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The history of broadcasting in Canada dates to the early 1920s, as part of the worldwide development of radio stations sending information and entertainment programming to the general public. Television was introduced in the 1950s, and soon became the primary broadcasting service [citation needed].
Television in Canada officially began with the sign-on of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952.
The History of Canadian Broadcasting contains a comprehensive, up-to-date database of radio and television station histories, ownership, networks, and programming, as well as a collection of research articles on broadcasting in Canada.
Sep 6, 2016 · Then, on September 6, 1952, the first TV station in Canada went on the air in Montreal, the French language public broadcaster Radio-Canada CBFT.
Feb 24, 2010 · Television first appeared in Canada during the 1938 CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION in Toronto. Introduced at an exhibit sponsored by the TORONTO STAR and the American radio manufacturer RCA Victor, television was trumpeted as a technological marvel that would soon become an essential part of home and public entertainment.
Mar 24, 2010 · Whether broadcasting could help preserve Canada's cultural sovereignty remained unresolved in the mid-1990s; the question grew in complexity as technology advanced. Canada had built the biggest physical system in the world, but in large part had turned it over to the US entertainment industry.
Feb 7, 2006 · Regularly scheduled radio broadcasting did not begin until after World War I, however, and to the Canadian Marconi Company station XWA (now CFCF) in Montreal went the distinction of giving, on 20 May 1920, the first scheduled broadcast in North America, possibly in the world.
