Canadian Military History Volume 24 Issue 2 Article 7 2015 How the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Served the Military in Korea, 1951-1956 Mallory Schwartz Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh Part of the Military History Commons Recommended Citation Mallory Schwartz "How the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Served the Military in Korea, 1951-1956." Canadian Military History 24, 2 (2015) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in Canadian Military History by an authorized editor of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. : How the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Served the Military in Korea, 1951-1956 How the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Served the Military in Korea, 1951-1956 MALLORY SCHWARTZ Abstract: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (cbc) offered vital support to the Canadian forces engaged in the Korean theatre during and after the war, waged from 1950 to 1953. Though motivations varied between bureaucrats, service personnel, and broadcasters, all considered radio a means of evoking a sense of home on foreign soil or seas. To that end, the cbc went beyond reporting on the conflict to supply the armed forces with hundreds of hours of radio content, all carefully chosen to meet popular tastes, religious needs, and language requirements. Material passed from the cbc to the Far East by means of teletype circuits, shortwave transmitters and airmail parcels, filled with tapes and discs. This was only possible through collaboration with news agencies, Commonwealth broadcasters, and radio stations that served allied troops.