What we've learned from a century of Canadian broadcasting

Today marks the 100th anniversary of broadcasting in Canada By Ken Goldstein MAY 20, 1920, 100 YEARS AGO TODAY, was warm in Ottawa, with the temperature reaching 24C. That evening, at the Chateau Laurier Hotel, there was a meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, including a demonstration involving new communications technology – “wireless telephony”, as it was then called. The audience at the Chateau Laurier included Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and Opposition Leader W.L. Mackenzie King. They heard a program of spoken word and live and recorded musical content that was broadcast from XWA, the Marconi-owned facility in...