Digital Radio | Rita MacNeil and Friends | The Air Farce | Adrienne Clarkson Presents
Digital Radio Trial
As It Happens, CBC Radio's popular daily current affairs show, participated in a trial of a digital radio system on July 13, 1990.
Download: WAV Audio File (MAC), 833 K
Download: WAV Audio File (PC), 646 K
Rita MacNeil and Friends
Rita MacNeil has become a Canadian superstar. Last year, her series "Rita & Friends" was a runaway hit, with a weekly average of 1.1 million viewers. The series featured Canadian artists from all music genres, from established favourites to young up-and-coming talent. Rock, folk, country, gospel, jazz, blues and soul will have a place in the weekly celebration of the music that makes Canada unique.
Download: QuickTime movie, 510 K
Download: AVI movie, 663 K
The Air Farce
Royal Canadian Air Farce is a comedy troupe consisting of performers Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson, Luba Goy, John Morgan and writers Gord Holtam and Rick Olsen. Air Farce is a favourite of millions of Canadians from coast to coast, who tune in to CBC Television and CBC Radio every week to see and hear Air Farce's unique and hilarious blend of topical humour aimed at our country's (and the world's) most newsworthy people and events. In the three short years their television program has been on the air, it has risen to become the number one comedy show in the country.
Download: QuickTime move, 1.4 MB
Download: AVI movie, 2.8 MB
Adrienne Clarkson Presents
Join Adrienne Clarkson as she explores the world of arts and entertainment while putting her own special twist on it.
Download: QuickTime move, 1.6 MB
Download: AVI movie, 819 K