Peter Armstrong co-hosts the final episode of Rewind's 12-part 75th anniversary series, which looks at CBC's history of war coverage - spanning from the Second World War to Canada's role in Afghanistan. Read More »
Posted on Nov 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
After six years on the air Indian Magazine was ready to go "all-red, all-the-time" and re-launched under it's new title, Our Native Land. The show aimed to "give more air time to native peoples and ... limit non-natives to a minimum." Read More »
Posted on Nov 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This ad ran in 1971 for the radio program Brott to You. The 22-part series was created by orchestra conductor Boris Brott. Brott, who was in his 20s at the time, also wrote and hosted the 90-minute show, which broadcast across Canada. Read More »
Posted on Nov 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In CBC at 75: Turning Points in Public Broadcasting, Ideas producer David Cayley examines crucial episodes in the history of the CBC from its founding to the present. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 11:57:53 AM
Royal Canadian Air Farce won the hearts and minds of Canadians because of their uncanny ability to turn headlines into punchlines and find funny nuggets in everything from national scandals to small-town idiosyncrasies. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 11:17:07 AM
Renowned Canadian actor Eric Peterson joins Rewind host Michael Enright this week to look at 75 years of drama on CBC Radio. CBC's drama series have served as a showcase and training ground for home-grown talent. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Alan Maitland auditioned for the CBC as a singer in 1947. But he was hired as an announcer, and stayed for 46 years, contributing to programs such as On the Move, Children's Stories, Action Set, Centennial Diary, and Matinee. In 1974 he joined As It Happens as co-host and became known affectionately as Front Porch Al. Read More »
Posted on Oct 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This ad from 1986 promotes Metro Morning, featuring Joe Cote, Shelagh Rogers and Jim Curran. Metro Morning has been on the air in Toronto since 1973. Curran, the traffic reporter, has been with the show since its start. Read More »
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In celebration of 75 years of Canadian music and CBC broadcasting, CBC Radio 2 is pre-empting regular programming on Nov. 2 from 12-7 p.m. ET to present Raised on Radio - a decade-by-decade countdown of Canada's most essential songs. Read More »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 1:03:46 PM
On Sunday, Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., listeners across the country will be treated to an exceptional musical experience. Eight concerts will be broadcast from eight cities chosen for the vitality of their arts scenes and their specific musical traditions. Read More »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 9:54:53 AM
The Current host Anna Maria Tremonti joins Rewind host Michael Enright in this week's special episode, which will be exploring CBC's coverage of politics over its 75 years. Read More »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On May 28, 1934, the five identical girls were born to Elzire and Oliva Dionne in Callander, Ont. The five sisters together they weigh less than 6.5 kilograms. Against all expectations, they survive their first weeks. Read More »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Cross Country Checkup came shouting over the airwaves in 1965, as callers fiercely debated whether Canada should have a national publicly funded health-care system. It has taken the pulse of the nation ever since. Read More »
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This week's special episode of Rewind will look at how CBC Radio has covered issues about and of concern to aboriginal people. Host Michael Enright will be joined be guest co-host Darrell Dennis. Read More »
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 10:17:59 AM
Matt Galloway is currently the new host of CBC Radio One 99.1's Metro Morning. Metro Morning is the audio version of Toronto's Yonge Street: a central urban artery that cuts through the heart of the city and beyond. Read More »
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On This is That, nothing is off limits - not politics, business, culture, justice, science nor religion. If it's relevant to Canadians, hosts Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring are committed to finding out the this and the that of the story. Read More »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A van was outfitted for use as a mobile recording unit during the Second World War. The four-wheel-drive army truck was equipped with three recording turntables, amplifiers, microphones and a power source. The van earned the nickname Big Betsy. Read More »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In this illuminating 1969 interview, Neil Young discusses the bitter end of Buffalo Springfield, the "dirty" music industry, groupies and his recording process as a solo musician. He also alludes to using the "live" method of recording on his next album. Read More »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Justin Trudeau was a defender for a book included on Canada Reads 2003. Canada Reads started in 2001 and has become CBC's annual battle of the books, where five Canadian personalities select the book they think Canadians should read. Read More »
Posted on Oct 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
For three hours a day, five days a week - for 15 years - millions tuned in to CBC Radio's Morningside and Peter Gzowski. Despite Gzowski's disheveled appearance, this beloved radio host cast his folksy charm across the country. Read More »
Posted on Oct 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Eleanor Wachtel joins Michael Enright on Rewind this week to look at how CBC Radio has nurtured a Canadian voice in literature. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Shelagh Rogers is a veteran broadcast-journalist. She has hosted This Morning and Sounds Like Canada. Around 1985, she began reading listener mail on the late Peter Gzowski's show Morningside and became an instant hit. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
