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Willie Eckstein playing piano

Willie Eckstein playing piano

(piano music)
Marcel Ouimet from London

Marcel Ouimet from London

[Audio Transcript translated from French] This is Marcel Ouimet from London. A black moonless night, great calm hangs over London. The city is quiet, inactive, except for the […]
Un homme et son péché (1948)

Un homme et son péché (1948)

[Audio Transcript translated from French] Speaker: “Pepsodent” toothpaste presents “A man and his sin”, another of the Beautiful stories of the Pays d’en haut. (Music) Speaker: Séraphin is […]
Canada’s Diamond Jubilee

Canada’s Diamond Jubilee

[Audio Transcript] The speaker of this afternoon program is the right honorable George P. Graham, chairman of the Dom… the Diamond Jubilee executive committee. Vous entendriez maintenant madame […]
Earliest known recorded Canadian radio broadcast

Earliest known recorded Canadian radio broadcast

[Audio Transcript] CKAC La Presse Montreal. This is the Hotel Mount Royal Concert Orchestra under the direction of Rex Battle broadcasting directly from the main dining room of […]
CKAC Transcription Disc, 1949

CKAC Transcription Disc, 1949

This is an example of a transcription disc. Discs like these allowed programs to be rebroadcast and today, they provide documentation of shows from earlier periods. The Musée […]