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

SUMMARY: This episode, a play by award-winning Canadian playwright Sherman Snukal, is about a group of friends who spend their summer in Vancouver. All of the friends discuss what is happening in their persona;l lives, and the dynamic of relationships is a focus.;

SUMMARY: "Ideas" is a CBC Radio series that presents in-depth talks and discussion on a range of historical and contemporary subjects. The series evolved from an FM program entitled "The Best Ideas You'll Hear; Tonight", first broadcast in the fall of 1965 in response to an interest in adult education. This episode explores the roots of the movement towards self-care, and assesses it as an alternative to traditional drug-based therapies.;

SUMMARY: The first of two radio documentaries about the Operation Solidarity opposition to Premier Bennett's restraint program of 1983, and the related conflict between the unions and the Vander Zalm governmen;t in 1988.;

SUMMARY: The second of two radio documentaries about the Operation Solidarity opposition to Premier Bennett's restraint program of 1983, and the related conflict between the unions and the Vander Zalm government in 1988.;

SUMMARY: An on-line dub from the CBC Radio open-line show "Almanac". Lyall Hanson, B.C. Minister of Labour, and Roy Gauthier, President of the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades Council, are interviewed on the sub;ject of the B.C. government's Bill 19.;

SUMMARY: This episode is about author Ernest Hemingway, whose publishers have recently brought out a previously unpublished novel called "The Garden Of Eden". Writer Keith Maillard speaks about the influence o;f Hemingway on his work and his life. The program also includes recordings of Hemingway speaking.;

SUMMARY: Series: Stereo Theatre. This episode is a play by BC author Ian Weir. This play is about a man writing a book about the life of his friend, J.J. Davenport.;

SUMMARY: "Ideas" is a CBC Radio series that presents in-depth talks and discussion on a range of historical and contemporary subjects. The series evolved from an FM program entitled "The Best Ideas You'll Hear; Tonight", first broadcast in the fall of 1965 in response to an interest in adult education. This episode features Mavor Moore speaking about the role of public broadcasting. Moore's talk was the fir;st Graham Spry Memorial Lecture.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers a look at BC women artists, as well as interviews with Istvan Szabo, avant-garde artist Micheal Morris, Connie; Shih, William Benjamin, Brian Johnson, and a Colin Yardley skit.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes interviews with Barry Downes, Gale Spender (an Austrailian-British feminist writer?), Vancouver Symphony co-;ordinator David Lemon, and Bill Richardson. There is also a segment about [the film?] "Children of a Lesser God".;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a segment about Vancouver theatre spaces, a Noel Hudson short story, and interviews with [playwright] Tom Co;ne and Dale Spencer.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode has items on sculptor John Weaver, poet Robert Bringhurst, and singer Phyllis Mailing, as well as a satire on Dylan T;homas by Colin Yardley.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a documentary by Gail Pellett entitled "Safe Haven", about Victoria and the people who live there.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers a look at how the life of Mozart is portrayed in movies and in plays, such as "Amadeus"; an interview with pla;ywright Margaret Hollingsworth; a look at Expo '86; and Peter Brockington's review of the play "Of Mice and Men".;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers a look at the UBC Drum Festival, as well as interviews with playwright Sam Shepard and mezzo-soprano Judith Fo;rst.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a feature on art in the market-place, an interview with writer-translator Ann Pasternak Slater by Peter Hawo;rth, and Vancouver theatre personality Joy Coghill.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers an opinion on the value of a liberal arts education, interviews with Vancouver writers Stuart Brinton and Tom ;Wayman, and a look at the new Bruce Hutchison book.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers a look at artists of interior BC as well as interviews with Don Graham and Jill Pollock, and a review of Terry; Gilliam's film "Brazil" by Michael Mercer.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes an interview with concertmaster Gerald Jarvis about the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra dispute, as well as int;erviews with Dennis Culver and Ray Chatelin.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers a child's essay on arts events, an interview with Ellen Schwarz, an arts review [and?] the Vancouver Art Galle;ry Extension Program, and a review of "The Barber Of Seville".;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes Jill Pollock discussing the BC art scene, an opera review, and interviews with Joel Harris and mystery write;r L.R. Wright.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a feature on BC architecture, a book on [Samuel?] MacClure, and an interview with tuba player Dennis Miller.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode offers a look at the Vancouver Recital Society, a discussion of art censorship with Jill Pollock, a review of the pla;y "Noises Off", an interview with violinist Patricia Shih, and an interview with Cedric Smith.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode includes a feature on the Vancouver Friends of Chamber Music, another feature on West Coast Indian imagery, an Eric B;ruhn tribute, and an interview with Sarah Ellis.;

SUMMARY: "Testament" was a bi-weekly CBC Radio series that dealt with a wide range of spiritual ideas and values from cultures in Canada and around the world. It ran from January 1983 to November 1985 during ;the winter, summer and fall quarters. This item is "Walter Bordon -- interview for 'God's Trombones'".;

SUMMARY: This episode was recorded at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre on January 27, 1985, at a concert of the Vancouver New Music Society. Peter Hannan performed on the recorder and Lubomyr Melnyk was the ;pianist. The program included works by Martin Bartlett, Walter Zimmermann, Peter Hannan, Louis Andriessen, and Lubomyr Melnyk.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode is about the BC Coalition for the Arts.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. "Saturday Evening" was a series that aired from 8:30 to 10:00 PM. Usually in two parts, it consisted of plays, classical concerts,; documentaries and talks. This episode is about the BC Coalition for the Arts.;

SUMMARY: "Monitor" was a radio series devoted to the arts in British Columbia. This episode features a profile of New Westminster artist Joe Plaskett and a review of the play "Stone Fish".;