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BAMBRICK, Kenneth

1978-0059

Sound

1 of 1

1977 ?

technical producer, Wendie Carroll; research/interviewer, Kenneth Bambrick; narration, Claude Vickery; Dean Robinson

This is one of a series of radio programs about the history of Canadian radio in the 1920s and the 1930s, based on oral history interviews by Kenneth Bambrick of Canadian radio pioneers. The series explores major aspects of the development of the radio industry in Canada. This program looks at the early stations. Everyone from radio clubs to furniture merchants and newspapers got into radio broadcasting in the 1920s when small stations sprang up in large and small centres across Canada. The small stations, often using transmitters converted from their original ocean-going use, squeaked and squealed a lot, but they helped break the isolation of rural resdients and brought the world of entertainment within the reach of almost everyone. This program features interviews of Bert Hooper, Earle Connor, E.O. Swan, M.V. Chestnut and Les Horton. <26mn>

English

Open

~Open for consultation: open for research and private study copying only.

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Kenneth Bambrick