LEADER 04254nam 2200649 450 001 9910779169603321 005 20231020171309.0 010 $a1-4426-6481-9 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442664814 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100926 035 $a(EBL)3280004 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000738935 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11410867 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738935 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10671349 035 $a(PQKB)10574156 035 $a(CEL)436364 035 $a(OCoLC)794619809 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00229115 035 $a(DE-B1597)465426 035 $a(OCoLC)944178529 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442664814 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669715 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256237 035 $a(OCoLC)958570809 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106346 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/drwpb3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669715 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100926 100 $a20160921h19791979 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe public eye $etelevision and the politics of Canadian broadcasting, 1952-1968 /$fFrank W. Peers 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1979. 210 4$dİ1979 215 $a1 online resource (476 pages) 225 0 $aHeritage. 311 08$a1-4426-1316-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCanadian Television: Beginnings a National Service -- The Fowler Commission, 1955-1957 -- A Turning Point -- a New Government, a New Bill -- The Broadcasting Act, 1958 -- A 'Sea of Troubles': The CBC from 1958 to 1963 -- The BBC'S 'Most Productive' Years: 1958-1963 -- Advice to the Perplexed Liberals -- The System in the Mid-Sixties -- From the Fowler Committee to the End of 'Seven Days' -- The White Paper and the 1967 Broadcasting Committee -- The Broadcasting Act, 1968 -- Evolution of the Broadcasting System in Canada. 330 $aThis book traces the development of the broadcasting system in Canada from the inception of television in 1952 to the passing of the Broadcast Act of 1968, focusing on the policy decisions made by governments and broadcasting authorities and the circumstances under which they were made. Several public investigations of the system and its performance took place during television's first sixteen years in Canada and their aims and outcomes form an important part of the story. The book deals with the relationships between the CBC, the private broadcasters, government, and the regulatory authority, and also with events that affected the perceptions of politicians and the public - the French network strike in 1959, the Preview Commentary affair of the same year, and the controversies surrounding the CBC program 'This Hour Has Seven Days' in 1965-6. Among those who figure prominently are A. Davidson Dunton and Alphonse Ouimet of the CBC; T.J. Allard and Don Jamieson of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters; Robert Fowler, chairman of two public inquiries into broadcasting; Andrew Stewart, chairman of the Board of Broadcast Governors; and Graham Spry, organizer of the Canadian Broadcasting League. The government officials involved include Prime Ministers Louis St Laurent, John Diefenbaker, and Lester B. Pearson, and ministers J.J. McCann, George Nowlan, Jack Pickersgill, Maurice Lamontagne, and Judy LaMarsh. Frank Peers has unearthed a remarkable quantity of new material - from government documents, CBC records, interviews with key figures, and the records and manuscripts of a number of principals - and woven it into a fascinating and authoritative account of the state's involvement in broadcasting during these troubled and changeful years. 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$zCanada$xHistory 607 $aCanada$2fast 608 $aHistory. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xHistory. 676 $a384.55/4/0971 700 $aPeers$b Frank W.$f1918-2016,$01559334 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779169603321 996 $aThe public eye$93824348 997 $aUNINA