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CKNX Tales from Wingham: the Radio & Television Town of Canada
Location: Channel 8, CKNX-TV, Wingham, Ontario

 
Radius of CKNX's television reception in 1955
1 of 26 		The original TV transmitter was housed at the new site out by Formosa, Ontario.
2 of 26 		Reg Bitton and Hap Swatridge film editors by day, musicians by night
3 of 26 		Channel 8 went on the air for the first time on November 18, 1955.
4 of 26 		1955 schedule of CKNX television programming
5 of 26 		Set of the nightly Insight News program that came on around 6pm.
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News anchors of CKNX-TV
7 of 26 		Production planning meeting
8 of 26 		The set of Romper Room - a popular children's program
9 of 26 		Romper Room's Miss Eva and guest Doug McGowan (one of the show's producers)
10 of 26 		Romper Room was one of the first televised children's programs available to people in the CKNX area.
11 of 26 		Set of M'Lady with Johnny Brent, popular cooking guest Kaye Grose and host Anna MacDonald
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This cooking segment of the Anna Meyer Show featured a Pirates of Penzanze actor as guest cook.
13 of 26 		Studio staff often enjoyed the cooking creations of Kaye Grose after the show was finished.
14 of 26 		Jack Day, producer, Anna Meyer, Kaye Grose and Johnny Brent on the set of the Anna Meyer Show.
15 of 26 		Anne Meyer interviewed entertainers and community members, both famous and local.
16 of 26 		Engineers from Ontario Hydro showing Anna Meyer how the new Bruce Nuclear Power Station worked.
17 of 26 		Al Cherny and his fiddle and Gordie Tapp's comedy entertained many CKNX viewers.
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