Item AAAB5212 - Albert Carrick interview

RECORDED: Surrey (B.C.), 1982-11-05 SUMMARY: Former broadcaster Albert Carrick discusses his experiences in the early days of radio in Vancouver. TRACK 1: Received amateur radio license, 1919. Early uses of radio, and technical details. Took [Sprott-Shaw School] night class in radio with Bruce Arundel. Early Vancouver electronics suppliers: Major Dufresne, Mr. Hart. Construction of early radio equipment. Helped Arundel at CJCE, station run by Sprott-Shaw School. Other stations received, and points transmitted to. CJCE on air before CKCD. Newscaster Earle Kelly. Other Vancouver area stations. CJCE programming and set-up. First Congregational Church radio station, and other early radio in Vancouver. CJCE became CKMO, then CFUN; was also CFCQ briefly. Milton Stark [and station CFYC]. Importance of amateur radio operators. Frequencies used. Coastal radio stations. CKCD and "Mr. Good Evening" [Earle Kelly]. Bruce Arundel. Interference from coastal stations and other sources. TRACK 2: CJCE activities. Grant at CFCN Calgary. Other early Vancouver amateur radio operators. Victor Odlum and CFYC. Broadcasting frequencies and power output of stations. Cyril Trott. Rev. Andrew Roddan. Billy Browne. [Elmer?] Diamond. Involved with CJCE for three years. Other stations broadcasting in early 1920s. Technical changes in radio. Early radio programming and listening. Broadcasting on CJCE. (End of interview)