While Royal Canadian Air Farce's knack for send-ups of politicians, pundits, and plebeians alike kept audiences laughing out loud for almost four decades, the troupe's own story has gone untold. Until now. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On April 12, 1936, the whole world was watching the community of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Three men working in the Moose River mine became trapped as the roof collapsed. It represents one of the first remote broadcasts. Read More »
Posted on Oct 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Radio demonstrations drew huge audiences in the early 1920s. Both Canada and the U.S. had established commercial stations and had scheduled broadcasts but most of the content on both sides of the border was American. Read More »
Posted on Oct 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Debuting in 1971, This Country in the Morning broke new ground in CBC Radio morning programming, running a record three hours long. Host Peter Gzowski described This Country in the Morning as a show of conversation. Read More »
Posted on Oct 6, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Hockey Night In Canada has been a national institution since 1952, when Foster Hewitt's familiar "Hello, Canada!" ushered hockey fans into the era of television. HNIC has since become the longest running and most influential sports program in Canadian history. Read More »
Posted on Oct 5, 2011 11:03:45 AM
For busy housewives in postwar Canada, Kate Aitken's singsong voice was a welcome diversion from their everyday duties. Three days a week, Mrs. A shared advice on cooking, child care and fashion and offered a perspective on women and politics. Read More »
Posted on Oct 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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Jonathan Goldstein sits in the studio at Montreal CBC in August 2006. Goldstein is a Montreal writer and host of WireTap on CBC Radio One. Read More »
Posted on Oct 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This week's episode of Rewind will look at the neighbourhoods, towns, cities and provinces that we call home as part of a special series looking at CBC's 75 years of history. Host Michael Enright will be joined by Peter Brown for the Oct. 6 episode. Read More »
Posted on Oct 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Preston Manning makes a guest appearance on Royal Canadian Air Farce. Manning made four guest appearances on Air Farce - one where he famously cackled about how he loved that word "Refoooooorm". Read More »
Posted on Oct 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greats blues performers to gather in a Toronto studio and record performances together and individually. The session lasted over three days and the results were originally televised as a 90-minute special of the CBC series, Festival. Read More »
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mary Lou Finlay established herself as one of Canada's best-known journalists. Finlay began hosting a CBC Ottawa television magazine in 1970, three years after she graduated from the University of Ottawa. She first came to national attention in 1975. Read More »
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
He adored Arrowroot cookies, Barbra Streisand and animals. He abhorred sunlight, the stage and airplanes. Eccentric, genius, solitary, head-strong, hypochondriac, virtuoso... all describe Glenn Herbert Gould, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Read More »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Q host Jian Ghomeshi will act as co-host on the Sept. 26 episode of Rewind to look at arts and entertainment programming over CBC's 75 year history. Read More »
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This Quirks & Quarks advertisement was used in 1976 during the '75-'76 season of the radio series, which was the first season of the show. "You don't have to have a PhD to be interested in science," said David Suzuki, the first host of the program, which aired on Oct. 8, 1975. Read More »
Posted on Sep 22, 2011 1:31:03 PM
On Sept. 25, 2011 legendary pianist Glenn Gould would've marked his 79th birthday. To commemorate this anniversary, CBC will release a comprehensive DVD collection - Glenn Gould on Television: The Complete CBC Broadcasts. Read More »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 1:24:16 PM
CBC Radio 3 host Grant Lawrence spends some time with Kids' CBC musical star Mamma Yamma in the studio for a special New Year's recording. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC Radio's history of sports coverage will be the theme Rewind host Michael Enright and special guest host Robin Brown tackle on Sept. 22. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This April 1959 issue of the CBC Times features a Glenn Gould cover story. The article highlights the career of the young Canadian concert pianist, who at 25 was already in such demand, he was scheduled to play 65 concerts by the end of the season. Read More »
Posted on Sep 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Members of the CBC Radio Orchestra rehearse in Vancouver in 2007. Until the 1980s, CBC had a number of orchestras based in Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax but they were slowly eliminated due to budget cuts. Read More »
Posted on Sep 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jian Ghomeshi hosts the popular CBC Radio One and bold TV show, Q. Q is an energetic daily arts, culture and entertainment magazine that covers pop arts and the high arts alike. Read More »
