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Beachell, Ches - Interview

Item number (ISN):

304812

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1973-03-17

Item number (ISN):

304812

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADA. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA / ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU CANADA: MOVING IMAGE AND SOUND ARCHIVES

Accession:

1973-0035

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1973-03-17

Production company:

Leo La Clare (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Leo La Clare

Description:

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Leo La Clare interviews Ches Beachell, former studio engineer in the private broadcasting sector. Beachell discusses: his birth and education at St. John's College at the University of Manitoba; his two years operating a small business that produced public address systems; his career as an audio engineer at radio station CJRC Winnipeg, later renamed CKRN in 1937-1938, at CJGX Winnipeg and Yorktown in 1939-1944, at CFRA Ottawa in 1947-1949, and at the National Film Board in Montreal in 1949-1973; his interest in electronics; his duties as a studio engineer; his designing of a battery-operated power amplifier for remote broadcasts; his redesigning of a studio console; his attempt to enlist during World War II; his being hired instead by Horace Stovan of the Radio Bureau to set up a studio on Parliament Hill; his REPORT FROM PARLIAMENT broadcast from there with the cooperation of radio stations through All Canadian Radio Services; the counterpart, THE NATION'S BUSINESS; Paul Martin; his being accused of censorship; his being hired by Frank Ryan in 1947 to set up a studio in the Ottawa Auditorim for the farmer-oriented radio station CFRA; Brian Hodgkinson, announcer; and his coverage of fall fairs. <1h 33mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Recorded in Beaconsfield, Quebec.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

445770

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C00183

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

852315

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304812-C00183.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

C00183

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

852316

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2017-08-0005

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

144:00

Made from:

304812-C00183.wav

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

852495

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304812-C00183.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

C00183

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2017-08-0005

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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