward to speaking directly with people and discussing the things that matter most to all of us across Ontario — jobs, transit, and infrastructure, and retirement security. I hope listeners can tune in this Sunday,” she said.

Horwath, whose first show will be March 9, said she’s looking forward to “being the one asking the tough questions.”

“I can’t wait to get on the air and talk to folks directly about the pressures they are facing in their day-to-day lives and how we can end the squeeze on middle-class families,” she said.

Hudak, who takes to the airwaves March 16, said he appreciates an “open dialogue with Ontarians.”

“Fortunately for Newstalk 1010 listeners, I come armed with a plan to create a million jobs in the province — something the present government sorely lacks and the NDP has yet to think about,” he said.

The one-hour broadcast will be simulcast on 610 CKTB in Niagara, Windsor’s AM 800, and 580 CFRA in Ottawa.

“Ontario’s party leaders want the opportunity to speak about the issues that matter most to voters,” Mike Bendixen, the program director of Bell Media Radio, said in a news release.

“Newstalk 1010, and our sister stations across the province, serve as a perfect conduit for both the leaders and the voting public to express their political opinions.”

According to the broadcaster, the show “will be curated by the respective leaders, who will invite their own guests and take calls from Ontarians.”

It is unclear whether other party leaders, such as the Greens’ Mike Schreiner, would also be eligible for what could effectively turn out to be one-hour weekly political infomercials.

Until last November, Ford and his brother, city councillor Doug Ford, hosted a two-hour Sunday afternoon show called “The City” on Newstalk.

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The pair routinely made news with outrageous statements and the show was a reliable staple for city hall reporters looking to fill the Monday newspapers.

But in the wake of the mayor’s admission of crack cocaine use — and the fact Toronto police are investigating him for his links to an alleged drug dealer — the station and the Fords parted ways.

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