3,
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,
VVtUncsday,
I
May
9
In
Public
Interest...
CBC
Purchases
CFPR
From
Private
Investors
The
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
today
announced
the
purchase
of
radio
station
CFPR
from
North-West
Broadcast
and
Service
'Company,
Ltd.
The
station
lias
been
leased
by
the
CBC
since
1943.
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-
pi
inr,
;
In
the
interest
of
the
radio
public
of
thll
district,
wo
are
pleased
to
wi
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
,Z
owners
of
Station
CFPR,
and
its
sUf"r
,
the
Prince
Ruj)crt
Family.
'
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j
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i-
ami
Prince
Rupert
Senior
Chamber
of
Commerce
.5
We
Wish
COMPLETE
SUCCESS
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&
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&
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1
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J
KADIC
RADIO
STATION
STATION
CFPK
CFPK,
opened
here
17
years
ago.
is
housed
in
thi.
this
tiny
tiny
building
building
on
on
Second
Second
Avenue.
Avenue.
C.
C.
H.
H.
Insulander
Insulander
has
has
been
been
to
the
HADIO
CtAL
I
CFPR
WKDNFMIJAT
fi:00
--Conimonweiilth
Iinrlminentary
1
A&iuK-tiitioii
Luncheon
1
5:25
International
Commentary
i
5:30
UN
Twlay
5
45
:BC
Nr.
Wpather
Hrport
5:55
Have
You
Heard?
1
8
15
HospiUU
Insurance
Talk
!
6
00
Supper
Serenade
8:10
CCP
Tllt
l
6:l.ri
Btipper
Serennde
8:25
BC
Liberal
Talk
6.30
Supper
Serenade
6:40
Social
Credit
Talk
6:43
Snillev
Burnett
BhoW
7:00
C'BO
Newi
7:15
VnC
News
Rtrundup
7:30
Vancouver
String
Orch.
8-00
Coronatlun
Music
9:00
Westminster
Abbey
10:10
C'BC
News
1015
Talk
on
the
Coronation
10:30
Elizabethan
Music
11:00
Weather
ReKirt
03
Music
Till
Midnight
12:00
SlKll-oir
THURSDAY
AM
7
no
B
C
Fishermen's
Hioiidrrt
7.1.
ti
C.
'1
.Ural
T.-:k
7
30
CBC
News:
Weather
Kep-jrt
7
35
Mumc:al
Clock
1:00
CBC
News
J:10-Here's
Bill
flood
8:15
MorulhK
S.in
8:30
Mornlny
Devotions
8:45
little
Concert
V
no-
BBC
News
Oiinmenlary
0:15
Musical
Varieties
n.5i
-
l
ime
Signal
11
ni-
Morning
Vl-lt
10:13
-
Musloel
PnKrum
10:30
B.C.
Liberal
Talk
10
36
-Recorded
Interlude
r
J3cl
Whites
to
the
CBC
the
purchase
and
expansion
of
RADIO
STATION
CFPR
Nobles
!
I'liiin.-
100
Opp.
Totem
Theatre
Jaycees
manager
of
the
station
since
it
opened.
CBC
on
their
purchase
of
Radio
Station
CFPR
and
congratulate
them
on
their
plans
for
future
expansion.
The
announcement
was
made
I
in
Vancouver
oy
ine
.regional
'
representative
of
the
corpora-
lion.
Kenneth
Caple.
He
saia
CFPR
Unique
AmongStations
Across
Canada
CFFR
is
unique
amons'Cana-'
Man
rad:o
stations
in
that
for
the
fio:itiT
pail
of
it?
existence
it
has
been
leased
to
the
pub-Mclv-owned
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation.
The
s'
a
tion
was
opened
'n
I?(5
b"
p'ivafe
investors
the
Vorth-Wet
Bro"dca.st
and
Serv-!'-
Company,
Ltd.
C.
H.
