The Swashbucklers: The Story of Canada's Battling Broadcasters

by Knowlton Nash

From its beginnings, broadcasting in Canada has been a battlefield, with the larger-than-life entrepreneurs who fell in love with the new medium locked in battle with government and meddlesome "do-gooders" impressed by the cultural power of radio. The first fight of the radio pioneers was over advertising, and initially, the private broadcasters won: commercials were here to stay, making radio an immensely profitable industry. But the biggest battle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771067747
• ISBN13: 9780771067747
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.