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By 1950 ...

... There was a staff of 32 and an entertainment unit of 30 members, enough talent for dances, concerts and garden parties galore. CKNX entertainment teams were out four and five nights a week. Best of all..., the talent was local. It meant employment for home grown artists. (Who-3, ?)

... Local news was telephoned in daily by 17 local correspondents. One time, CKNX got a call about a big fire in Wroxeter (nine miles away) within five minutes of the first whiff of smoke. Their on-the-spot report to our studio was done from a phone so close to the fire the phone handle got too hot to handle. (Who-3, ?)

... Every Saturday night the station moved out into surrounding towns and cities. A local hall was hired which could be used for dancing as the night wore on. (CKNX had the famous Singing Cowboys), all kinds of local talent and then the barn dance. "That was the schedule 52 weeks in the year," said Margaret Brophy. "We never seem to run out of places or live talent. " Starting at 6 am with the market prices and news, the station is on the air daily until 11 pm. "Then," said the young artist, "we turned off the juice, turned out the lights and called it a day." "But," she added, " if a farm fire starts or a two-headed calf enters the world or a serious highway accident occurs, we're Johnny-on-the-spot with the tape recorder and the station wagon." It's a popular station, CKNX. It's small (1,000 watts) but it's mighty, largely because its neighbourly. (Who-3, ?)

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Interior of the original radio station located on Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario
1930s
Original radio station, Josephine Street, Wingham, Ontario


Credits:
North Huron Museum, Wingham, Ontario