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The beginning
a still picture was transmitted through a wire.
Moving images were not successfully sent for another 65 years! -
1st moving images...
1st moving images were transmitted between Washington, DC and New York City. -
July 1st
July 1 - first national broadcast covering the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation. New transmitters installed in Montréal and Toronto. National radio coverage increased to 76 per cent of the population from 49 per cent. In 1929, the Aird Commission recommended the creation of a nationally owned company to operate a coast-to-coast broadcast system and in 1932 the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) was created. -
The Canadian Broadcasting Act
The Canadian Broadcasting Act replaced the CRBC with a Crown Corporation, and Canada's national public broadcaster was born. -
TV sets
There were 200 TV sets in the U.S. -
Radio-Canada
Radio-Canada's CBF station began broadcasting the program Le réveil rural, a show dedicated to economic information intended for rural inhabitants. -
CBC and more!
CBC began"farm broadcasts". CBC/Radio-Canada provided full coverage of the six-week visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. In March, CBF launched the soap opera Un homme et son péché based upon the popular Claude-Henri Grignon novel. The soap opera ran for 22 years. Regular broadcasting began of the Montréal Canadians' hockey games from the Montréal Forum. With the declaration of World War II, CBC/Radio-Canada sent a team of announcers and technicians to accompany the C -
First televised Presidential speech
the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) broadcast the first televised Presidential speech, delivered by F.D. Roosevelt. -
The national public broadcaster.
The national public broadcaster adopted its first emblem - an image of radio waves and a map of Canada. Residents of remote communities benefit from radio service as low power relay transmitters were installed for their benefit. -
The basic national radio network...
The basic national radio network was renamed the Trans-Canada Network and the Dominion Network was also formed, linking CJBC Toronto with 34 private stations to offer an alternative lighter service. -
The official opening of CBC/Radio-Canada's International Service.
The official opening of CBC/Radio-Canada's International Service. It would later become Radio Canada International in 1972. The Radio-Canada network counted seven private affiliated radio stations in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Sherbrooke, New Carlisle, Rimouski, Rivière-du-Loup, Rouyn, Hull, and Québec City. -
Creation of the radio station Radio Saint-Boniface,
Creation of the radio station Radio Saint-Boniface, in Manitoba, provided the first French language network station outside of the Province of Québec. -
The first issue of the weekly program guide
The first issue of the weekly program guide CBC Times was published, to help Canadians keep track of programming. -
More TV sets
1 million TV sets in the U.S. and Community Antenna Television was introduced in mountainous rural areas of Pennsylvania. This became what we now know as cable TV. -
Television was mostly "live"...
Television was mostly “live” as programs were broadcast as they were being performed. Programs recorded onto film were very poor quality. -
The national public broadcaster acquired...
The national public broadcaster acquired the facilities and staff of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland, as the province joined Confederation. -
The decade of the TV
First issue of the radio program guide La Semaine à Radio-Canada. Special broadcast coverage of the Manitoba floods. -
Special coverage of the four-week visit of Princess Elizabeth
Special coverage of the four-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. -
Radio programming...
Radio programming made available to Canadian troops in Korea. -
Satelite Broadcasting
Satellite broadcasting was introduced and made it possible to send and receive television signals anywhere in the world. -
Moon landing
Satellite broadcasting allowed people around the world to watch the images transmitted from the moon landing. -
videotape recording
A practical videotape recording system for home use became available. -
Subscribing
Consumers could subscribe to direct delivery of programming to their homes, instead of cable systems or conventional broadcast programming. -
Big Numbers
Over 1 billion TV sets worldwide. -
The Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the broadcast standards for high-definition television (HDTV). -
Digital Signals
The FCC mandated that TV manufacturers must equip all new TVs with tuners capable of receiving digital signals by 2007. -
No more antennae!
The FCC mandates no more broadcasting by antennae, only by digital. The transmission frequencies are sold to improve wireless internet capabilities for handheld devices.
