Tag: Radio

Frank Vyvyan. Born on 22 Feb 1891,in Croydon, the youngest son of actor Herbert Vyvyan and his wife Alice. Frank was awarded MM Lfor his actions in September 1916. He was later a regular performer as a member of the Willies, the C Bn concert party. He continued to serve with the Company and later C Bn, for…
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Alan Roughton was a big name in radio when radio was the only thing.  He studied singing as a boy and performed in London, England before he came to Canada in 1912.  In 1914, Alan enlisted in the Canadian Forces and went back to Europe with the 31st Battalion.  Twice wounded, he was commissioned in the…
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Bob started his radio career at CFCN Calgary in 1947 with the program  Afternoon Concert and later Prairie Marchpast.  He became the host of Off the Record at CBC radio Vancouver in 1960. He hosted that show until he retired in 1996.  He died in North Vancouver on April 8, 2003.

Susan Englebert was a gifted programmer whose work in radio will be long remembered. Her more than 30 years at the CBC and her involvement in the creation, development and production of such shows as The Great Canadian Gold Rush with Terry David Mulligan, Variety Tonight with Vicki Gabereau, Gabereau and Double Exposure lead to…
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John Drainie, was called the “greatest radio actor in the world” by Orson Welles. He began his career in radio with CJOR, CKNW and CBU in Vancouver and was a major player in CBC’s Golden Age of Radio. John Drainie was most famous in Canada for the CBC radio role of Jake in W.O. Mitchell’s…
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