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CNR Radio or CN Radio (officially the Canadian National Railways Radio Department), Canadian Encyclopedia, accessed January 23, 2008 was the first national radio network in North America. [1]

83 relations: BBC, Brandon, Manitoba, Call sign, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Confederation, Canadian federal election, 1930, Canadian National Hotels, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, Canadian Radio League, CBLA-FM, CBO-FM, CBU (AM), CBW (AM), Central Nebraska Regional Airport, CFAC, CFCA (AM), CFPL (AM), CFRB, Chatham-Kent, Château Laurier, CHNS-FM, CJCA, CKAC, CKBL-FM, CKCK-FM, CKMX, CKUA Radio Network, Clifford Lincoln, Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942), David Lloyd George, English language, First Nations, Fredericton, French language, General Motors, Gilbert and Sullivan, Great Depression, Hamilton, Ontario, Hart House (University of Toronto), Henri Miro, Henry Worth Thornton, History of broadcasting in Canada, Hockey Night in Canada, House of Commons of Canada, Indigenous languages of the Americas, Kitchener, Ontario, Liberal Party of Canada, London, Ontario, ..., Ludwig van Beethoven, Member of parliament, Merrill Denison, Michigan, Minister of Railways and Canals (Canada), Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, North America, Ontario, Ottawa, Phantom radio station, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Public broadcasting, Quebec, Radio drama, Radio network, Radio orchestra, Red Deer, Alberta, Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting, Saint John, New Brunswick, Simulcast, Telegraphy, The Omni King Edward Hotel, The Westin Nova Scotian, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Tyrone Guthrie, Unfair competition, Vancouver, Waterloo, Ontario, Watt, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Yorkton. Expand index (33 more) »

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Brandon, Manitoba

Brandon is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

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Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitter station.

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.

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Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation (Confédération canadienne) was the process by which the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into one Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867.

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Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 17th Parliament of Canada.

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Canadian National Hotels

Canadian National Hotels was a hotel chain under control by Canadian National Railways.

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Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), also known formerly as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railroad incorporated in 1881.

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Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission

The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) was Canada's first public broadcaster and the immediate precursor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Canadian Radio League

The Canadian Radio League was a public pressure group led by Graham Spry and Alan Plaunt to mobilize support for the establishment of public broadcasting in Canada.

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CBLA-FM

CBLA-FM is a Canadian radio station.

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CBO-FM

CBO-FM is a Canadian radio station.

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CBU (AM)

CBU is a Canadian radio station, which airs the programming of the CBC Radio One network, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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CBW (AM)

CBW is the call sign of the CBC Radio One station in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Central Nebraska Regional Airport

Central Nebraska Regional Airport is three miles northeast of Grand Island, in Hall County, Nebraska.

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CFAC

CFAC is an AM radio station serving Calgary, Alberta.

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CFCA (AM)

CFCA was the first regularly broadcasting licensed radio station in Toronto and was one of the first in Canada.

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CFPL (AM)

CFPL (980 AM) is a radio station owned by Corus Entertainment and based in London, Ontario, Canada.

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CFRB

CFRB is an AM radio clear-channel station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, broadcasting a news/talk at 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast on CFRX at 6.07 MHz on the 49m band.

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Chatham-Kent

Chatham-Kent (2016 population 101,647).

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Château Laurier

The Fairmont Château Laurier is a 660,000-square-foot hotel with 429 guest rooms in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located near the intersection of Rideau Street and Sussex Drive and designed in the French Gothic Châteauesque style to complement the adjacent Parliament buildings.

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CHNS-FM

CHNS-FM (89.9 FM) is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting from Halifax, Nova Scotia at 89.9 FM.

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CJCA

CJCA is a Canadian radio station.

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CKAC

CKAC is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.

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CKBL-FM

CKBL-FM, branded as 92.9 The Bull, is a country radio station in downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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CKCK-FM

CKCK-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 94.5 FM in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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CKMX

CKMX is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 1060 AM in Calgary, Alberta owned by Bell Media.

