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A weekday in 1938
Despite the Great Depression and a brewing war overseas, in 1938 Canadians still managed to laugh and create music for the world to hear. The schedule below is a composite of regular CBC programming and specials that were broadcast in 1938. The CBC's radio archives for 1938 are sparse, as are program guides for the 1930s; 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 Reveille Rhythms 8:00-8:30 am Daily Star News   >>  More info 8:30-8:45 am Vocal Vogues 8:45-10:00 am Morning Devotions 10:00-10:15 am The Man I Married   >>  More info 10:15-10:30 am John's Other Wife 10:30-11:30 am CBC Radio News Special: Thousand Islands Bridge   >>  Radio Clip 11:30-12:00 pm Monica Mugan 12:00-12:30 pm CBC Radio Sports Special: The Canadian Open   >>  Radio Clip 12:30-1:00 pm News 1:00-1:30 pm The Happy Gang   >>  CBC Classic 1:30-2:00 pm Ontario Farm Broadcast   >>  CBC Classic 2:00-3:00 pm The Hitmakers 3:00-3:15 pm CBC Radio News Special: Neville Chamberlain: 'Peace for Europe'   >>  Radio Clip 3:15-3:30 pm Ma Perkins 3:30-3:45 pm Pepper Young's Family 3:45-4:00 pm The Guiding Light 4:00-4:30 pm Club Matinee 4:30-5:00 pm The National and Empire Program   >>  Radio Clip 5:00-5:45 pm Glenn Miller 5:45-6:00 pm Closing Stock Quotations 6:00-6:15 pm Chuck Shank's Orchestra 6:15-6:45 pm CBC Radio News Special: European Crisis   >>  Radio Clip 6:45-7:00 pm Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen 7:00-7:15 pm Heart Throbs of the Hills 7:15-7:45 pm Red Foster's Sports Club   >>  More info 7:15-7:45 pm My Job 10:00-11:00 pm Carnation Contented Hour   >>  More info 11:00-11:15 pm The News and Weather 11:15-11:30 pm Wilf Carter   >>  More info 11:30-12:00 am Woodhouse and Hawkins: Nitwit Court   >>  Radio Clip  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 Mr. President Goes to Ottawa Disaster over Niagara Falls Women become persons 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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