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CBC Program Schedule 480530.PDF "iss Verna E. Weber, BERGEN, Alta. NEWS TRANS·CANADA I DOMINION 1111 CBK BROADCASTS III NETWORK NETWORK UJJ DAILY rll I WATROUS Tran,·Canada Network: (Tran,·Canada Nelwo,k) 7:00,8:00 a.m. 11:00,5:30 540 Kcs. 8:10 p.m. 11:00 p.m. PROGRAM CBC Dominion Network: Prairie Region 9:00 p.m. eRe SCHEDULE Transmitter SOO Telephone Bldg., Winnipeg, Canada DATE OF IssUE. MAy 21. 1948. PRAIRIE REGION Week of May 30th, 1948 $1.00 PER YEAR Ellen Bailon Is Prairie Region Talks North Is Haven Of Prom Guest, June 3 Peace For Listeners Canadian Pianist To Play With Or­ One of the attractions of living in chestra Conducted By Frieder the North, according to Lt.·Col. A. J. Weismann Tedlie, D.S.D., commandant of the Ellen Bailon, a Canadian pianist experimental station at Fort Chur­ who has an international reputation, chill on Hudson's Bay. is the absence will be the guest artist with the Tor­ of commercial plugS on radio pro­ onto Philharmonic Orchestra in the grams. next Prom concert, Thursday, June Col. Tedlie visited Winnipeg re­ 3. On that occasion the orchestra will cently, and told of a new staUon, be directed by Frieder Weismann. CHFC, recently opened by the army. conductor ot the New Jersey Sym­ -the northermost station covering phony. who has made frequent ap­ the eastern Arctic. Programs, he pearances with the Prom Orchestra said, are relayed through transcrip­ since his first visit to Canada in tions supplied free by the networks, 1945. The broadcast portion of the with all commercials cut out. The concert w1Jl commence at 7:30 p.m. station began operating eight hours MDT, on the CBC Dominion net~ a day on May 1. and the Eskimos \\ork. 'f·vW expect; every well-furnished Ellen Ballon made her public igloo to have a radio. Some Eskimo debut as a chUd prodigy in her native trappers have radios, Col. Tedlie re­ Montreal at the age or three. when ported. she was so small she had to be lifted The station is operated by volun­ to the piano stool. She was graduated tary personnel. It is planning a from the McG1Jl Conservatory of theatre group among the Canadian Mustc three years later. Her tiny and American residents of the camp. hands and talent so impressed Sir There are also a number of civ11lans Wilfrid Laurier that he wrote an ad· at the camp, engaged in Arctic re~ miring letter to his "dear little com­ search. on such subjects as mosqUito patriot," and they became fast control. caribou movement, soil friends, corresponding regularly. mechanics, and nutrition reqUire­ After stUdy under Raphael Joseffy ments. In Tarrytown. N.Y., Ellen Ballon em­ barked on a series of North American and European tours that established her as a popular concert pianist. Women Discuss or German birth, Frieder Weis· Growing Up mann left his post as director of the The latest program in the cac's Berlin Opera in 1934 to go to South The CBC's talk speciali8t in the Prairie Region, concerned <particula.rlJl with Talks for Women series, heard at America, where he became well talks lor women, is MIss CATHERINE MAcIVER 0/ Winnipeg. Miss MacIver is a 3:33 p.m. MDT, 3:48 p.m. COT, wlll known as an orchestral and operatic native 0/ Saskatchewan and a tormer school teacher. She is a graduate 0/ commence on Friday, June 4. Its title Universit~ conductor, and was frequently guest the 0/ Western Ontario, London, Ontario. is Growing Up. and it will be heard conductor of orchestras in the United on the Trans-Canada network weekly States. He was engaged as director CBC Board of Governors Issues thereafter. of the New Jersey Symphony in 1939. Psychologists say that sometime in our lives we all have wanted to New Statement On Television escape some of the painful emotional Thankless Tas~.-After nearly 30 Views Given Following Extensive Studies In processes of growing up. It has years of administration as a League seemed easier to dodge reality, to of Nations trustee, the British will Britain, Europe And The United States cling to immature habits of feeling terminate their responsibility (in !l1antreal.-Following is the text of a statement on television issueu by Palestine) In two weeks' time. and thought. In this new series, 13 the Board of Covernors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, fol- Canadian women wlll tell their life Whether they did a good job or a M~.