Passengers in a CN radio car, listening to broadcast programming in 1927, the first year of national service As an advertising medium, radio telephony is unsurpassed, and the administration believes that in the establishment of a radio department, it has taken a unique and constructive step in railway operations. to provide a means of communication between the executive officers of the railway and the public - to advertise Canada and the Canadian National Railways - to furnish entertainment to passengers on long-distance trains and guests at the company's hotels - and generally to make the service of the railway more attractive to the public. In comments to the House of Commons of Canada, the radio service's aims were: The CNR used its already-established network of telegraph wires along the rail line to connect the stations. By the end of 1929 there were three hours of national programming a week. The first regularly scheduled coast-to-coast network program produced by CN Radio was broadcast December 27, 1928. On October 9, 1923, the network made international news when it carried a broadcast of former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George being interviewed by reporters travelling with him on a Montreal to Toronto train. Radio was also intended as an innovation that made travel on CNR trains more attractive and provided it with a competitive advantage over its rival, the Canadian Pacific Railway. The general public could also receive the broadcasts if they lived in the vicinity of a CNR radio station and CN hotels were also equipped with radio sets for guests. The network's origins were in the establishment by CNR president and chairman Sir Henry Thornton on Jof the CNR Radio Department after the CNR began installing radio sets with headphones in their passenger cars and needed stations to provide programming that passengers could listen to along the CNR's various routes, particularly its coast-to-coast transcontinental line. However, political and competitive pressure forced CNR Radio to close, with many of its assets and personnel migrating to a new government-operated agency, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), which ultimately led to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Programming was produced in English, French and occasionally in some First Nations languages, and distributed nationwide through the railway's own telegraph lines and through rented airtime on other private radio stations. As broadcasts could be received by anyone living in the coverage area of station transmitters, the network provided radio programming to Canadians from the Pacific coast (at Vancouver) to the Atlantic coast (at Halifax).ĭuring its nine-year existence, CNR Radio provided music, sports, information and drama programming to Canadians. It was developed, owned and operated by the Canadian National Railway between 19 to provide en route entertainment and information for its train passengers. National (along CNR rail line), through stations owned or leased by the networkĬNR Radio or CN Radio (officially the Canadian National Railways Radio Department) was the first national radio network in North America. Moxie Creative Communications Agency announced that Susan Canetto will start a new role as director of new business development.1933, assets sold to Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.S cott Sammons, Kleinfelder and Dave Merritt, URS, Glenwood Springs. New ACEC directors include: Steve Ravel, Hatch Mott MacDonald Ceila Rethamel, WHPacific Inc. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado announced that Greg Roush, Leonard Rice Engineers Inc., will serve as president Peter Monroe, Monroe & Newell Engineers Inc., vice president and Marvinetta Hartwig, Hartwig & Associates, secretary/treasurer.ATIS presented its 2013 president’s award to Stacy Hartman, public policy director at CenturyLink for her leadership, significant contributions, and representation of ATIS in the information and communications technology industry.Richard Gonzalo Obregon, a diagnostic radiologist at Radiology Imaging Associates, has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology. The Park People recently announced the promotion of Kim Yuan-Farrell to executive director of the non-profit.FreeWave Technologies named Trevor Thorson a engineering technician Graham Boon, as a systems engineer and Theresa Aubinger a member of the inside sales team.Thorn Luth recently joined Perry and Co.
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