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The Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland (BCN) was the government-owned public broadcasting service of the dominion of Dominion of Newfoundland Following Newfoundlands admission as a Canada province in 1949, the BCN was absorbed into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and its three main AM radio transmitters remain in operation today as CBC Radio One stations.

History

The radio service was founded in 1939 by the Commission of Government The BCNs first station was acquired when the government purchased VONF (640 kHz) from the Dominion Broadcasting Company (a subsidiary of the Avalon Telephone Company) and refurbished for the use of the station two transmitters at Mount Pearl that had been built during World War I as Royal Navy Her Majesty's Ship Wireless Station (BZM) for North Atlantic communications with Royal Navy ships. BCNs studios were at the sixth floor of the Hotel Newfoundland in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador The general manager of the BCN for its 10 years of operation was William Fenton Galgay, who with Joseph Butler had founded the station in 1932. Galgay continued as regional director of Newfoundland radio after the BCN was incorporated into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, until his death. Notable broadcasters also included Aubrey MacDonald, known as Aubry Mac, and the musician Robert MacLeod. BCN accepted advertising on the station whose programming consisted of commercial, educational and entertainment shows. Notable programmes included future Premier of Newfoundland Joey Smallwood s [[The Barrelman]]which spun information and history with island folklore and the Gerald S. Doyle News Bulletinwhich interspersed family and community news about islanders with more serious journalism. In 1943, the BCN opened a second radio station, VOWN in Corner Brook and, after the war, acquired VORG in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador that had previously been operated by the wartime Canadian military base. The BCN provided islanders with news of World War II as well as serving as a disseminator of wartime propaganda and as a recrutiment tool for the armed forces. After the war, the network provided gavel to gavel coverage of the proceedings of the 1946-1948 Newfoundland National Convention that was elected to determine the future of the dominion. While these broadcasts were closely followed by Newfoundlanders, the loss of advertising revenue from the commercial-free broadcasts hampered BCNs ability to improve its programming. One of BCNs final acts was to cover the June 3 and July 22, 1948 referendum on the dominions future. As the result was to join Canadian confederation the facilities and staff of the BCN were transferred to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 1, 1949 when Newfoundland joined Canada VONF was recalled CBN (AM) VORG became CBG (AM) and VOWN became CBY Jeff A Webb The Voice of Newfoundland: A Social History of the Broadcasting Corporation of NewfoundlandUniversity of Toronto Press 2008 A CBC Radio comedy series in the 1990s, The Great Eastern (radio show)|The Great Eastern]], reimagined the BCN as still being in operation as Newfoundlands own independent public broadcaster, and was presented in the format of a [[parody|parodic]] arts and culture newsmagazine show produced by the BCN. ==Facilities== HQ - 6th floor [[Hotel Newfoundland]] 1939-1949 ===Stations=== * [[Corner Brook]] - VOWN (AM790), 1943-1949 * [[Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador|Gander]] - ORG (AM1450), mid 1940s-1949 * [[St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Johns]] - VONF (AM840 and AM640), 1939-1949 ===Shortwave relays=== * ONG (9470 kHz, later 9480 kHz) 1940 - ?, now defunct * ONH (5980 kHz, later 5970 kHz) 1940s, became CBNX in 1949, now CKZN ===Transmitters=== * Mount Pearl (2) == References == {{Reflist}} {{CBC Radio}} [[Category:Public broadcasting in Canada]] [[Category:History of Newfoundland and Labrador]] [[Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] [[Category:Radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador]] [[Category:Defunct Canadian radio networks]]

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