Memorable Moments throughout
      CBC's History




      1. First CBC FM Station: Launched 1946.



      2. First Canadian television broadcast: Evening of Entertainment - September 6, 1952.
      3. First coast-to-coast broadcast: "The Miracle Mile" (Empire Games) - 1954.
      4. First First all-Canadian national live broadcast: "Memo to Champlain" - 1958.
      5. First colour television broadcast: "Telescope" - Calgary Stampede, 1966.



      6. Launch of CBC Stereo Network: Harry Somer's "Louis Riel" - November 1975.



      7. First Closed Captioning on Canadian TV Show: "Clown White" - 1981.



      8. First use of Digital Radio technology: "As It Happens" - July 30, 1990.



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