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CNR Radio or CN Radio〔(CBC/Radio-Canada milestones (1901-1939) ), ''CBC/Radio-Canada Corporate Website'', accessed January 23, 2008〕 (officially the Canadian National Railways Radio Department)〔(Radio Drama, English Language ), ''Canadian Encyclopedia'', accessed January 23, 2008〕 was the first national radio network in North America.〔(CNR Company Fonds ), Provincial Archives of Alberta, accessed January 22, 2008〕 It was developed, owned and operated by the Canadian National Railway between 1923 and 1932 to provide en route entertainment and information for its train passengers. As broadcasts could be received by anyone living in the coverage area of station transmitters, the network provided radio programming to Canadians from the Pacific coast (at Vancouver) to the Atlantic coast (at Halifax). During its nine-year existence, CNR Radio provided music, sports, information and drama programming to Canadians. Programming was produced in English, French and occasionally in some First Nations languages, and distributed nationwide through the railway's own telegraph lines and through rented airtime on other private radio stations. However, political and competitive pressure forced CNR Radio to close, with many of its assets and personnel migrating to a new government-operated agency, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), which ultimately led to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ==Origins== The network's origins were in the establishment by CNR president and chairman Sir Henry Thornton on June 1, 1923 of the CNR Radio Department〔(Broadcasting to promote Canadian National Railways ), Canadian Communications Foundation〕 after the CNR began installing radio sets in their passenger cars and needed stations to provide programming that passengers could listen to along the CNR's various routes, particularly its coast-to-coast transcontinental line. The general public could also receive the broadcasts if they lived in the vicinity of a CNR radio station.〔Buck, George H., "(The First Wave: The Beginnings of Radio in Canadian Distance Education )",''Journal of Distance Education'', Spring 2006, Vol. 21, No 1., pages 75-78〕 On October 9, 1923, the network made international news when it carried a broadcast of former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George being interviewed by reporters travelling with him on a Montreal to Toronto train.〔(Radio rides the rails ), Canadian Communications Foundation〕 The first regularly scheduled coast-to-coast network program produced by CN Radio was broadcast December 27, 1928. By the end of 1929 there were three hours of national programming a week.〔 The CNR used its already-established network of telegraph wires along the rail line to connect the stations.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CNR Radio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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