Insulander.
the
present
mrnagor
pctei
in
the
s".me
rapacity
.7
years
ago
and
has
bcin
with
fii'
ttation
ever
since.
The
CRC
undertook
ope-.ition
of
lh
s'.ition
early
in
1913
as
!
nart
of
the
war
emergency.
With
the
presence
of
thousands
of
troops
in
Prince
.
R'inert.
abnn'
ha!f
Americans,
thpre
ws
a
de;r-.nd
for
programing
of
a
more
iiiti,nal
character.
Th"
fi'-st
CBC
servi'-e
to
the
nrea
was
bv
means
of
discs
rpTrdinf?s
of
nrosrams
that
had
hern
produced
in
Vancouver.
Later,
a
shoif-wave
circuit
wis
..no
fro;.;
the
North-West
TviTjionp
Co.
and
two
"live"
CT.C
newscasts
a
day
weie
broaden':'
ever
CFPR.
Pegular
Cf.C
wrvl'-'1
on'v
h-.
c-T,i"
pessib!"
when
the
corporation
was
able
to
rent
a
wire
line
circuit
between
Prince
Rupert
and
Prince
George.
Ti-vp
lvn
CFPR
has
parried
th-
full
CPC
Trans-Canada
net-'"irk
.pro'iram
service
with
the
rvrpolion
of
a
fi
w
commercial
P'
crams.
nd
with
the
fui'h'r
r-crpticn
or
certain
periods
of
the
dav
when
local
service
nrn-Tanis
take
precedence
over
net-'.vori--
hro'-ideasts.
CTPU
is
one
of
the
most
re-p-ote
ntwork
stations
in
Can-
pc'a.
in
terms
of
the
number
of
miles
of
u.tvn
lino
reonlrnrt
In
i
serve
it.
Until
verv
recent
Iv
'
,.
,,,h..r
r
i(ji,i
stations
iv.-'c
estabU'hed
by
the
CBC
between
Prie"
Oeorce
and
Prince
Rum
ei't,
CFPR
was
very
-K
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
Dcsncr
Block
3
Local
Men,
Young
Woman
YRun'
Station
r
Thwc
locnl
men
and
one
foman,
worr.n;
in
n
modest
tecona
Avenue
uuiiiung,
aic
mainly
responsible
for
seeing
Jthnt
CFPR
is
on
the
vair
each
day.
I
Although
meet
of
CFPR's
prn-'
f
rams
orieinnte
elsewhere,
there
J
i
nlpnty
t,)
do
around
the
sta-
tion.
I
Veteran
rf
radio
broadcasting
en
the
north-west
const
is
Clar-cnee
Ins
;ilandnr,
43-year-old
flntion
muMsrr
and
chief
cn-rineer.
A
bachelor
of
science
In
,
electrical
cn'.'iorerinT.
he
has
worked
in
radio
siivc
1033.
and
J
was
one
of
the
oniinnl
found-i
rrs
of
CFPR
in
10ri6
when
the
North-West
Broadcast
and
Serv-,
ire
Connny
l
td.
opened
the
station
He
served
as
manacer
J
and
chief
engineer
until
1933.
J
A
handyman
both
on
duty
and
off.
Claron'p
Insulander
rc-t
ccntly
completed
his
new
house
on
Sixth
Avenue
Ea.st.
He
built
i
it
himself
from
foundation
to
landscaping.
Mrs.
Insulander
I
find
two
small
da.u;ihters
share
the
home.
.
Those
who
ytst
'!
'
CFPR
On
4
business
are
fajnfl'ar
with
the
young
woman
who
preots
them
i
in
the
front
office.
Mildred
Fur-i
......
Jt.
.
!
graduated
from
high
school
four
Welcome
CBC
Expansion
in
CFPR
Prince
Ruocrt
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
1U53
that
except
for
some
persomW
changes,
the
move
would
not
immediately
.alter
the
operation
and
programing
of
the
station
Personnel
changes
will
include
the
eventual
addition
of
thre
lew
men
to
the
present
staff
of
three
men
and
one
woman.