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CKUA Radio Network

The CKUA Radio Network is a Canadian donor-funded public radio network based in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Clifford Lincoln

Clifford Albert Lincoln (born September 1, 1928) is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Quebec National Assembly, a provincial cabinet minister and a member of the House of Commons of Canada.

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Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation.

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David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party and the final Liberal to serve as Prime Minister.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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First Nations

In Canada, the First Nations (Premières Nations) are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle.

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Fredericton

Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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General Motors

General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services.

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Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Hart House (University of Toronto)

Hart House is a student activity centre at the University of Toronto.

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Henri Miro

Henri Enrique Miro (13 November 1879 – 19 July 1950) was a Canadian composer/arranger, conductor, pianist, and music critic of Catalan birth.

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Henry Worth Thornton

Sir Henry Worth Thornton, KBE (November 6, 1871 – March 14, 1933) was a businessman and president of Canadian National Railways.

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History of broadcasting in Canada

The active history of broadcasting in Canada begins in 1921, as Canadians were swept up in the radio craze and built radio sets to listen to American stations.

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Hockey Night in Canada

Hockey Night in Canada (often abbreviated Hockey Night or HNIC) is a branding used for Canadian television presentations of the National Hockey League.

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House of Commons of Canada

The House of Commons of Canada (Chambre des communes du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate.

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Indigenous languages of the Americas

Indigenous languages of the Americas are spoken by indigenous peoples from Alaska and Greenland to the southern tip of South America, encompassing the land masses that constitute the Americas.

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Kitchener, Ontario

The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada.

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Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada (Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federal political party in Canada.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770Beethoven was baptised on 17 December. His date of birth was often given as 16 December and his family and associates celebrated his birthday on that date, and most scholars accept that he was born on 16 December; however there is no documentary record of his birth.26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.

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Merrill Denison

Merrill Denison (23 June 1893 — 13 June 1975) was a Canadian playwright.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

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Minister of Railways and Canals (Canada)

The portfolio of Minister of Railways and Canals was created by Statute 42 Victoria, c. 7, assented to May 15, 1879 and proclaimed in force May 20, 1879.

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Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling, Canadiens, is always used.

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Montreal Maroons

The Montreal Maroons (officially the Montreal Professional Hockey Club) were a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Ontario

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.

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Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital city of Canada.

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Phantom radio station

A phantom radio station was a station which did not operate their own radio transmitter, rather leasing unused airtime from a station who owned the hardware.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the United Kingdom government.

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Public broadcasting

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Radio drama

Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theater, or audio theater) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance.

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Radio network

There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast network commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way radio type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery services.

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Radio orchestra

A radio orchestra (or broadcast orchestra) is an orchestra employed by a radio network (and sometimes television networks) in order to provide programming as well as sometimes perform incidental or theme music for various shows on the network.

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Red Deer, Alberta

Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada.

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Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting

The Royal Commission on Radio Broadcasting, otherwise known as the Aird Commission, was chaired by John Aird and examined Canada's broadcasting industry.

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Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John is the port city of the Bay of Fundy in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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Simulcast

Simulcast, a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast, is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously).

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Telegraphy

Telegraphy (from Greek: τῆλε têle, "at a distance" and γράφειν gráphein, "to write") is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message.

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The Omni King Edward Hotel

The Omni King Edward Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The Westin Nova Scotian

The Westin Nova Scotian is a Canadian hotel located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, owned and operated by New Castle Hotels and Resorts.

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Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Toronto Symphony Orchestra

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Tyrone Guthrie

Sir William Tyrone Guthrie (2 July 1900 – 15 May 1971) was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at his family's ancestral home, Annaghmakerrig, near Newbliss in County Monaghan, Ireland.

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Unfair competition

Unfair (or disloyal) competition in commercial law is a deceptive business practice that causes economic harm to other businesses or to consumers.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Waterloo, Ontario

Waterloo is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.

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William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s.

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Yorkton

Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNR_Radio

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