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RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-11-23 SUMMARY: First job CKMO, shared frequencies, DX Prowl, equipment, other Vancouver stations 1930's, unauthorized power increases, equipment, wages, collecting accounts, (?), ad copy story, equipment, wages, early TV set, CBC war news.

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Don Home. In it, he discusses his career in radio broadcasting. Mr. Horne took training at the Sprott-Shaw School and worked at radio stations in Victoria and Vancouver before joining the CBC in 1939. His field was technical production, including live radio drama, where he worked with producer Andrew Allan. In 1955, he became a supervisor, and in 1966, technical director. He retired from the CBC in 1974. The interview reflects on many aspects of technical change, the problems of early broadcasting, and the details of wartime broadcasting.

SUMMARY: In a radio speech broadcast 17-Jun-1935, Premier T.D. Pattullo talks about British Columbia in Canada, and the necessity of amending the British North America Act of 1867.

CALL NUMBER: T3186:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Early radio in Western Canada PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1955 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-03 SUMMARY: James Laurie began work for CNR Radio in 1925. Description of the operation of CNR Radio. First worked in Winnipeg. Stories about work for CNR Radio, 1925-37. Joined CBC in Vancouver, 1937. Laurie helped open the new CBC facilities in the Vancouver Hotel, 1938. The Royal Visit, 1939. Anecdotes about early outside broadcasts. Editing techniques and recording techniques. Technological limitations prior to the advent of tape recorders. Control room anecdotes. Description of Bill Herbert. Clashes between Ira Dilworth and Bill Herbert. Early portable tape recorders. Changes in radio: power supply, microphones. Start of anecdote about damaged mike cord on live broadcast, ca. 1936.

CALL NUMBER: T3186:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): CBC Vancouver, the early years, 1937-1955 PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1955 RECORDED: West Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-03 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Conclusion of anecdote about damaged mike cable on a live outdoors broadcast from Victoria Golf Course, ca. 1936. Description of Ira Dilworth, Director of Radio. Anecdote about "The Carson Family", a farm broadcast, being recorded at the Armstrong Fair. Moving into new CBC headquarters in Hotel Vancouver, 1937. [TRACK 2: blank; end of interview]

CALL NUMBER: T3847:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Interview with Ernie Rose (part 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1916-1953 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1981-05-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Born, Killam, Alberta, January 15, 1916. Family background and early years. Interest in radio from father; Morse code practice with father. Move to Vancouver to study for commercial radio operator's license at Sprott-Shaw School, May 1934. Graduates September 1934. Bob Rennie, friend, share job at radio station CKMO owned by school. Rennie sails away on freighter leaving Rose with radio station job. Work experiences at CKMO: rebuilding transmitter at night after 11:30pm signoff. Start of "DX Prowl" program; later "DX Owl Prowl", then "Owl Prowl". Chief engineer for CKMO, ca. 1937. Courtship and marriage, 1939. June 1940, joined CBC radio as engineer-operator. Remained with CBC radio until 1953. Development of interest in TV. Work during WW II with Department of Psychological Warfare recording on discs messages and POW camp orchestras for broadcast to Europe from Sackville, N.S. Extension of CBC radio services using low power rebroadcast transmitters (LPRTs) during WW II. Study of TV engineering after war; use of surplus equipment from Boeing plant in Seattle. Primitive TV receiver constructed from radar equipment. CBUT TV signed on 1953 Vancouver. Post Office sit-in 1938. TRACK 2: Remote broadcasts. Royal Tour broadcasts, 1939. HMS Glory remote broadcasts. Pat Bay, Vancouver Island, broadcasts aboard bomber. Filmmaking experiences: processed movie film at home late 1930s. Tom Whitefoot. Bert Bridgman. Government control of radio during war. News blackouts. Shelling of west coast of Vancouver Island, 1942. Dieppe raid, 1942. War reporting using radio in Europe. Japanese-Canadians and use of radio. Pearl Harbour and effect on Victoria. Distribution of radio and TV signal in B.C. CALL NUMBER: T3847:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Interview with Ernie Rose (part 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1950s-1981 RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1981-05-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Distribution of TV signal in B.C. Studio design for BCTV, Burnaby. Live TV programming for BCTV. CBUT TV preparations for initial broadcast. Engineering vs. operator vs. producer problems in TV. "Story Theatre" series from engineering perspective. Radio and TV personalities known and worked with. Radio personality as a transient phenomenon. Al Reusch. Personal transition from radio to TV. TV technology and improvements in production and broadcast equipment. TRACK 2: The "ghost" anecdote of signing on CHAN TV (BCTV) on October 31, 1960 (see also 'Broadcaster', June 1980). Installation of Cariboo rebroadcast towers. Awards for engineering contributions to broadcast industry. Engineering support staff at BCTV. Effect of Royal Commission and federal regulations dealing with broadcast industry. Effect of de-regulation on broadcast industry. Quality in content of Canadian programs. White Paper on Broadcasting by Judy La Marsh (1966) and CRTC establishment (1968). Provincial regulations which affect broadcast industry, e.g., liquor control. Hermes and Anik-B satellite experiment with BCTV. (End of interview)

In an interview with Eric Gee, retired radio producer Ray Whitehouse discusses his career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, especially at CBC Vancouver.