The
present
staff
will
be
retained.
C.
II.
Insulander
will
continue
s
.station
manager
temporarily.
M.
K.
Thompson
and
William
orne
will
remain
as
announcer-"np-rators,
and
Miss
Mildred
Furunes
will
continue
as
receptionist,
and
secretary
to
the
sta-ion
manager.
CFPR
was
established
in
193(5
by
the
present
owners.
Durin
he
war.
when
the
imputation
if
this
area
was
greatly
swolU
'iy
Canadian
and
American
ervieemen.
the
CBC
leased
the
'tatien
n
order
to
provide
pro-Toming
of
a
more
national
haracter.
i
!
j
Rotary
Choir
j
:
On
Network
;
I
A
I'linee
Rupert
musical
"
viJ'
malec
its
first
notwork
broadcast
tomorrow
night
when
the
36-voice
Rotary
Choir
joins
the
CBC's
series
I'a.a-'c
of
Choir;
at
10:30,
p.m.
The
broadcast
ties
in
oinci-clentally
with
the
announci-non'
of
the
CBC's
purchase
of
CBTB.
'
The
Parade
of
Choirs
is
a
CTtr
,
series
in
which
outstanding
voca
groups
from
all
parts
of
the
pro
ii;vt
are
invited
tj
perti-ir
-'
The
Prince
Rupert
group
has
recorded
its
program
in
the
studios
of
CFPR.
The
tape
will
be
broadcast
from
Vancouver
,
-.-.
rtnij..ys
if
the
CBC's
provincial
network.
The
Rotary
Choir
was
start
ec
after
the
Second
World
War
with
the
then
fire
chief,
H.
T.
Lck
as
its
movine,
spirit
and
oiKin-
;
'
i
,
it
was
originally
a
male
hut.
female
voices
were
added
later.
The
choir
has
given
two
conceits
annually
and
has
received
high
praise
in
th"
Pl'lUCe
KUpert
MUSIC
a
I
aid
'
Drama
Festival.
I
he
ri"srr.t
rord
i
tor
Charles
P.
Ealpgnn.
who
is
nNo;
ehnun.
aster
of
the
Roman
Cattii,
ohc
Chinrh
choir.
Ihe
a'coinf
pure!
inse
of
CFPR
.:
RUPERT..
NEWS
LTD.
C.
II.
INSLLAXDFR
CBC
Contest
Winner
To
live
In
Montreal
MONTREAL
(CP)-Wimiin
th-r'PC-sponsored
contest
"Nos
Futures
Etoiles"
means
that
Roland
Gamier
will
have
to
leave
husband,
daughter
and
new
home
in
St.
Vital.
Man.,
to
live
1
in
Montreal
for
a
few
months
upvt.
tt'inlpr
The
young
)-s,ipi(n;i,
who
entered
the
p.-untry-wide
tilent
content
without
dreaming
i
'1
.."."A
wi!L?pPc"
as
i
Canadian
cities.
An
attractive
young
woman
of
28,
Mrs.
Gamier
is
the
mother
of
six-year-old
Suzanne,
who
prefers
her
father's
folksongs
to
her
mother's
operatic
arias.
Housekeeping
and
family
duties
have
never
prevented
Mrs.
Gamier
from
attending
weekly
voice
lessons
and
practising
regularly.
"Sometimes,"
she
says,
"I
forget
everything
and
practise
all
day."
much
on
the
end
of
a
500-mile
pauM
is
Henry
Pihym.
a
Iciirlut-line
which
can-ied
nmtranis
for
u"
s'aff
of
the
Booth
Mem-its
exclusive
benefit.
orial
High
School.
!
KVNM
I
II
CAPLK,
regional
representative
of
the
CBC,
to-
11
1
:i
v
announced,
on
behalf
of
the
Corporation,
the
purchase
ol
Radio
Station
CFPR.
