Radio annual (1940)

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Z^^INIO U U'l©^ Population 727,000 Number of Families 154,680 Number of Radio Homes 94,200 Retail Sales $161,253,000 Auto Registrations 80,860 CKX "THE FRIENDLY STATION" BRANDON— EST. 1928 CBC FREQUENCY: 1120 Kc. POWER: 1000 Watts. OWNED BY: Manitoba Telephone System., OPERATED BY: Same. BUSINESS ADDRESS: City Hall Sq., 8th & Princess Ave. PHONE: 4532. STUDIO ADDRESS: Same. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Mental Hospital Grounds. TIME ON THE AIR: 8:00 A.M. to 11:30 P.M. (daily); 12:00 noon to 11:30 P.M. (Sunday). NEWS SERVICE: Canadian Press. Personnel Station Manager W. F. Seller Chief Engineer C. E. R. Collins Representatives All Canada Radio Facilities Weed & Company C F*A R "SERVING NORTHERN MANITOBA" FLIN FLON— EST. 1937 FREQUENCY: 1370 Kc. POWER: 100 Watts. OWNED BY: Arctic Radio Corp. OPERATED BY: Same. BUSINESS ADDRESS: 120 Main St. PHONE: 290. STUDIO ADDRESS: Same. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Same. TIME ON THE AIR: 7:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M., daily; 10:30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., Sundays. NEWS SERVICE: Transradio Press. TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE: World Broadcasting System. Personnel President G. W. Bridgman Vice-President J. M. Bridgman Business Manager E. T. Scott Chief Engineer Reg Durie Representatives All-Canada Radio Facilities Weed & Company CJ*RC "MANITOBA'S FRIENDLY STATION" WINNIPEG FREQUENCY: 630 Kc. POWER: 1000 Watts. OWNED BY: James Richardson & Sons, Ltd. OPERATED BY: Same. BUSINESS ADDRESS: Royal Alexandra Hotel. PHONE: 9-2266-7-8. STUDIO ADDRESS: Same. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: Middlechurch. TIME ON THE AIR: (daily) 7:30 A.M. to 1:00 A.M.; (Sunday), 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. NEWS SERVICE: Transradio Press. TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES: World Broadcasting System, Standard Radio, and Lang-Worth Features. Personnel Stalion Manager V. F. Nielsen Assistant Manager Jack Kemp Program Director Eddie Houston Chief Studio Engineer Ken Cameron Coverage Population — Primary 527,600 Radio Homes — " 101,200 Source: Station survey. Representatives Joseph Hershey McGillvra (U.S.A. & Montreal) Jack Slatter (Toronto) Inland Broadcasting Service (Winnipeg) CKY "THE VOICE OF MANITOBA" WINNIPEG— EST. 1922 DOMINION BROADCASTING CO. CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORP. FREQUENCY: 910 Kc. POWER: 15000 Watts. OWNED BY: Manitoba Telephone System. OPERATED BY: Manitoba Telephone System. BUSINESS ADDRESS: Telephone Bldg. PHONE: 92-191. STUDIO ADDRESS: Same. TRANSMITTER LOCATION: St. Francis Xavier. TIME ON THE AIR: Sunday, 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 midnight. Week Days, 7:30 A.M. to 12:00 midnight. NEWS SERVICE: United Press, Canadian Press. TRANSCRIPTION SERVICE: NBC Thesaurus, World Broadcasting System. Personnel Commissioner of Telephones J. E. Lowry Station Manager William Backhouse Commercial Manager Percy Gaynor Program Director R. H. Roberts Public Relations Director D. R. P. Coats Coverage Population — Primary 563,800 Radio Homes — " 107,800 Population — Secondary 145,500 Radio Homes — " 25,600 Source: Station survey. Representatives All-Canada Radio Facilities Weed & Co. 596