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12 unusual facts about CBC radio


A Story-Gram From Vinyl Cafe Inc.

Stuart McLean’s The Vinyl Cafe, one of CBC Radio’s most popular programs, is a weekly ritual for tens of thousands of Canadians.

Anna Lyman

She appears at Jazz Festivals, and was the subject of a CBC Radio, North by Northwest Interview.

CBC Radio

The CBC formerly operated Galaxie, a digital television radio service which provides 45 channels of music programming to digital cable subscribers in both English and French.

Herbert Belyea

He conducted the group until it disbanded in 1974, notably leading them in several performances broadcast nationally on CBC Radio.

Jesse Dangerously

He appeared on the MuchMusic program Going Coastal on March 19, 2006, was used by MTV Canada's MTV Live as a rapping correspondent to describe the history of nerdcore and has been featured on the CBC Radio program Atlantic Airwaves as well as many programmes on CBC Radio 3.

Judy Maddren

Judy Maddren is a Canadian radio announcer who works primarily for CBC Radio.

Michael Valpy

Valpy co-authored three books (two on Canada's Constitution and the third on on the 21st-century generation of new Canadian adults), produced public affairs documentaries for CBC Radio, contributed chapters to several books on public policy issues and written for Maclean's, Time Canada, Policy Options, Shambhala Sun and Elm Street magazines.

Richard Wassersug

Dr. Wassersug is an outspoken communicator of scientific ideas, having served on CBC Radio’s Maritime Noon Science Panel and as a columnist on The Canadian Discovery Channel's Daily Planet (TV series).

Seamus O'Regan

At the age of 10, O'Regan became a regional correspondent for CBC Radio's Anybody Home?, producing stories that celebrated the unique accomplishments of local residents - a professor hunting for giant squid to one woman's fight against leukemia.

She'll Break Your Heart

Released in May 2006, the record received airplay on CBC Radio, as well as a positive review from Toronto music publication, Exclaim! magazine.

The Orenda

The novel was selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, where it will be defended by Wab Kinew.

Vinyl Cafe Family Pack

This is a collection of some of the most loved, most requested "Dave and Morley Stories", featuring the family at the centre of the popular CBC Radio show, The Vinyl Cafe.


Augusta La Paix

Initially a freelance news reporter for CBC Radio, she was given the show after submitting a demo tape for a show on avant garde culture, featuring music by Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno and Nina Hagen.

Brian Brett

He has also given readings on CBC Radio and various other media as well as public performances funded by private organizations, universities, Harbourfront, Vancouver International Writers Festival, Saltwater Festival, Sechelt Writers’ Festival, Wordfest: Banff Calgary International Writers Festival, the Winnipeg International Writers Festival, National Book Festival, and the Canada Council.

Carman, Manitoba

Up until 1964, a 500' transmitter for CBC Radio was located in Carman, Manitoba, at which time a new centralized communications tower at Starbuck, Manitoba was constructed to house CBW-AM, CBW-FM, CBWT, and CBWFT.

CBC.ca

In 1993, CBC launched an experimental web service, followed by a small site supporting CBC Radio and a site supporting the CBC Halifax TV program Street Cents.

CKUW-FM

Alumni from CKUW that have used their radio experience in the job field include former MuchMusic VJ Bradford How, 92.1 CITI-FM Morning Show Host Joe Aiello, Winnipeg Free Press Columnist Jill Wilson, CBC Producer and DJ Sarah Michaelson (aka Mama Cutsworth), radio personality Alan Cross and Power 97 CJKR-FM Music Director Casey Norman.

Claire Lawrence

In the 1970s he also produced The Great Canadian Gold Rush for CBC Radio, which was hosted by Terry David Mulligan.

Diane Flacks

In 2007, Flacks became a featured columnist with the Toronto Star, and is a regular contributor for the CBC Radio show Definitely Not the Opera.

Festival Singers of Canada

Founded in 1954 by Elmer Iseler as the Festival Singers of Toronto, the choir was heard first heard on CBC radio in a 1955 Good Friday broadcast of Bach's Christ lag in Todesbanden.

Gordon Pinsent

During the 2008, 2010 and 2011 summer periods of CBC Radio One, Pinsent presented a radio documentary series called The Late Show featuring extended obituaries of notable Canadians whom the producers believed deserved attention.

Holberg, British Columbia

The station primarily aired the programs of Vancouver CBC Radio station CBU, but it also aired local programs produced by volunteer staff at the station.

Jake and the Kid

Mitchell began to write the Jake and the Kid radio series for CBC Radio in 1950.

Jan Lisiecki

His performances have been broadcast internationally on CBC Radio in Canada, Polish Radio, Radio France, Radio Luxembourg, Austrian Radio, and German Radio, as well as on French Television 3 and the TV 1 and 2 in Poland.

John Vaillant

The book was also selected for the 2012 edition of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, defended by lawyer and television personality Anne-France Goldwater.

Kaj Hasselriis

As well, he is an occasional contributor to CBC Radio, including Definitely Not the Opera.

Kevin Sylvester

From 1999 to 2006 he was a popular sportscaster for national radio sports on CBC Radio, and anchored the radio coverage for four Olympic Games.

Krazy House

Members of the Royal Canadian Air Farce were involved in writing and performing in Toronto-shot episodes 1, 2 and 5 (though Dave Broadfoot and Luba Goy were the only Air Farce members to appear on-screen), while episodes 3 and 4 were shot in Vancouver and featured the cast of CBC Radio's Dr. Bundolo's Pandemonium Medicine Show.

Marty Chan

He is well known for his six-year run on CBC Radio of The Dim Sum Diaries, a series of short vignettes about his life growing up in small-town Northern Alberta as the only Chinese family around.

Orit Wolf

She records regularly for many radio stations including the BBC, CBS, CBC, IBO, WGBH, NRK and GLR.

Ross MacLachlan

His music has been featured on several national radio broadcasts including the CBC Radio's The Vinyl Cafe with Stuart McLean.

Sergei M. Plekhanov

Since his arrival in Canada in 1993, he has been a frequent commentator on Russian and East European affairs for Canadian TV, radio networks, and print media, including TVO's Studio 2, The Agenda, CBC News, CBC's The Sunday Edition and CTV News.

Sybil Gordon

There, from November 1931 to February 1932, she sang in a cycle of all 13 Gilbert and Sullivan operas in radio broadcasts on the CBC, on the C-I-L-sponsored "Opera House of the Air".

Tebey

Tebey was the subject of a segment on CBC Radio's Sounds Like Canada, and nominated for a 2004 Canadian Radio Music Award for Best New Group or Solo Artist (Country), against Damian Marshall, Deric Ruttan, Heather Dawn and Jason Blaine.

The Year of the Flood

The novel was selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, where it will be defended by Stephen Lewis.

Urban Carmichael

Carmichael's final performance was on the stage of the Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown, for the CBC Radio production Madly Off in All Directions with host Lorne Elliott, just weeks before his death.

William's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

In a March 28, 2013 interview on CBC Radio's As It Happens programme, area administrator George Russell stated that the 17 remaining residents of William's Harbour are willing to accept a new re-settlement offer of $275,000.00 per household from the government of Newfoundland and Labrador to residents of struggling outport communities.

Winnipeg Comedy Festival

Created by the Osborne Village Cultural Centre in collaboration with CBC Radio, performances from the festival are also broadcast as a radio series on CBC Radio One and as a television series on The Comedy Network.

Writers Guild of Canada

In addition to the IPA, the Guild also has agreements in place with the APFTQ, CBC Radio, CBC Television, CTV, the NFB and TVOntario.