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Record information – Brief [Atkins, George Stuart - Interview]
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1993-11-15Item number (ISN):281344Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:MCNEIL, BillAccession:1998-0091Media:SoundPart:2 of 2Production date:1993-11-15Production credit:interviewer, Bill McNeilDescription:Interview of George Stuart Atkins who went to work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1955. He talks about: his efforts to develop farm broadcasting in Canada and other parts of the world; his family's move from the United States to Canada in 1921; biographical details of his life; his education; his work as a farmer from 1940 to 1955; how and when he got interested in radio; his involvement in reshaping farm broadcasting at the CBC, at a time when the farm broadcast department was trying to develop programs for television; his 25 years at the CBC; his work to develop farm broadcasting in Africa and other developing countries; a workshop he ran in Africa for farm broadcasters; and the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network.Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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