Content - The Early Development of Radio in Canada, 1901-1930

About The Book
The Early Development of Radio in Canada, 1901-1930

The early 1900's witnessed a technological revolution in industrial countries that brought radio into the homes of millions of people, forever changing their lifestyles. The Early Development of Radio in Canada, 1901-1930 captures the excitement of radio's early years in Canada. It highlights the unique contributions of Canada's radio pioneers and the start-up stories of the companies that made broadcast radio reception a daily reality. It features the contributions of inventors such as Reginald Fessenden, Guglielmo Marconi, Ted Rogers and W.W. Grant. It describes how the Canadian Marconi Company, Northern Electric Company, the Canadian Independent Telephone Co., the Radio Corporation of America, Canadian General Electric, Canadian Westinghouse and others jostled for technological and legal advantage in the new market.

About The Editor/Author
Robert Murray

Robert Murray's interest in radio history began about 30 years ago when he purchased an early radio and horn speaker from a graduate school classmate. His continued search for Canadian broadcast receivers led to an increasing awareness of the scarcity of historical information on the radios, resulting in his authorship of numerous articles for antique radio hobby publications. Early in his career he was employed with the Canadian Bell System where he became familiar with the Bell Canada Historical Collection that included the Northern Electric collection of records and artifacts. His first detailed historical article was a result of his access to that collection. After 25 years of collecting Bob donated most of his Canadian radio artifacts, some 70 pieces, to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa.

Bob holds a B.A. degree from McGill University in Montreal, M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and as Director of Research at the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg's main teaching and research hospital. He has around 150 scientific articles, book chapters and abstracts to his credit and one previous book. He lives in Winnipeg with his wife Eileen.