Topic spans: 1956 - 2000
50 Years of Olympic Broadcasting
From Melbourne to Montreal, Munich to Mexico City, the CBC has roamed the planet to beam Olympic history into Canadian living rooms. We take a look back and, through the eyes of CBC correspondents, experience decades of Olympic triumph and heartbreak. At first, it's via crackling shortwave. Later, live TV coverage flows around-the-clock from the other side of the globe.
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6 radio clips
Atlanta 1996: The Redneck Games
Broadcast Date: Aug. 1, 1996
Peter Jordan wins a bronze medal in the mud pit belly flop.Atlanta 1996: The Redneck Games
Medium: Television
Program: 1996 Olympics
Broadcast Date: Aug. 1, 1996
Reporter: Peter Jordan
Duration: 3:18
Last updated:
Jan. 24, 2011
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Radio
12:49
U.S. sprinter Carl Lewis talks about Ben Johnson and steroid use in track and field.
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Canada's sweetheart, an overlooked hockey team, the goodtime bobsleigh playboys, and the tiger from British Columbia – these are Canada's post-war Olympic gold players. In an era that predated big...
Atlanta 1996: The Redneck Games.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Jan. 24, 2011.
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