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MCNEIL, Bill

1998-0091

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1981-06

Bill McNeil (Interviewer)

interviewer, Bill McNeil

Interview of John Ansell in Victoria, British Columbia, about: his start in radio broadcasting in June 1945; the role of private radio versus that of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; radio station CJVI; the use of recorded music on radio; the shift that took place when television came along, with the result that radio became an information medium and television took over radio's role as an entertainment medium; the impact of television on radio; radio news; technical problems in radio broadcasting; experiences he had as a broadcaster; practical jokes broadcasters played on each other; other radio stations in the Victoria area; the history of CJVI; and his affection for the medium of radio.

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