The royal baby wait Monday had Canadian broadcasters looking to correspondents in London and TV specials to bring news back home.

Most newspaper and broadcast websites featured “royal baby watch” webcams pinned on the front door of the Saint Mary’s Hospital in London before news of the new baby boy from Kate and Will came through late afternoon.

Global Television sent top news anchor Dawna Friesen to London to cover the event, while most other networks relied on correspondents on the ground, either outside the hospital or Buckingham Palace.

Francis D’Souza reported from London for CityNews, Ann MacMillan went to bat for the CBC, and Melanie Nagy, Ben O’Hara-Byrne, and Tom Walters reported for CTV National News.

ET Canada featured “Oh Baby!” as the tagline for its royal baby coverage, while City partnered with Hello! Canada to air Monday evening a one-hour TV special, Hello! Baby, hosted by Gord Martineau.

The supper-hour coverage also included visits by correspondents to local hospitals to interview mothers who also gave birth Monday.

And there was footage of a royal-themed high tea at Royal York Hotel in Toronto as local TV crews scrambled to cover the royal birth.

Image courtesy The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge website