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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);.;

SUMMARY: Air check of musical program featuring Dal Richards and "The Sentimental Seven".;

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.;

The collection consists of audio disc aircheck recordings of musical performances on radio programs broadcast by CBU (CBC Vancouver) in the early-to-mid-1950s. The programs heard include "Dixieland Jazz", "Jazz Workshop", "Leicester Square", "Nightspot", "Opportunity Knocks", and "Radio Rhythm".

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.;

SUMMARY: SIDE 1 & 2: Songs performed by the Angelus Vocal Ensemble with Catherine McEwen. Amateur off-air recording.;

SUMMARY: A Vancouver series featuring West Coast musicians, introduced by Monty MacFarlane. This episode features a group led by Dave Robbins.;

SUMMARY: "Art Gallery Recital" is a half hour program that featured various singers performing with pianist John Emerson. Betty Philips is the guest singer on this episode.;

SUMMARY: CKWX Playhouse program of jazz and big band music. Thora Anders (vocal), Barney Potts, Ray Norris, Vic Centro, Jack Townshend, Frank Linn (piano and vocal). Cut 1 - Exactly Like You (instrumental) (;2:03); cut 2 - The Three Bears (vocal) (2:05); cut 3 - Flying Home (instrumental) and sign off (2:25 total); cut 4 - For You (vocal) (1:52).;

SUMMARY: "Opening Night" by E.H. Buckerfield. Good Friday, 1951. Producer: Ray Whitehouse. Credits on file.;

The series consists of audio disc recordings of radio programs in the series "BC School Broadcast", "National School Broadcast", and ....

SUMMARY: Rehearsal for the B.C. Electric program with Will Reeder; closes with country music. Amateur recording. Disc is marked "no good".;

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".;

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

SUMMARY: From the Beacon Pantages Theatre in Vancouver, organist Sydney Kelland is heard playing the quartet from Verdi's "Rigoletto" and miscellaneous fragments. No date or broadcast information.;

SUMMARY: "Best of Emerson" is a twice-a-week series (Monday and Friday) that ran from July 2 to September 28, 1962. In this series Vancouver's provocative conversationalist, John Emerson, discusses unusual asp;ects of Vancouver history and gives his recollections and impressions of well-known people. This episode, number 20 in the series, deals with Vancouver songwriters and performers and the music of Deli;us.;

SUMMARY: A musical production for radio, with music, book and lyrics by Juan Root. With Winifred Renworth (piano), Betty Phillips, Don Garrard, Lorraine McAllister, Don McManus, Doug Haskins. Producer: Doug Ni;xon. Announcer: Bill Reid.;

SUMMARY: Betty Phillips sings, with piano accompaniment, at the Ritz Hotel. Announcer: George Barnes.;

The collection consists of six audio reels collected by Bill Ward, including copies of "Conservation Calling" episodes and various radio musical and advertisement programs, a Fish and Wildlife official speech and a Fish and Wildlife Christmas party.

SUMMARY: Appears to have four tracks: 1, 3 and 4 featuring Hughes and track 2 featuring the trio.;

SUMMARY: Program featuring the "Boultbee Specialists", a male quartet, accompanied by Syd Kelland on organ; sponsored by Boultbee Brake Company of Vancouver. Amateur off-air recording.;

SUMMARY: Presumably this is a British-styled variety program. Billy Browne, announcer. Amateur off-air recording.;

SUMMARY: Soprano Milla Andrew is the guest of emcee-pianist John Emerson in this episode.;

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.;

SUMMARY: (1) "Tidewaters" was the 13th program in "From the Mountains to the Sea", a series about the history and people of British Columbia's regions, based on oral history interviews recorded by Robert (later Imbert) Orchard. It deals with the people who lived at different parts of the British Columbia coastline. The outer coast of British Columbia and the story of some of the wrecks around Cape Beale. Settlers on the coast: the Finns of Sointula, the Norwegians of Bella Coola, and the people who settled at the north end of Vancouver Island. Also the coastal Indians: the Haidas and their huge canoes, and the Nootka whale-hunters. Voices heard include: Ethel Cadorin, Edward Joyce, Annie Hayes, Ted Levelton, Milo Fougner, Arvo Tynjala, Frank Hole and Chief William Scow. The Hamatsa songs were performed by Mary Johnson, Annie Hayes, and Arvo Tynjala; another song was sung by Dick Willy. (2) In a concert from the Courtenay Youth Music Camp, Simon Streatfield conducts the Faculty Orchestra in works by; Vivaldi, Bach and Respighi, with soloists Steven Staryk, Otto Eifert and Ray Still. NOTE: Only the "Tidewaters" documentary is on this tape, which is tape 1 of 2.

SUMMARY: Laurence Wilson conducts the orchestra in performances of "Concertino for piano and orchestra" by Arthur Honegger (with soloist Marion Barnum) and "On hearing first cuckoo of spring" by Frederick Deli;us.;

SUMMARY: Soprano Frieda Hoffman sings songs by Schubert, Brahms and Schumann, accompanied by Phyllis Schultz on piano.;

SUMMARY: Tenor Cecil Reid sings "in the Gloaming". Announcer Billy Browne with CKMO sign-off. Amateur off-air recording.;

SUMMARY: A western musical variety show. Recorded for post-broadcast analysis.;

SUMMARY: A half-hour fantasy from Vancouver. A child, played by Olive Sturgess, falls asleep while listening to the radio. In her dream, she meets many of the people that she has heard to on the air. Betty Phi;llips plays the Christmas Fairy who brings the people from the radio to play her songs.;