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A weekend in 1948
In 1948 radio was in its golden age in North America. But even as the medium experienced unparalleled success, plans for CBC Television were already underway.
The programs and specials represented in the schedule below are drawn from CBC weekend broadcasts — Saturdays and Sundays — in 1948. CBC program guides of that year published in Ontario and British Columbia are the basis for the following grid. Most of the programs listed below were heard on all stations in the CBC Trans-Canada Network or the CBC Dominion Network; Hockey Interview was broadcast on CBM, Montreal's English-language CBC station.
The programs and specials represented in the schedule below are drawn from CBC weekend broadcasts — Saturdays and Sundays — in 1948. CBC program guides of that year published in Ontario and British Columbia are the basis for the following grid. Most of the programs listed below were heard on all stations in the CBC Trans-Canada Network or the CBC Dominion Network; Hockey Interview was broadcast on CBM, Montreal's English-language CBC station.
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Post-war Europe
Broadcast Date: Feb. 8, 1948
After years of wartime rationing, life is finally getting back to normal for Canadians. So it's a shocking sight when CBC radio's John Fisher travels to Europe to observe the misery in countries still subject to food rationing. More staggering is the sheer destruction of cities like Warsaw. But worst of all, says Fisher, is the situation of war orphans whose parents are looking for them – children who have grown up knowing nothing but war.Post-war Europe
• Food rationing was not limited to Europe; it was introduced in Canada by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in January 1942. The first food subject to rationing was sugar; tea, coffee, butter, preserves and fat were added to the ration list later. Rationing of gasoline began in April 1942.• CBC Radio advised Canadian homemakers on how to "make do with less" during wartime rationing.
• Rationing in Canada did not immediately end after the war; some food items were allocated for export to Europe. Rationing was gradually phased out, and the Wartime Prices and Trade Board was dissolved in 1951.
• In the United Kingdom, food rationing was not completely eliminated until 1954. Bread was the first food off the ration list, in 1948; it was followed over the next few years by jam, tea, eggs, sugar, butter, cheese and, finally, meat.
• A 1948 CBC program guide noted that John Fisher, whose services were on loan from the CBC, toured post-war Europe on behalf of the Canadian Appeal for Children campaign. He visited nurseries, relief centres, and homes in France, Belgium, Holland, Czechoslovakia and Poland. Fisher also embarked on a speaking tour of Canada for the campaign, and raised $2,600 from CBC employees alone.
• John Fisher was one of the CBC's most popular personalities. Hailing from Sackville, N.S., he held a law degree and was a member of the bar in that province. He was a newspaper reporter before moving on to the CBC in 1943.
• In the summer of 1948 Fisher was a guest at the Saskatoon Travellers' Day Parade, sitting in a car with the mayor as 60,000 people looked on.
Post-war Europe
Medium: Radio
Program: John Fisher Reports
Broadcast Date: Feb. 8, 1948
Reporter: John Fisher
Duration: 11:14
Last updated:
April 16, 2008
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Dec. 14, 1948
The Supreme Court of Canada lifts a ban on the sale of margarine, a butter substitute that's half the price.
HI I came across some old papers, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/John Fisher reports dated 1950 to 1952 , I'd like some info on these if at all possible thanks in advance for your precious time
Marina Robichaud NB canada
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