RBCM Archives

A jam session from 1952

AAAB6310
Item
1952

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: Part 2 only of a musical broadcast on CKNW, featuring vocalists Bobby Hughes and Jack Cullen and musicians Wilf Wylie (piano), Ernie Blunt (guitar), Fraser McPherson (sax?) and Carse Sneddon (trumpet);.;

A midsummer night's dream

AAAB6554
Item
[1947-06-29?] [date recorded]

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

CALL NUMBER: T4250:0041 item 01 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1947-06-29 SUMMARY: Program #29 -- possibly done in Toronto, but label reads "For use at UBC summer school".;

CALL NUMBER: T4250:0041 item 02 RECORDED: [location unknown], [194-] SUMMARY: An excerpt from a radio broadcast of the play by William Shakespeare; produced and directed by Andrew Allan, with an original score by Lucio Agostini.;

After dark, [1948-12?]

AAAB6297
Item
[1948?]

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: Singer Pat Morgan and guest vocalist Betty Phillips perform popular songs with an orchestra led by Laurence Watson [i.e., presumably, Laurence Wilson]. There is also an interview with Marion Hutton an;d her husband Jack Douglas, who were appearing at the Palomar Supper Club.;

Alan Young jubilee show

AAAB6307
Item
1946

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: Presumably a program honouring actor-entertainer Alan Young, who got his start in Vancouver. From the Mural Room at Veteran's Memorial Hall. Performers include: Wally Peters and His Orchestra, and voc;alists Pat Morgan and Juliette.;

Around the town, 1959-03-[??]

AAAB6553
Item
1959

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: "Around the Town" was a CKNW radio series that ran every Saturday night for six months. It employed a portable FM unit, plus the FM transmitter in the CKNW news wagon, to broadcast live from locations; around Vancouver. In this episode, Jack Cullen and his crew visit all sorts of nighttime establishments in the city, including nightclubs, restaurants, bistros, etc.. The program begins and ends at t;he front door of Cullen's home. This recording contains one complete four-hour live broadcast, including music, commercials, and newscasts. According to Cullen, "Around the Town" was "the first mobile; FM program in Vancouver".;

Arrival of CPR Engine 374, Vancouver, 1945

T4237:0018 track 1 item 01.[a]
Item
1945

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: Dick Diespecker reports on the arrival [at Kitsilano Park?] of retired CPR Engine 374, the historic steam locomotive that had pulled the first transcontinental train into Vancouver on May 23, 1887. (C;KWX aircheck of a CJOR broadcast.);

Battle of the bands : Dixie vs. Moderns

AAAB6544
Item
1956-03-23 [date recorded]

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1956-03-23 SUMMARY: Recorded at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver. Features Lance Harrison (representing the Dixieland component) and Fraser MacPherson (representing the "Moderns"). With MC Jack Cullen. Ivan Ackery (manager; of the Orpheum Theatre) is also heard. Not a broadcast. Recording cuts off before the end of the show.;

Be my guest, 1963-04-22

AAAB6539
Item
1963

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: "Be My Guest" (otherwise known as "The Judy Ginn Show") was a weekly music program hosted by singer Judy Ginn, who was backed by various guest bands. This episode features Doug Parker's Orchestra. So;ngs include "I'll Walk Alone", "Friendly Persuasion", "Memphis In June", and "Our Day Will Come".;

Beach party, 1950-07-20 : [part 2 only]

AAAB6504
Item
1950

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: "Beach Party" is a program which features the singing of Juliette, backed by the Harry Oswell orchestra. [Incomplete.];

Bing Crosby at Sunset Memorial Centre sod-turning

AAAB6291
Item
1948

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: This broadcast features Clyde Gilmour of the Vancouver Daily Province and Bill Rea of CKNW covering the events at the site of Sunset Memorial Centre, where special guest Bing Crosby is doing the cerem;onial turning of the sod.;

Canadian family tree, 1950-08-30

AAAB6495
Item
1950

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: A Vancouver history program that tells the story of the famous Burns Family.;

Cartoons for radio, 1949-10-29

AAAB6487
Item
1949

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: This episode is about a King who seeks help from a soothsayer to solve a problem. The ending of the program include audible remarks from the control room operator.;

CBC aircheck, 1947

AAAC1515
Item
1947

Part of Jack Cullen radio broadcast collection

SUMMARY: Dorwin Baird, Kay Coonor, Howard Booth (Odeon Theatre); Charlie Doctrin (Orpheum Theatre); and Harold Paulson (CBC). Song, "What A Difference A Day Makes": Kay Connor, vocal; Winnifred Renworth (organ;). "Strange music": Doreen Wilson, vocal. Off-air recording; 15-minute segment only.;

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