~IY,-,Ic:7-,: bad job in the'Holy Land is now ir­ lowing a meeting in Montreal on _ stories, describing how they have relevant. In recent years they have The Canadian Broadcasting COrp- established television operations of worked towards maturity. received almost no praise-but much oration has devoted much stUdy in the BBC in Great Britain where The programs have been arranged abuse and insulli-for their perform­ recent months to television. It has programming has made great pro­ in consultation with Dr. J. D. M. ance; and this is undoubtedly one of been in close touch with television gress. They visited. France and other Griffin, medical director of The the reasons for their decision to developments in other countries. European countries where work is National Committee for Mental withdraw.-J. B. McGeachy, on CBC, Senior omcials have made thorough proceeding. They have also studied Hygiene and CBC consultant on May 2. on-Ule·spot studies of the well- (Continued on page 2) mental health. Page 2 CBC PROGRAM SCHEDULE Prairie Region Special Even ts The Board believes that develop­ SUNDAY, May 30th, 1948 ment of television broadcasting by .~ III the national system can be of great benefit to Canada. It believes that STATION CBK, WATROUS THE WAY OF THE SPIRIT it should be possible to make avail­ (MDT) (11 :30 a.m. MDT) able the benefits of this new art to people in many parts of the country; 8:55 WEATHER FORECAST Biblical drama by Canon J. E. to bring much of interest and value 9:00 CBC NEWS Ward. The last program of the 9:02 NEIGHBOURLY NEWS and pleasure into their homes by series deals with an Englishman, a visual means, and eventually to link 9:15 PRAIRIE GARDENER Dutchman and & Frenchman who 9:30 RECITAL together many di1ferent parts of 10:00 BBC NEWS are all in the air force together dur­ Canada by vision as well as by sound. 10:15 SONGS AND SINGERS ing the war. The dialogue and the It believes that television properly 10:30 HARMONY HARBOUR narrative give a convincing demon~ directed, has wide possibilities in the 10:59 DOMINION TIME SIGNAL stratton of the university of Chris­ cultural and broad educational field. 11 :00 ALAN MILLS tian brotherhood. From Montreal. 11: 15 JUST MARY Many Economic Problems 11:30 THE WAY OF THE SPffiIT The Board sees many problems, 12:00 CBC NEWS CAPITAL REPORT particularly of an economic nature, 12:03 CAPITAL REPORT (12:0S p.m. MDT) in developing television in Canada. 12:30 RELIGIOUS PERIOD Television is essentially much more 1:00 CBS SYMPHONY Alexander UbI from Washington, expensive than sound broadcasting. 2:30 CHURCH OF THE AIR Warren Baldwin from Ottawa, and The widely separated population 3:00 BY THE SEA Matthew Halton from London. 3:30 CBC NEWS centres in Canada will make the 3:33 JOHN FISHER cost per head very much higher than 3:45 WEEKEND REVIEW RELIGIOUS PERIOD in other countries. From studies WYNFORD VAUGHAN THOMAS, com­ which have been made, however, the 4:00 ALAN AND ME (12'30 p.m. MDT) 4:30 WEATHER FORECAST mentator, who is heard frequently on Board believes that over a limited 4:35 TO BE ANNOUNCED Rev. Ernest Hahn, Lutheran special events programs Irom the period of years television can be 5:00 SONGS FROM THE MOVIES IChurch, Toronto. BEC carried by the CBC networks. developed by the national system to 5:15 MOVIE CRITIC _ reach the public in many parts of He was one 01 the team 01 BBC obp 5:30 CONCERT HALL Canada to operate on the financial 6:00 BERGEN AND McCARTHY CHURCH OF THE AIR servers covering the Royal Tour 0/ basis of revenues from television re­ 6:30 FRED ALLEN 7:00 CBC NATIONAL NEWS (2:30 p.m. MDT) South A/rica last year. ceiving set licence fee and from some commercial income. The Board 7:10 THE OLD SONGS Rev. D. H. Gallagher, associate 7:30 ALBUM OF FAMILIAR MUSIC BY ERIC WILD is, therefore, of the opinion that secretary, Board of Overseas Mission, there should be instituted licence MUSIC (9:30 p.m. MDT) a 8:00 STAGE 48 United Church of Canada. From Tor­ fee for television receiving sets. This 9:00 THE READER TAKES OVER onto. Orchestra conducted by Eric Wild; must be considerably higher than the 9:30 MUSIC BY ERIC WILD George Kent, tenor. From Winnipeg. present fee for sound receiving sets 10:00 CLASSICS FOR TODAY Orchestra: Hallelujah, from Hit the because of the higher costs of tele­ 10:30 VESPER HOUR THEATRE HOUR Deck (Youmans); Parade of the vision and televisioning program­ 11: 00 CEC NEWS (Dom. 3:00 p.m. MDT) Wooden Soldiers; Dancing in the ming. 11:10 WEATHER FORECAST Dark, from the Band Wagon 11: 15 CANADIAN SHORT STORIES Radio dramatization ot Vera Cas­ Special financing will be needed 11:30 PRELUDE TO MIDNIGHT pary's novel, Laura, The strangely (Schwartz) ; Lady of Spain (Evans); during the initial and development 12:55 CBC NEWS fascinating Laura Hunt, who has in­ Gold and SUver (Lehar).
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