SUMMARY: The history of the Haida people in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Includes: stories and legends from their ancestors; visits to Masset, and to Moresby and Anthony Islands; and descriptions of the old viillage sites with their remaining artifacts. Voices heard include Knut Fladmark, Dr. Peter Kelly, Betty Carey, Neil Carey, Gray Stephens and John Williams.

SUMMARY: This program features recollections of the joys and tribulations of deep sea fishermen of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Voices heard include: Eric Ross, Burt Roberts, Mrs. Ed [Lila] Regnery, Grace Stevens, John Williams, Arthur Husband, and Tom Moran.

SUMMARY:his program is largely about logging the big Sitka spruce at the Macmillan Bloedel operation at Justkatla Inlet on Graham Island. Voices heard include: Tibor Jando, Eric Ross, John Williams, Dwyer Brown, Solomon Wilson, Joseph Weah, and T.L.Williams.

SUMMARY: In this program, Haida people talk about their lives today (in the 1960s) and the ways in which the coming of white settlement has changed Haida culture. The voices heard are: Lavina Lightbown, Oliver Adams, Solomon Wilson, and John Williams.

SUMMARY: This program features impressions of life on the Queen Charlotte Islands in the 1960s. Voices heard include: Betty Carey, Dorothy Richardson, Mrs. Ed [Lila] Regnery, Barbara Raynolds, Eric Ross, Joe Morreau, J.G.Fraser, Howard Phillips, Mike Raynolds, Neil Carey, and Arthur Husband.

CALL NUMBER: T2467:0001 track 1
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journey to Ootsa
SUMMARY: In this first of two programs, Arthur Shelford recalls how he came to Canada from England in 1908, some of his early working experiences in Alberta and British Columbia, and how he and his brother Jack located their homestead in the Ootsa Lake District.

CALL NUMBER: T2467:0001 track 2
SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Journeys of a homesteader
SUMMARY: In this second of two programs, Arthur Shelford recalls homesteading with his brother Jack in the Ootsa Lake district around 1910. He discusses their experiences clearing the land, building a sod-roof cabin, trapping, and living in a tent in winter, as well as a journey to Bella Coola to buy cattle for their farm. The local character Mike Touhy ("The Bard of the Lakes Country") is also remembered, and Touhy's poem "The Hazelton Trail" is recited by the narrator. The voices heard are Arthur Shelford, Cliff Harrison, and Frank Chettleburgh.

SUMMARY: This program recounts two journeys into Bella Coola: Alexander Mackenzie's journey in 1793, and that made by Cliff Kopas in 1933.

SUMMARY: This program tells the story of the Norwegian settlers of the Bella Coola Valley, and their leader, the Rev. Christian Saugstad. The voices of Annie Levelton, Ted Levelton and Milo Fougner are heard.

SUMMARY: This program deals with the Indian people of the Bella Coola region: their art, culture, and community life; prophecies of the coming of the white man; relations with Alexander MacKenzie and the Norwegian settlers. Voices heard include: Margaret Siwallace, Andy Schooner, Paul Kopas, Elliot Weisgarber, Ted Levelton, and Milo Fougner.

SUMMARY: This program recalls some events at the upper end of the Bella Coola Valley -- the building (in 1953) of a road by Bella Coola residents who grew tired of being isolated, and Lord Tweedsmuir's visit to the valley in 1937. Voices heard include: Caroline Moffat, Molly Walker, Cliff Kopas, Wally Stiles, Alfred Bryant, Wilf Christensen, and Gaston Bazille.

SUMMARY: Sarah Bourgon recalls her adventures as a young English immigrant: arriving in Canada in 1912, working in Vancouver and Prince Rupert, and travelling to Aldermere in the Bulkley Valley in 1914.

SUMMARY: This special program was broadcast separately from the season's regular "People in Landscape" sub-series. It features some of the experiences of the early Spanish and English explorers in the Gulf of Georgia, told in excerpts from their written accounts.

SUMMARY: This special program was broadcast separately from the season's regular "People in Landscape" sub-series. In the program, Edward Feuz recalls some of his experiences as a mountain-climbing guide for the CPR in the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains.

SUMMARY: A special program recalling the experience of winter in the earlier days of British Columbia. Bert Williams recalls cold winters in the Fraser Valley. Cliff Harrison and Phil Hoskins describe an encounter with a grizzly bear during a fishing trip on Ootsa Lake. Mrs. Cathy Johnson tells two stories about her father, the missionary Richard Tomlinson, and his dealings with native people during the winter.

