{"id":6679,"date":"2019-11-12T14:15:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asc\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2020-05-15T12:19:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:19:51","slug":"canadian-radio-and-television-history-at-ryerson-november-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asc\/2019\/11\/canadian-radio-and-television-history-at-ryerson-november-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Radio and Television History at Ryerson – November 1949"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This month marks the 70th anniversary of two important Ryerson and Canadian milestones – The opening of CJRT – Canada’s first educational radio station on the FM band, and the broadcast of “This is the Fashion – marking Canada’s first live television show produced for a general audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On November 1, 1949 Canada’s first educational radio station on the FM band went on the air. The station was licensed as a completely non-commercial enterprise and operated in conjunction with Ryerson’s Schools of Broadcasting and Electronics. The University of Toronto, the Ontario Department of Education and other Boards of Education in and around Toronto would also take part in programming. The first night of broadcasting was 3 hours in length and included a half hour of recorded music, followed by “CJRT Testing” a documentary on FM broadcasting and CJRT, and finally a concerto of works by a variety of composers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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