Canadians who spoke those languages, and occasionally defectors from the Eastern bloc, regularly provided uncensored news, comments and reports about Canada and about their homelands.Īt around the same time as the expansion into the Caribbean and Latin America, the International Service became involved with the newly formed United Nations. This was followed by a Ukrainian service in September 1952 and a Polish service just a year after that. The International Service had already been broadcasting in Czech and Slovak when a Russian service was started in January 1951. Several international shortwave stations, including the International Service, began to beam programs into the Soviet bloc countries in an effort to let those people know what was really happening around them. Suddenly, millions of people lost their ability to hear an unbiased account of world news. By the early 1950s, the Cold War had come to Eastern Europe. Throughout its early years, the International Service had concentrated on broadcasting to Western Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War. An Italian service was started in January 1949, while a once-a-week broadcast in Finnish began in December 1950. In 1947, there were also programs broadcast to Latin America in Spanish and to Brazil in Portuguese, and an English service to Australia and New Zealand began.

Daily broadcasts started to the Caribbean in English. Special once-a-week programs were broadcast to Scandinavia in Swedish and Danish and later in Norwegian, as well. By 1946, it had expanded to include regular transmissions in Czech and Dutch. The International Service expanded quickly. The CBC International Service produced dramas, news magazines, commentaries and musical programs. All targeted Great Britain and Western Europe, providing a total of six hours of programming daily. When the service went on the air in 1945, programs were broadcast in English, French and German. Reports at the time indicated that the International Service had the clearest shortwave signals from North America. Sackville was chosen after careful study of radio transmissions between Canada and Europe. Montreal was an ideal studio location, since the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had extensive production facilities and plenty of English and French broadcasters to host programs. It was decided to house the studios in the Radio-Canada building in downtown Montreal, while the transmitters would be put up in Sackville, New Brunswick. Mackenzie King welcomed the world to the new International Service dedicated to projecting a Canadian view of life and events. It was in a time of war between nations, but with the promise of peace in sight, when the voice of Prime Minister W.L. Unfortunately due to international distribution rights our music radio stations are not available for online streaming outside of Canada.A shortwave radio service that would keep members of the Canadian Armed Forces in touch with news and entertainment from home during the Second World War became a reality with the signing of an order-in-council on September18, 1942.īut it wasn’t until February25, 1945, that the service really took off. If you are physically located within Canada and continue to receive this message you can contact us with your details to investigate further. , these factors could impact your IP address not appearing to be Canadian and result in a blocked connection.

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