RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1982-11-30 SUMMARY: Musician and broadcaster Fred Bass discusses his experiences in the early days of radio in Vancouver. TRACK 1: Use of shortwave equipment by CKWX for location broadcasts; Indian legends broadcast from Stanley Park. His background and start in broadcasting, CKWX, 1928. Children's show, "Uncle Jerry", taken over by Bass. Radio auctions to raise relief funds during Depression. CKWX programming. Mystique of early radio. CKWX started [as CFDC] in Nanaimo, ca, 1923, by Arthur "Sparks" Holstead; move to Vancouver, 1925. Earle Kelly, "Mr. Good Evening". Attitude to early radio work. Remote hookups at C;PR Station. CKWX coverage of local events. Will Reeder. "The Lumberjacks" radio program. Bass did vaudeville in New Westminster in the 1920s. Dick Diespecker of CJOR. Changes in CKWX management: Taylor, Pearson and Carson. TRACK 2: Continues discussion of TPC. Early CKWX transmitter and studio locations. Broadcast from a café in New Westminster. Radio in 1928. YMCA opening story. Radio training course offered by CKWX and UBC. CKMO and Sprott-Shaw College. CKWX record library, set up by Bass. Availability of talent in early days. Bass' "man-in-the-street" interviews; how they started. Memorabilia. "Personal" nature of early radio. Soccer broadcasts. Long-range reception of CKWX. Bass in show business for 70 years. (End of interview)