This article examines three radio broadcasts from the royal tour of 1939, namely those covering the departure of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth from Niagara Falls, Ontario, on their way to visit the United States on June 7, 1939. The analysis contributes to the debate about the function of "media events" sparked by Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz's eponymous 1992 book. While Dayan and Katz argue that historic national televised ceremonies enhance community loyalty and integration, their critics suggest that they place too little emphasis on issues of hierarchy and power, especially the power of the media themselves. This study concludes that by their effective use of radio to exploit the symbolism of monarchical ceremony, natural spectacle, and international portals, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's announcers helped to legitimize and augment the authority of the fledgling Canadian public broadcaster.Résumé : Cet article examine trois reportages radiophoniques portant sur le départ le 7 juin 1939 du roi George VI et de la reine Elizabeth pour les États-Unis à partir des chutes Niagara en Ontario. Cette analyse contribue au débat ouvert par Daniel Dayan et Elihu Katz dans leur livre La télévision cérémonielle (1996) sur le rôle de l'événement médiatique. Dayan et Katz soutiennent que les cérémonies historiques diffusées à l'échelle nationale accroissent la loyauté au sein d'une communauté ainsi que l'intégration de celle-ci, mais leurs critiques suggèrent que ces auteurs mettent trop peu l'accent sur les questions d'hiérarchie et de pouvoir, surtout le pouvoir des médias eux-mêmes. Cette étude en arrive à la conclusion que les annonceurs de la Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ont contribué à l'époque à augmenter la légitimité et l'autorité du jeune radiodiffuseur public grâce à leur utilisation efficace de la radio pour exploiter le symbolisme de la cérémonie monarchique, la splendeur naturelle des lieux et les débouchés internationaux.
This article examines the role of independent commercial radio stations in Canada in the early 1930s. Canada's first public broadcaster, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, was created in 1932. It constructed a national network comprised of its own stations and time leased on many of the previously existing privately owned stations. A number of commercial stations, however, remained independent of all networks. It is argued here that for a brief period these stations were able to provide an alternative model of locally oriented community programming that could be characterized as truly popular.
During the four years of its existence, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), Canada's first public broadcaster, became a site where different conceptions of broadcasting and of Canada itself were contested and debated. One of the most significant controversies concerned the extent of French programming on the commission's national network, ultimately resolved by placing most Frenchlanguage programs on a separate network covering only Quebec and nearby areas of Ontario and New Brunswick. This study argues that the controversy over French programming on the national network had a negative impact on the CRBC's ability to build its credibility and legitimacy as a national cultural institution, but that the very ferocity of the debate reveals widespread agreement that a public broadcasting body potentially has the authority to shape the way Canadians imagine their country.Résumé : Durant ses quatre années d'existence, la Commission canadienne de radiodiffusion (CCR/CRBC), premier diffuseur public de l'histoire du pays, est le théâtre d'un affrontement entre différentes conceptions de la radiodiffusion et du Canada luimême. L'une des controverses les plus importantes concerne la place à donner à la programmation de langue française sur le réseau national. La question est finalement résolue par la création d'un réseau français distinct qui ne dessert que Québec et les régions limitrophes de l'Ontario et du Nouveau-Brunswick. Cet article soutient que la controverse au sujet de la programmation française a nui à l'établissement de la CCR comme institution culturelle nationale crédible et légitime. Il avance en outre que la férocité du débat révèle l'existence d'un large consensus quant à l'influence que peut exercer un organe public de diffusion sur la façon dont les Canadiens imaginent leur pays.
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