The
iiinuineiiielit
bfcollita
effective
June
1.
No
Drastic
Changes
nned
What
will
the
porch
isc
of,
CFPR
mean
to
the
casual
list-
i
hit?
!
:
lis
wis
th
;
ones'
ion
boinn
'
ii:-ked
today
by
Prince
Rupert
citizens
with
the
announcement
i
hat
the
Canadian
Broadrastinv
Corporation
had
boutiht
the
:laiion
after
leasing
it
fur
10
yes
is.
I
Arcordin
to
C3C
officials,
it
(
ill
mean
no
drastic
changes.
1
h"ie
-
will
be
a
few
minor
I'lv
uses.
and
Ihero
are
a
few
others
"on
the
books,"
but
mainly
the
operation
of
the
station
will
go
on
much
the
s
iw"
is
it
h
is,
Pol'
i
hp
ti'ne
behv.',
the
n;c;.-
nt.
staff
will
carry
on
wiih
(.'.
H.
Insulander
"s
matviRpr.
bu:,
it
is
expected'
the
staff
will
b?
increased
shortly.
Any
proKi'aniina;
cht.nges
at?
likely
to
come
about
gradually,
arcordin:.;
to
the
CBC.
It
is
expected
that
appointment
of
n
program
director
will
ni'Min
an
increase
in
the
number
of
prn--!
t.iftl
mien
;t.
f)n
!'(!
lb-
r
h
'lid,
it
it
vry
p.-nbitiic
'h
.t
sraie
r.t
twnrk
pnc'rains
will
otifcinnlc
in
Prince
R
ioeri,
and
will
be
carried
on
the
CBC's
provincial
network
or
even
far
ther
ea.st.
Your
Provides
CFPR
The
CBC's
voice
on
the
northwest
coast.
1240
kes
,
.
,
,
ni.Ji
ui
ut'At
winters
oun-
years
aco.
She
is
secretary
ani,,Jo
ini,f
V
i
i
f-rd;rihand
man"
to
Mr.-
;
ms
uanatr.
also
has
the
opportunity
of
an-,
Backstane
at
the
studio,
u
but
pearing
at
concerts
in
different
r.
CONGRATUI.ATiONS
CBC
f.iri
your
3
',.
i
'
.
'.
'-
,(
1
ilC.t
VK'l.'iRaiul
PJfll
LIPS
RADIOS
1
!
McRAc
BH03.
fj
"The
Store
That-
Service
Built"
National
Radio
System
More
Than
Programs!
WE
CONGRATULATE
TliE
',
CBC
IN
BROADENING
ITS
SCOPE
The
notional
system
has
constantly
kept
in
view
its
three
objectives
for
broadcasting
in
Canada;
it
provides
an
adequate
coverage
of
the
entire
population,
opportunities
for
Canadian
talent
and
for
Canadian
self-expression
generally,
and
successful
resistance
to
the
absorption
of
Canada
info
the
general
cultural
pattern
of
any
other
country.
After
the
Mas:,ey
Report,
1951.
very
mucn
ironi
stu'e
wncn
n
,
comes
lo
local
programs,
are
Mi'l
Thompson
and
William
J
I-iornc.
They
are
officially
listed
as
announcer-operators
which
means
they
must
demonstrate
J
sufficient
versatility
with
ra-
dio
both
to
announce
a
program
end
at
the
same
time
to
control
the
technical
quality
of
the
i
broadcast.
J
Thompson
joined
the
staff
five
years
aao
at
the
ace
of
19.
J
lie
is
a
member
of
the
RCNVR.
,
Lome
came
to
CFPR
last
sum-
t
mer.
His
principal
experien"e
J
has
been
in
.sellinu;.
Only
25,
he
saw
service
during
the
last
war
J
in
both
the
army
and
navy.
,
L.
R.
Valentin
has
worked
as
relief
operator
at
the
station
J
during
the
pa..f
year.
We
Welcome
c
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