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Fraser, Ronald - Interview

Item number (ISN):

304319

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1981-09-16

Item number (ISN):

304319

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CARLETON UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN STUDIES

Accession:

1982-0055

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1981-09-16

Production company:

Carleton University Institute For Canadian Studies

Production credit:

interviewer, Barry MacDonald

Description:

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Barry MacDonald interviews Ronald Fraser, Special Assistant to the President of the CBC. Fraser discusses: his first broadcasting job in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1934 as an entertainer and journalistbeing hired by Harry Boyle for Maritime Farm Broadcasts; esprit du corps of the Farm Department; Fishermen's broadcasts; arrangements for daily wire on fish prices; work in Toronto on FARM FORUM; program SUMMER FALLOW and the actors involved; growth of the Press and Information Department in the late 1940s and 1950s; hiring Peter Meggs; centralization of CBC by Alphonse Ouimet; 1958 promotion to Director of Public Relations; advent of television; promotion to Vice-President of Corporate Affairs; amalgamation of two radio networks; Public Relations responsibilities; parliamentary liaison office; affiliate tensions; various Presidents and Chairmen; Ouimet as architect of CBC Television; George Davidson's decentralization of the Corporation; Al Johnson's interest in Canadian programming; Fowler Commission; changes in governments and responsible ministers; effect of the 1958 Act; new regulatory body BBG; Consultative Committee CBC/BBG; his involvement in Montreal Producers' Strike; Parliamentary Committee of 1959; CBC Management Committee in 1959; applications for second stations; two private stations in one area; affiliates' attitudes to CBC Television's expansion coverage and commercial policy; incompatibility with CBC radio stations and radio affiliates; replacement of radio affiliates; CBC as second station; use of rebroadcasts; Accelerated Coverage Plan; CTV's competition in the 1960s; Troika Group - Ouimet, Jamieson, Dr. Stewart; 1965 Fowler Committee as a private process; Glassco Commission's criticisms of CBC; internal President's Study Group; Judy Lamarsh's accusation of CBC rotten management; SEVEN DAY's controversy; White Paper on Broadcasting; formulation of CBC mandate for 1968 Act; CBC's future role; and the change in technical and programming roles. <2h 15

Language:

English

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1. Recorded in Ottawa.

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Vault ISN:

339662

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02929

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

339663

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02930

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER
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