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Hello my fellow Radio & TV enthusiasts
I hope this posting doesn't break any forum rules....
I am cleaning out the personal archives and have a number of broadcast related books that I am happy to pass along to a good home at no cost
They are mostly focused on television as that is the area where I spent my broadcast career but each provides insight into the broadcast business
I am located in Mississauga so an exchange at a local Tim Horton's (coffee for a book ?) would certainly work
Yes, I could ship, but you would have to figure out the "how" as I don't want to make this complicated
If you are interested, please Private Message me
Here is the list, along with some links that provide a little insight into each book
The CHUM Story by Allen Farrell
Live to Air - The Craig Broadcast Story by Chris Wood
TUBE The Invention of Television by David E. Fisher and Marshall Jon Fisher
Defining Vision by Joel Brinkley
CTV The Television Wars by Susan Gittins
The Swashbucklers: The Story of Canada's Battling Broadcasters by Knowlton Nash
TVTV: The Debate by the Canadian Journal of Communication
Radio Wizard: Edward Samuel Rogers and the Revolution of Communications by Ian A. Anthony
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No, you're not breaking any rules. In fact, I think that's amazingly generous of you. I hope every tome finds a home!
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“I hope every tome finds a home”, good one RA!
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I have "The CHUM Story" It is a fascinating story of the inner workings of the legendary station right back to its first day in 1945 as told by Alan Farrell. Lots of cool photos including one of its first official broadcast licence issued by the Department of Transport. Did you know the original transmitter was located on the current site of Don Mills Collegiate?
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In Phase, what is "CTV: The Television Wars" about?
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Somewhere out there, there's a person with more time, patience and money than I have to produce a book about the history of small market television stations in Canada. I'm thinking particularly about Western Canada, where local television came to smaller communities like Brandon, Yorkton, Prince Albert, Swift Current and Lloydminster in the late 50s/early 60s. The local content that went on air during non-network program hours to fill time was often the stuff of legend.
One story comes to mind involving one of the aforementioned Saskatchewan stations. In the late 60s, this station got its hands on a copy of much-praised Western movie starring John Wayne. It wasn't first run by any means, but it was highly regarded and naturally, the sales department promoted the heck out of it to local businesses. They sold all the local slots available for the film. The night it was scheduled to air, the station's sales manager started getting calls at home from angry clients, yelling about missed spots, deceitful promotion and never doing business with the company again. He turned on the TV and instead of seeing the Duke and his pardners shootin' it up with the outlaws, he instead saw....Mighty Mouse. Enraged, he quickly called the control room at the station and was told by the techie on duty that Mr. X, the station's owner, had called and demanded that the film be scrapped and cartoons put on in it's place. When the SM called the owner at home, he was told that it was the 8th birthday of the owner's daughter and she was having friends over for a party and they wanted to watch cartoons. So, being the indulgent daddy he was, he promptly cancelled a lucrative programming opportunity to satisfy the kid's birthday wishes.
I'm sure there's lots of similar stories out there.
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Fjiri wrote:
In Phase, what is "CTV: The Television Wars" about?
From the front cover fold-over.....
This is the story of the formation of the network and its rapid expansion across the country.
More than that, it is the story of alliances, both fleeting and lasting, between business executives with common visions, competing egos, and voracious appetites.
It also chronicles how what began as a joint venture turned into a quest for majority control as each partner sought a bigger piece of the network pie.
Some of CTV's toughest battles would be fought in its own boardrooms.
In the end, only one of the original players would be left standing as the network would pass into the hands of the Eaton brothers and finally to Bay Street.
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