“Grandpa, I've got this assignment to do. My teacher asked us to do a report about radios and television through the decades. Do you know anything about this stuff?” Dave asked his grandfather.

“Ah, little Dave come sit down with me and let me share with you many great moments in the history of radio and television. Way back when I was your age, in about the 1930’s, we didn't have TV like you do now. We used to listen to radios, like you now watch TV. In fact the radio was first publicly demonstrated in the 1800’s by two men by the names of Michael Faraday and Joseh Henry. As I was saying, back in the 30’s, people used to go to large theatres to see performances that were later broadcast across the radio.

“On February 3, 1923, if I'm remembering correctly, a hockey game was broadcast on the radio for the first time. These first broadcasts were hosted by Norman Albert and came from the Toronto Arena. When the Gardens were completed in ’31, they started broadcasting the games to Montreal on a regular basis. And then back in ’33, they started broadcasting hockey games coast to coast every Saturday night. Then in ’39, the Royal Tour was broadcast across Canada. We all got to hear the great King George touring across the country.

“Grandpa, I think I've got more than enough information. I'm sure to get an A++ now. I want to start my report right now. Thanks, grandpa.”