Film Weekly 1956-57 year book : Canadian motion picture industry (1956)

This Association represents 141 privatelyowned broadcasting and 26 telecasting stations. CANADIAN RADIO TECHNICAL PLANNING BOARD 200 St. Clair Ave. W., Toronto 7, Ont. (WAInut 1-2898) OFFICERS President . R. A. Hackbusch Vice-President . C. W. Boadway Secretary-Treasurer .... S. D. Brownlee Director of Publicity R. C. Poulter The objectives of the CRTPB, which has 17 sponsors, are to formulate sound engineering principles and to organize technical facts which ■will assist in the development of the Canadian radio industry and radio services of the nation in accordance with the public interest. The activities of the Board are restricted to engineering con¬ siderations and all sponsors must be non-profit associations, bodies or societies which have an important interest in radio and allied fields. One of the objectives of the Board is to advise government, industry and the people of its find¬ ings and recommendations. In actual practice the Board has acted in an advisory capacity to the Canadian Government in the matter of frequency allocations. The organization of the Planning Board in¬ cludes the Main Board, made up of the contri¬ buting sponsor delegates and the chairmen of the Planning Board's six Main Committees (Standards and Allocations Committee; Television Committee; Broadcast Committee; Committee on Radio Com¬ munications including point to point, portable, mobile and emergency services; Committee on Aeronautical Radio and Radio Aids to Naviga¬ tion; and Committee on Industrial, Scientific and Medical). THE CANADIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION LEAGUE 30 Bloor St. W., Toronto, Ont. OFFICERS President . Dr. E. A. Corbett Vice-Presidents Geoffrey Andrew, Vancouver Senator David A. Croll, Toronto Professor A. R. M. Lower, Kingston Roy Grant, Moncton Secretary Mrs. Edith Fowke Treasurer . Albert A. Shea Telecasting CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION Victoria Bldg., 140 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ont. (Central 6-7331) The CBC is a publicly-owned broadcasting system set up by the Canadian Broadcasting Act, 1936, with its prime responsibility the pro¬ vision of a national broadcasting service. It operates one television and three radio networks made up of privately-owned as well as CBCowned stations. It is the main producer of both commercial and sustaining radio and television network programs in the country and acts as agent for both private and CBC stations in booking, servicing and billing in connection with network commercial programs produced in Can¬ ada and imported from other countries. CBC has certain advisory responsibilities in the licensing of private stations. Its Board of Governors holds public hearings and makes recommendations on license applications to the Department of Transport, the licensing authority in Canada. The Minister of Transport is the Hon. George Marler, and the Controller of Radio in the Department of Transport is F. G. Nixon. The Corporation consists of eleven Governors appointed by the Governor in Council. With the exception of the Chairman, who is ap¬ pointed for ten years, the Governors hold office for three years. By custom, they are selected to give representation to the various economic, regional, social, religious and cultural interests that make up the country's population. The chief executive is the General Manager who administers the operations of the national system. BOARD OF GOVERNORS A. D. Dunton, Ottawa, chairman; Dean Adrien Pouliot, Laval University, Quebec City, vicechairman; Dr, G. Douglas Steel, Charlottetown, PEI; Professor J. A. Corry, Queen's University, Kingston; Frederick J. Crawford, Toronto; K. G. Montgomery, Edmonton; Gordon A. Winter, St. John's, Nfld.; Kenneth Gervin, Vancouver; Gerand Gingras, c/o Rene T. Leclerc Inc., Mon¬ treal; Mrs. R. S. Houck, Brampton, Ontario. OFFICERS General Manager J. Alphonse Ouimet Assistant General Manager E. L. Bushnell Director of Engineering W. G. Richardson Director of Programs Charles Jennings Treasurer H. Bramah Director of Personnel & Administrative Services C. E. Stiles Commercial Manager W. E. Powell Director Press & Information Services R. C. Fraser Director Station Relations & Manager Broadcast Regulations George Young Director CBC International Service C. R. Delafield ADMINISTRATION FOR MONTREAL TV OPERATIONS Director of Television . Andre Ouimet Assistant Director Yves Vien Program Director . Fernand Guerard Program Director (CBMT) . Harold Capozzi Supervisor of Production . J. P. Ladouceur Supervising Producer (Drama) , . Florent Forget Supervising Producer (Films) . J. Y. Bigras Supervising Producer (Sports) Roland Giguere Supervising Producer (Children) .... Fernand Dore Supervising Producer (Music) Pierre Mercure Casting Officer . Claude Garneau Supervisor of Traffic . . Roger Germain Technical Director . . Charles Frenette Assistant Technical Director . G. Fontaine Commercial Manager (Quebec) Maurice Valiquette News Editor-in-Charge . . Saluste D. LeMyre Television Film Service Director J. P. LePailleur Assistant Director . Maurice Bastien Film Procurement Officer Marcel Seguin Design Director . Gaston Sarault Staging Director . Jean Lefebvre Supervisor of Costuming Mme. L. Cabana-Pelletier Supervisor of Graphics . Pierre Garneau Supervisor of Scenic Carpentry .... Lucien Gagnon Supervisor of Scenic Painting Lorenzo Latremouille Supervisor of Properties . Bernard Poole ADMINISTRATION FOR TORONTO TV OPERATIONS Director of Television . Fergus Mutrie Assistant Director . J. W. R. Graham Program Director . . R. W. McGall Supervisor of Presentation . John W. Barnes 163