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SUMMARY: "BC Folio" was a weekly program featuring items of interest to BC listeners, including interviews with British Columbians of diverse backgrounds. "BC Folio" was broadcast from 1971 to 1976 on the Paci;fic Network, first on AM and later on FM. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews and sounds about the use of television in BC schools. Includes interviews are with those who are in cha;rge of placing the curriculum in schools.;

The series consists of audio disc recordings of radio programs in the series "BC School Broadcast", "National School Broadcast", and ....

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): CBC Vancouver in the 1940s PERIOD COVERED: 1938-ca. 1965 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1983-03-23 SUMMARY: Kenneth Caple joined the School Broadcasting Committee in 1940. Head of CBC School Broadcasts for four years, 1940-1944. Comments on Ira Dilworth, Regional Director of the CBC. Caple becomes Regional Program Director, 1944, and Regional Director, 1947. The training of CBC announcers. The CBC as a contributor to Canadian life.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Educational broadcasting and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Vancouver, 1940-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1982-03-10 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Kenneth Caple discusses: beginnings of government-sponsored educational broadcasting in B.C.; program organization and content; use of low-powered repeater transmitters; Caple's role in CBC management; impressions of Dr. Ira Dilworth and his contribution to CBC Vancouver; political pressure not a problem; network programs from Vancouver; Andrew Allan and radio drama; the CBC and Canadian talent; Caple's duties as program director; various regular features originated in Vancouver; relations with private stations. TRACK 2: Mr. Caple discusses: more on CBC's regulatory role; evolution of CBC radio network in B.C.; dealings between national and regional CBC management; American programming; CFPR Prince Rupert; the advent of CBC television in Vancouver; difficulties in development of new CBC building in Vancouver; television staff; John Diefenbaker's visit to CBC Vancouver; changing attitudes to educational broadcasting; public vs. commercial broadcasting. (End of interview)

News item?. Hon. P.L. McGeer announces formation of the Knowledge Network of the West Communications Authority, June 24, 1980.

SUMMARY: Children's educational program about march music, with excerpts from well-known marches, including the recently composed "The United Nations March". [Side 2: Blank.];

The series consists of videotapes transferred to the archives from the B.C. Department of Education. The items are educational television programs produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Vancouver) and sponsored by the Department of Education's Audio-Visual Services Branch in 1972 and consist of six episodes of "The world of work".

The series also includes two videos produced by the British Columbia School Trustees Association for the School Boards of British Columbia (1979-1980) and nine audio cassettes recorded in 1979 regarding BC's future in science and research.

The series consists of radio programs produced by the Division of School Radio Broadcasts and its successor bodies, between 1940 and 1980.
The BC School Broadcasts were a series of educational radio programs designed to supplement existing school curriculum and were broadcast over the CBC's Pacific network. The majority of school broadcasts were organized and administered at the provincial level between the Department of Education and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The series went on the air in March 1938 as a twice-weekly program that later expanded to daily broadcasts. The BC School Broadcasts continued until 1980.

The series includes 38 episodes from 1940-1949 (mainly on audio disc), with the balance of the programs dating from 1950-1980. The series also contains the Education Department's one-page description sheets for each of the broadcast programs on audio reels from T4022. These sheets are in eight volumes and are arranged chronologically.