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Topic spans: 1945 - 1996
Our Voice to the World: 60 Years of RCI
In February 1945, the "Voice of Canada" spoke to the world for the first time. The CBC International Service was founded to broadcast to Canadian Forces overseas in the Second World War. At war's end the radio service focused on telling the world about Canada in over a dozen languages. Despite budget cuts and critics who accused it of employing communists or operating as a government mouthpiece, the service now called Radio Canada International has persevered. CBC Archives looks back on RCI's six decades on shortwave.
Photo courtesy of National Archives of Canada.
8 television clips
13 radio clips
Shortwave shop owner questions cuts
Broadcast Date: Dec. 10, 1996
A Montreal shortwave fan rallies supporters of RCI to pressure CBC to keep the service.Shortwave shop owner questions cuts
Medium: Television
Program: Newswatch
Broadcast Date: Dec. 10, 1996
Guest(s): Maggy Akerblom, Allan Familiant, Wojtek Gwiazda, Sheldon Harvey
Reporter: Ioanna Roumeliotis
Duration: 2:10
Last updated:
Feb. 17, 2005
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12:10
Nov. 3, 1958
The CBC's shortwave service goes to great lengths to reach listeners in communist countries.
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Shortwave shop owner questions cuts.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Feb. 17, 2005.
[Page consulted on Feb. 14, 2012.]