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Shift host Tom Allen joins Michael Enright on the Sept. 15 episode of Rewind to look at music over CBC's 75 year history. Read More »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Anna Maria Tremonti has spent much of her career roaming the country and the world for the CBC. Her hosting gig on The Current marked her return to radio after 19 years with CBC TV, including nine years where she was a foreign correspondent for The National. Read More »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Want to know how to pitch a radio news story in 1956? These pages come from the style guide published for freelancers wanting to submit stories to CBC News Roundup in the 1950s. The show was produced daily in Toronto and broadcast at 10 p.m. ET. Read More »
Posted on Sep 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
John Morgan appears as Mike from Canmore on an episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce. Mike was known for his slow and bewildered statement of "I'm Mike .... from Canmore". Read More »
Posted on Sep 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
George Stroumboulopoulos interviews a flood-affected family at an internally displaced person camp in Larkana, Pakistan. Read More »
Posted on Sep 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rewind host Michael Enright will be joined by Shelagh Rogers on the Sept. 8 episode of the show, which will be exploring some of the personalities who have graced the airwaves of CBC Radio. Read More »
Posted on Sep 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The CBC Programme Schedule includes a list of program highlights for the week of Oct. 1, 1939 and also summarizes CBC's plans for covering the emerging war crisis, at the onset of the Second World War. Read More »
Posted on Sep 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A cameraman stands on a platform to film the final day of the 1959 royal tour during the presentation of the Colours to the navy on Citadel Hill in Halifax. Read More »
Posted on Sep 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
An international correspondent's life can be exhilarating -- the travel, the adventure, the sense of being right in the middle of where it's all happening. But it can also be very risky, especially in a war zone. Read More »
Posted on Aug 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Sook-Yin Lee hosts Definitely Not the Opera and Your DNTO on CBC Radio One. Definitely Not the Opera is a pop culture magazine that airs every Saturday. Your DNTO airs on Tuesdays, blending the best of the Saturday show with listeners' stories. Read More »
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On the Sept. 1 episode of Rewind, host Michael Enright will be joined by Garvia Bailey to explore the theme of immigration and multiculturalism in Canada. Read More »
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC producer Eithne Black received a Peabody Award for the 1979 production, The Longest Journey in the series called Open Circuit. It was CBC's first Peabody win - but it has received several since. Read More »
Posted on Aug 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 1983, Dave Rosen drew a caricature of Peter Gzowski on a whim and sent it into the show. But Gzowski liked it so much that the rights to the cartoon were purchased by CBC so that it could be used on promotional material. Read More »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Billy Bob Thornton and his band, The Boxmasters, appears on Q with host Jian Ghomeshi. The now infamous interview saw a stand-offish Thornton refusing to answer questions. Read More »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The first episode of Rewind's special CBC 75th anniversary series will air on Aug. 25. Host Michael Enright will be joined by Carol Off, host of As It Happens, to look at the theme of celebration. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
David Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster who explains the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling and easily understood way. He is celebrating his 75th birthday this year too. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King makes a guest appearance on the CBC Television program Sunday on April 16, 1967. Read More »
Posted on Aug 15, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In celebration of CBC's 75th anniversary, MusicFest Vancouver is presenting a choral extravaganza that brings together some of the city's favourite and award-winning choral ensembles for a performance of Vancouver Sings. Read More »
Posted on Aug 11, 2011 11:36:42 AM
This ad was included CBC's final report on its coverage of the 1978 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Edmonton. The fluorescent orange and blue shirt, known as the "pizza shirt", was also worn by CBC employees during the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Read More »
Posted on Aug 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Radio engineer Roly Anderson speaks to a colleague while on location to record a news story. Read More »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In celebration of CBC Radio's 75 years of existence, Rewind will be broadcasting a 12-part series that looks at CBC's evolution into one of the world's most respected public broadcasters. Read More »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This collection of memories was put together during the CBC's 50th anniversary in 1986. The document, entitled Behind the Scenes: Pioneers and Performers, stories of 12 individuals who worked with CBC during its early days of television of radio. Read More »
Posted on Aug 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A CBC engineer sets up his mobile recording equipment to record the bells of the famous St. Thomas Cathedral in Ortona, Italy. Read More »
Posted on Aug 6, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Radio commentator Jean Hinds speaks with Mrs. Bastedo, wife of Saskatchewan's then lieutenant governor Frank Bastedo in a broadcast of women's programming. Read More »
Posted on Aug 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Second World War was the era in CBC's history that it most closely functioned as an arm of government. The features department in Halifax was charged with the presentation of propaganda and information broadcasts for the duration of the war. Read More »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Robert Bockstael, Dixie Seatle and Stephen Ouimette take direction from James Roy while recording the six-part radio drama Losing Paradise. Read More »
