Collection search - Twomey, John - Interview
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Record information – Brief Twomey, John - Interview
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1982-12-20Item number (ISN):304224Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CARLETON UNIVERSITY: INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN STUDIESAccession:1984-0138Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1982-12-20Production company:Carleton University Institute For Canadian StudiesProduction credit:interviewer, Joan DixonDescription:Joan Dixon interviews John Twomey, former CBC promotion director, sales planner and Director of Children's Programming. Twomey discusses: audience research; his start at the CBC as promotions director, later as sales planner and eventually in Director of Children's Programming under Fred Rainsberry; tradition of sports within children's television under Rainsberry; JUNIOR MAGAZINE; his responsibility for temination of SPORTS COLLEGE after 19 years on the air; SPORTS PAGE, a half-hour Sunday show emphasizing amateur sport; lack of coordination between departments; lack of coverage of amateur sport; philosophy at CBC to reflect country; his resignation prompted by SEVEN DAYS crisis; Ryerson program in radio and television arts; competition of other networks; CBC's response to losing the CFL; and the lack of archival resources and scholarly research on programming. <1h 1mn 20s>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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