SUMMARY: "Saturday Evening" was a series of 1.5-hour programs that were broadcast from 8:30 to 10:00 PM. Usually in two parts, the programs featured plays, classical music concerts, documentaries, and talks. The series ran from October 1962 to the spring of 1967. This episode, "The Fort and the City", is about Victoria the city in the days of Victoria the Queen. The first section, "The Fort", is based on letters and written memoirs from the era of Fort Victoria. The second part, "The City", is compiled from the spoken memoirs of people who lived there during the latter part of the 19th century. The latter material is drawn from oral history interviews recorded by Imbert Orchard for the earlier series, "Living Memory".

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "Kitselas Canyon", is based on a visit to Kitselas Canyon on the Skeena River, and a discussion of its history: the native people and their legends, the arrival of the Europeans, the days of the sternwheelers, and the coming of the railroad. The program is a CBC Vancouver production, compiled, written and produced by Imbert Orchard. The voices heard include Dave Walker, Ben Boulton, Wiggs O'Neill, and John Morrison. The story teller is Michael Irwin.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and Salon" was a series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries, and other sources. In this program, a journey in the summer of 1970 retraces the travels and experiences of Phyllis Bryant as a young mother, homesteading in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region with her husband and four children during the 1920s. Based on oral history interviews and other recordings from the 1970 journey, it presents the trials and joys of a pioneer family. The voices heard include: Phyllis Bryant Kellis, Peggy Keefe, Jim Keefe, Harry McGhee, Dean Holt, Bill Broughton, Elmer Purdue, and Dan Lee.

SUMMARY: A program about the effect of the coming of Christianity to the Indian people of B.C., and how it reacted with their own culture and religion. Also: Anthony Walsh tells how, as a teacher of Indian children on the Inkameep reserve in the 1930s, he attempted to find ways of keeping the native traditions alive through the education of the children. An Okanagan Indian Christmas carol is also heard. Voices heard include: Annie Hayes, Lizette Hall, Mrs. Edward Joyce, Grace Stephens, Sheila DeHart, Mrs. Albert Cooper, Mrs. Tracy Williams, Paul Stanley, Elliot Weisgarber, Anthony Walsh, Solomon Wilson;, George Clutesi, Clarence Joe, Danny Milo, Joe Klameen, Joe Louie, and William Scow.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. "The Great West Road", which comprises two episodes, presents the story of two journeys from the Fraser River to the Pacific Ocean: th;e first by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793, and the second by a party of scientists following Mackenzies's route in 1975. Dr. Roy Carlson, Dr. Rudi Haering, and Dr. Earl Nelson describe their own adventu;res en route, while Mackenzie's story is told in excerpts from his journal.;

SUMMARY: "B.C. Folio" is a weekly program that features items of interest to B.C. listeners, including interviews with British Columbians of diverse backgrounds. "BC Folio" was broadcast from 1971 to 1976 on the Pacific Region network -- first on AM, and later on FM. In this program, B.C. writer Christie Harris discusses her books and her writing career with Leanne Orchard, Jane Ross, Susan Ross and Imbert Orchard, who also produced the program at CBC Vancouver.

BC Archives holds two versions of the recording on two reels (0001 and 0002).

SUMMARY: "B.C. Folio" is a weekly program that features items of interest to B.C. listeners, including interviews with British Columbians of diverse backgrounds. "BC Folio" was broadcast from 1971 to 1976 on t;he Pacific Region network -- first on AM, and later on FM. Ralph Edwards -- and people who knew him -- tell about how he came to settle at Lonesome Lake in the Bella Coola Valley; his family's experie;nces there; his efforts to save the trumpeter swans; and his experiences as a pilot in the area. A CBC Vancouver production, compiled and narrated by Imbert Orchard.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Mid-Week" is a program of miscellaneous commentary and music. This episode, "Centennial Journey", is a record and commentary, by Andreas Schroeder and Jeremy Long, of a journey through British Co;lumbia, sampling the opinions and feelings of young people about living there in 1971 -- the Centennial of B.C. becoming a Canadian province.;

SUMMARY: Chris Jordan describes his experiences travelling around B.C. on a concert tour with Japanese guitarist Kyoshi Shimura. Produced and narrated by Imbert Orchard at CBC Vancouver.;

SUMMARY: "Points West" was a program of discussion, interviews and current events for Western Canadian listeners. It ran on Sunday afternoons from April 1959 to December 1962. This tape comprises three stories of pioneer life in B.C., based on oral history interviews by Imbert Orchard. (1) Constance Cox describes an incident involving a jewel box which took place in Hazelton during the Klondike Gold Rush. (2) Hilda Cameron (Mrs. Peter Cameron) tells an amusing story about being invited for dinner at the cabin of Alf Ferris, a bachelor neighbour. (3) Peter Lagace recalls finding a dollar bill when he was a boy in the Fraser Valley.