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BAMBRICK, Kenneth

1977-0060

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1976-11-24

Kenneth Bambrick (Interview)

An interview with Fred Usher, a former singer for live radio in the 1930s, conducted in Victoria, British Columbia. Usher describes how he got his start in radio playing first with a quartet, then as solo entertainer, for various radio stations in the Regina area. He talks about what it was like being a radio musician at the time and the many people he worked with and met. He later moved to Victoria and worked in sales, announcing and entertaining for CJVI radio. There he also created a network show. The latter part of this interview is about these times, and the early radio days in general. <27mn>

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with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of F.K. Bambrick : see also note on preliminary list about T.J. Allard interview : restrictions - see fileWith permission of copyright owner: Library and Archives CanadaT.J. Allard deceased in 1982.See MOU signed July 22, 1977, item 7 for contradictory information about reproduction.