Posted on Aug 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Men in the year 2000 didn't have much to look forward to, according to this 1961 episode of Sports College on CBC Radio. They should expect to be weaker and fatter than they were in 1961, according to the host of the fitness program. Read More »
Posted on Jul 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Arcade Fire band members Win Butler, Regine Chassagne and Richard Parry appear on CBC's QTV in 2010 ahead of the release of their third studio album. The award-winning Montreal-based band came to prominence after they released their 2004 album Funeral. Read More »
Posted on Jul 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mobile Unit No. 1 hit the road in 1938. It is shown in Banff, Alta., recording a documentary radio series on Canada's National Parks. Read More »
Posted on Jul 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This Is That is a current affairs program that doesn't just talk about the issues - it fabricates them. The popular radio program only launched in 2010 and it has already garnered significant attention, earning a nomination in the radio category of the Canadian Comedy Awards slated for October. Read More »
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Matthew Halton, a correspondent with CBC's Overseas Unit during the Second World War, takes cover behind a destroyed German tank. Read More »
Posted on Jul 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Tuffy the Cat, Metro Morning's mascot, is ready for the day - complete with press pass - at Toronto's Parliament Street studios. Read More »
Posted on Jul 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Recognition came early for Wayne Gretzky. He began signing autographs at age 10. By 11, he was dubbed "The Great Gretzky." And by the time of this March 1974 interview with CBC's Peter Gzowski, the 13-year-old was a seasoned hockey star. Read More »
Posted on Jul 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
While Canadian troops were still training in the early days of the Second World War, a spontaneous idea emerged to record servicemen's messages to loved ones back home. The segment set a precedent for CBC programming during the early days of Canada's involvement in the war. Canadians were thrilled to hear the voices of their sons, brothers and husbands. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Hockey Night in Canada began broadcasting on CBC Television in 1952. In the 1950s, the telecast join a game in progress at 9 p.m. ET. Read More »
Posted on Jul 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In a solemn Sept. 3, 1939 address titled "Canada at the side of Britain," Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King speaks to his country. Earlier the same day, King George VI declared war on Germany. Canada will follow suit a week later as a sovereign nation. Read More »
Posted on Jul 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Alain Trudel conducts the CBC Radio Orchestra. The Vancouver-based orchestra was originally founded in 1938 as the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. Read More »
Posted on Jul 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
James Doohan is often remembered for his role of chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the U.S. series Star Trek. But before becoming Scotty, Doohan had a long resume of CBC roles. Read More »
Posted on Jul 13, 2011 9:00:00 AM
CBC radio reported the live results from the federal election in 1958. John Diefenbaker won the largest ever majority government in Canadian history. Read More »
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Andy Barrie talks on the phone in the offices of Metro Morning on CBC Radio One. Barrie served as host of Toronto's Metro Morning from 1995 until February 2010. Read More »
Posted on Jul 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Composer Igor Stravinsky enjoys rock star-like status as he departs CBC after conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra for a special, Stravinsky at Eighty. Read More »
Posted on Jul 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Farm commentator Jack McPherson reads on the air from the International Plowing Match in Goderich Ont., in 1946. Farm Forum broadcasts were aimed at getting farmers talking. Read More »
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Glenn Gould and technician Lorne Tulk take some time out in the studio, in this photograph from the 1970s. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
As Vinyl Cafe host and author Stuart McLean records his CBC 75th anniversary program in Orillia, Ont., on July 29-30, he is going to give the audience a chance to pick what Dave and Morley stories they want to hear. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC reporters gather at the farewell dinner for Queen Elizabeth in 1959. During the 45-day tour the Queen visited every province and territory and made her first live appearance on Canadian television. Read More »
Posted on Jul 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
From 1939 to 1945 Canadian soldiers, sailors and air force personnel lived and died in lands far from home. CBC Radio was one of the few links friends and family in Canada had to their loved ones abroad. Through reports from the front, dramatizations and direct greetings from soldiers, CBC revealed what life on the battlefront was like. Read More »
Posted on Jun 20, 2011 11:13:03 AM
Lorne Greene reacts while reading the news. Greene's voice eventually earned him the nickname of the "Voice of Canada". But as the country entered the Second World War, his work as the primary newsreader on CBC Radio meant he was often delivering dreaded news from the front and he soon became known as the "Voice of Doom" among many Canadians. Read More »
Posted on Jun 20, 2011 9:50:08 AM
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