In 2000, the CBC funded a project to assist in the digitization of CBC sound recordings held at the NWT Archives. Prior to the project, the majority of the original master copies at the Archives were in audio reel (reel to reel) format. These recordings, the archival masters, are now stored on CD.
The NWT Archives is pleased to present a portion of these CBC Northern Service recordings. This particular exhibit focuses specifically on sound recordings originally produced by or in association with Les McLaughlin. His work at the CBC's Chateau Laurier studios in Ottawa was prolific. This is but a taste.
Radio programs featured include interviews and stories of pioneers and newsmakers of the north. Each sound recording is accompanied by images and biographical notes.
Click below for samples of CBC Northern Service radio programming to
be found at the NWT Archives.
An
interview with writer, photographer and filmmaker Richard S. Finnie.
An
interview with sailor and Hudson's Bay Company trader E.J. "Scotty"
Gall.
An
interview with sailor and Hudson's Bay Company trader Lorenz A. Learmonth.
An
episode of the CBC's Between Ourselves describing the manhunt for Albert
Johnson, the Mad Trapper of Rat River.
An
interview with Alexander Stevenson, Hudson's Bay Company trader and later,
the Administrator of the Arctic.
An
interview with journalist and author Frederick B. "Ted" Watt.