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[Dobbs, Harvey - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

281353

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1981/1982 ?

Item number (ISN):

281353

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCNEIL, Bill

Accession:

1998-0091

Media:

Sound

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1981/1982 ?

Production company:

Bill McNeil (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Bill McNeil

Description:

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Unedited interview of Harvey Dobbs about his career in radio. He talks about: his early memories of radio; listening to crystal radio sets; his start in radio as a singer on radio station CFCF; the CFCF program THE INFORMAL STUDIO PARTY; the impact of American radio shows on Canadian radio; the history of CFCF; Ralph Snelgrove; CJCB; Nate Nathanson; Keith Sandy, the CRBC; CHUM; Alan Watters; Jack Kent Cooke; CKEY; the quiz show DID I SAY THAT; his work as a freelance disc jockey on CHUM; selling advertisements for his radio program; the radio school he set up in the mid-1930s with Ralph Snelgrove, called the Grenville School of Broadcasting, in Toronto; the school's use of portable recording equipment as a teaching aid; Ken Soble; Jane Gray; Alf Wood; live radio versus transcriptions; network versus local radio; Frank Chamberlain; his decision in the late 1950s to leave his on-air job to work as a sales representative for radio, a career switch that made him a lot more money; anti-semitism in the radio business; his getting a job only to be told later that he did not get it because he was Jewish; and Bob Kesten getting the job because he pretended he was not Jewish.

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

317340

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1998-0091/109
1998-0091/110

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

115:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

536172

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

281353-1998-0091-110.wav
281353-1998-0091-109-S1.wav
281353-1998-0091-109-S2.wav

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

118:04

Made from:

1998-0091/110
1998-0091/109

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

544248

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

281353-1998-0091-110.mp3
281353-1998-0091-109-S1.mp3
281353-1998-0091-109-S2.mp3

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

118:04

Made from:

1998-0091/110
1998-0091/109

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

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with written permission of copyright owner : no donor restrictions Copyright on CBC broadcasts belongs to the CBC. Copyright on pre-broadcast interviews belongs to Bill McNeil. Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.Copyright on CBC broadcasts belongs to the CBC.Copyright on pre-broadcast interviews belongs to Bill McNeil.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.

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