Radio History
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Alan Cross: Reflecting on 40 years in the radio businessIf someone had told me in back 1981 that I'd still be doing radio 40 years later, I'd have laughed in their face. And yet...EntertainmentNov 14, 2021
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680 CJOB celebrates 75 years of informing, entertaining Winnipeg radio listenersCJOB — named for the initials of its founder, Jack Oliver Blick — first signed on the morning of March 11, 1946, and is still going strong three-quarters of a century later.EntertainmentMar 11, 2021
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Alan Cross on why he treasures the magic of AM radioAM radio is the oldest of the broadcast media, dating back more than a hundred years. While it's still in use today, it appears to be in its waning years. That's sad.EntertainmentFeb 14, 2021
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Alan Cross: Before radio, there was the ThéâtrophoneThere's a reason why a generation of people referred to the radio as 'the wireless,' Alan Cross explains.EntertainmentSep 27, 2020
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The car radio turns 90 this year. A history of that thing in your dashboard.Around 1920, someone decided that they needed some tunes for their horseless carriage. Ninety years later, we're still listening to the radio in the car.CommentaryJun 28, 2020
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680 CJOB founder’s daughter visits the stationAlthough founder Jack Blick died in 1981, 680 CJOB staff received a first-hand connection to Winnipeg radio history Wednesday when Blick's daughter, Barbara Berg, made her first-ever visit to the station.Sep 11, 2019
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National Music Centre launches new exhibition to showcase century of radioShowing off everything from tube radios to streaming services, the Radio Lounge aims to educate people on the history of audio technology.TechJan 22, 2019
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