Radio

Radio air checks, 1999

I was delighted to find in my disorganized storage locker last weekend a box of cassette tapes – one of which contained some radio...

Capitol Records salutes CJAT, 1958

On Sept. 29, 1958, CJAT Trail opened a new studio in the former post office at 1300 Cedar Ave. They also marked their 25th anniversary as...

Wonderful Town, Trail BC

In 1962-63, the American jingle house of Richard H. Ullman Associates produced a series of cheesy but oh-so-catchy songs to promote radio...

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More Holy Grails of local history

A previous post enumerated historical finds I have made only to lose track of them or fail to document their discovery, to my everlasting...

Radio air check: KBS and Sunshine Radio, July 1995

Here are a couple of radio newscasts from the same day in July 1995. The first is Erica Waters reading the 8 a.m. news on the Kootenay...

Radio aircheck: CKQR countdown, 1974

Here’s a snippet of a countdown show on AM 1230 CKQR in 1974, recorded off air. This is an excerpt from a longer air check that I have...

Radio aircheck: KC News, 1975

First in a series of vintage airchecks from West Kootenay/Boundary radio stations Here’s a newscast that aired on KC Radio in Nelson and...

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