Listening in : the first decade of Canadian broadcasting, 1922-1932 / Mary Vipond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vipond, Mary, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting--Canada--History.

Radio broadcasting.

Broadcasting--Canada.

Broadcasting.

Physical Description:

xvii, 380 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mary Vipond's approach is based on the idea that the development of radio broadcasting was a process that involved equipment manufacturers, broadcasters, and "audiences/customers." She charts the expansion of these three groups, surveys the development of advertising and networking as methods of financing, and analyses the evolution of programming. From 1922 to 1932, radio administration was the responsibility of the Radio Branch of the federal Department of Marine and Fisheries. Vipond discusses the regulatory policies of the branch. She completes her study with an analysis of the period from the formation of the Aird Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting in 1928 to the passage of the Radio Broadcasting Act of 1932. Between 1922 and 1932, virtually all Canadian broadcasting was in the private sector. The campaign in the early 1930s to institute a broadcasting system oriented more toward public service and the promotion of a national identity was partially successful. Vipond reveals, however, that the act that in 1932 set up the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, now the CBC, was much weaker than has generally been recognized. She argues that this weakness was a consequence of the fact that, over the course of the 1920s, broadcasters, listeners, and politicians alike had built up certain expectations of radio which could not easily be disregarded.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One

The Beginnings of Radio Broadcasting in Canada

Manufacturers, Listeners, and Broadcasters

"Who is to Pay for Broadcasting?"

Listening In

Part Two

Government Regulation: Licensing

Regulation of Interference and Content

Frequency Assignment: Negotiations with the United States

Domestic Frequency and Power Assignment

Part Three

The Aird Commission

The Debate about Broadcasting

The Radio Broadcasting Act of 1932

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-371) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85601-4

9786612856013

0-7735-6348-2

OCLC:

732601013