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A weekend in 1939
In 1939, throngs flooded the streets to greet their King and Queen, adventurous travellers took flight on new cross-country passenger planes and young soldiers bravely marched off to war. The day's schedule below is a composite of regular CBC programming and specials that were broadcast in 1939. A 1939 CBC Program Schedule was used as the basis for the following grid. Most of the programs listed below were nationally broadcast; others were heard only on local stations such as CBL in Toronto, CBO in Ottawa and CBY, also in Toronto.

Time Program 7:45-8:00 am The Reveille Rhythms 8:00-8:15 am The News – the Canadian Press   >>  More info 8:15-8:30 am Song for Saturday 8:30-9:00 am Musical March Past 9:00-10:00 am The Breakfast Club   >>  More info 10:00-10:30 am CBC Radio Special: Canada calling the British Empire   >>  Radio Clip 10:30-10:45 am The Charioteers 10:45-11:00 am Dance Parade 11:00-12:00 pm CBC Radio Special: Opening of CBC Atlantic   >>  Radio Clip 12:00-12:30 pm Just Mary   >>  CBC Classic 12:30-1:00 pm Concert Melodies 2:00-2:15 pm Ray Kinney's Orchestra 2:15-2:30 pm CBC Radio Special: Grey Cup Game   >>  Radio Clip 4:30-4:45 pm Saturday Musicale 4:45-5:15 pm The BBC News 5:30-6:30 pm CBC Radio Special: Canada at the side of Britain   >>  Radio Clip 6:45-7:00 pm High School Forum: The happy barbarian?   >>  Radio Clip 7:00-7:30 pm Light Up and Listen Club 7:30-8:00 pm CBC Radio Special: Across Canada with Trans-Canada Airlines   >>  Radio Clip 8:00-8:15 pm Weekly Sports Parade   >>  More info 8:30-8:55 pm Wayne King's Orchestra 8:30-9:00 pm Hawaii Calls   >>  More info 9:00-10:35 pm NHL Hockey Broadcast   >>  CBC Classic 10:35-11:45 pm The Happy Gang   >>  CBC Classic 11:45-12:00 am The News - Canadian Press  CBC Classics are those CBC programs that have remained in the Canadian memory due to their popularity, quality and sheer longevity.

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Une journée de 1939 More topics from this era  from CBC's  Archives 1939-1945: A Soldier's War On Every Front: Canadian Women in the Second World War Reports from Abroad: Matthew Halton Churchill's 'chicken' speech Shirley Temple rings in Canada's Victory Loan The Battle for Carpiquet CBC.ca More CBC Archives clips from the 1930s External sites York University: Remembering Radio The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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