ABSTRACT
Radio for public use started in 1919 when the first radio station began in Montreal. In 1929, the first Royal Commission on Broadcasting, in response to fears that American radio networks could make a branch plant out of Canada, recommended the creation of a Crown Corporation to give Canadians a service of their own and to serve areas in which commercial radio was uneconomic. In 1933, the Act creating the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission was passed by Parliament and a modest Canadian network service in English and French was established. In 1958, the Broadcasting Act was revised and a separate regulatory authority, the Board of Broadcast Governors was established. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Television began operation in September 1952 in Montreal and Toronto with a weekly schedule of about 18 hours. By 1961, the CBC English and French networks reached over 90 per cent of the population and the coast-to-coast microwave circuit had been completed.
