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Farm Radio broadcasts were a touchstone of Canadian public broadcasting from the earliest days of the CBC. They took a variety of forms, from the issues-oriented Farm Forums, to practical information on weather and crop prices, to the unique and much-loved Farm Radio Dramas. The four distinct Farm Dramas, begun at intervals through 1939 and 1940 in different parts of the country, each used the continuing story of a farm family to discuss rural issues in an entertaining and accessible way. These broadcasts managed to quickly attract a wide audience, not all rural. The Craigs were central Canada’s family; the Maritimes had the Gillans, the Prairies the Jacksons and British Columbia the Carsons. Broadcast live at noon-hour each week-day through to the late 1960s, these series made an important contribution to the war-effort during World War II, especially in food-production and entertainment, while post-war they not only helped disseminate new farming methods, but also encapsulated a particularly Canadian life style to the many millions across the country--urban and rural--who listened regularly to them.
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