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- Title
Usually Live, Sometimes Local, Not Always First: Radio Journalism in Manitoba, 1922-1950.
- Authors
Moir, Garry
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of radio journalism in Manitoba, focusing on the years 1922 to 1950. It comments on the relationship between radio stations and newspapers, noting that the newspapers the "Manitoba Free Press" and "Winnipeg Tribune" ran their own stations. The author reflects on political aspects of radio broadcasting, examining how the radio was used to follow provincial election results in 1922. He also explores radio coverage of events including a Royal Visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, the outbreak of World War II, and the Manitoba flood of 1950.
- Subjects
CANADA; MANITOBA; RADIO journalism; RADIO broadcasting; RADIO broadcasting &; politics; WORLD War II -- Radio broadcasting &; the war; FLOODS; VISITS of state; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Manitoba History, 2012, Issue 70, p19
- ISSN
0226-5044
- Publication type
Article