The Voice of Newfoundland : : A Social History of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland,1939-1949 /

The Voice of Newfoundland : : A Social History of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland,1939-1949 / / Jeff Webb.

Similar to the CBC and BBC, the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland was a public broadcaster that was at the centre of a cultural and political change from 1939 to 1949, during which Newfoundland faced wartime challenges and engaged in a constitutional debate about whether to become integrated...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Webb, Jeff,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2008
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Career of Service: The Emergence of Public Broadcasting
  • 2. Addressing the Population at Large: The Government's Use of Broadcasting
  • 3. Entertainment and Enlightenment: Music and News on Newfoundland Radio
  • 4. Gibraltar of North America: Wartime Radio
  • 5. Most Important Work: Broadcasting the Confederation Debates
  • 6. Personal and Intimate Character: The Transitions of Post-war Radio, 1945-1949
  • Epilogue
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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