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Radio Canada International: Our Voice to the World
In February 1945, the "Voice of Canada" spoke to the world for the first time. The CBC International Service was founded to broadcast to Canadian Forces overseas in the Second World War. At war's end the radio service focused on telling the world about Canada in over a dozen languages. Despite budget cuts and critics who accused it of employing communists or operating as a government mouthpiece, the service now called Radio Canada International has persevered. CBC Archives looks back on RCI's six decades on shortwave.
Last updated: June 25, 2012
Page consulted on December 12, 2012
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The International Service of the CBC launches with an address from Pri...
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A Canadian army newsreel reports on the new international shortwave se...
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The shortwave service brings news to Canadians overseas after the Seco...
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Letters from Europe and South America testify to the International Ser...
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An International Service correspondent entices the Korean Army to sing...
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The International Service sends out Canadian music around the world.
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Max Ferguson takes a comical look at the "voice of Canada" on its 15th...
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A 1964 documentary describes the more technical aspects of frequencies...
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A former International Service staffer tells Canadians about the short...
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Have there ever been communists at the International Service?
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The International Service reaches listeners in the Soviet Union.
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Chinese broadcasts are rushed to air after the massacre in Tiananmen S...
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Radio Canada International cuts language services and staff members in...
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RCI's broadcasts in Russian become urgent as Soviets turn to shortwave...
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CBC President Perrin Beatty and shortwave enthusiast Sheldon Harvie sh...
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Staff and listeners defend the shortwave service as extinction seems c...
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Families send out their love via the Canadian Forces Network on RCI.
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A new funding formula gives RCI another year on the air, but there are...
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A Montreal shortwave fan rallies supporters of RCI to pressure CBC to ...
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In February 1945, the "Voice of Canada" spoke to the world for the fir...