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The arrival of radio transformed the daily lives of Canadians in the 1920s. For the rural populations in particular, this medium of communication facilitated access to world news. However, radio stations across the Prairies broadcasted in English. In the view of many members of the French-speaking elite, listening to these stations promoted linguistic assimilation and cultural Americanization. The population, however, ignored these warnings and embraced radio with enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the creation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1936, leaders of the French-speaking minority used their institutional network, the Associations nationales provinciales des Prairies<\/em>, to exert pressure on the public broadcaster. As stated in the network\u2019s manifesto of 1940, they asked the corporation to respect Canadian duality and offer \u201ca fair share to French on the Western Canadian network.\u201d To justify its refusals, CBC cited limited financial resources caused by the Great Depression, as well as strong opposition from the English-speaking majority to the development of a French-language radio network outside Quebec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faced with this impasse, Prairie francophones raised $125,000 to build four radio stations. To help them, in 1945, the Comit\u00e9 permanent de la survivance fran\u00e7aise en Am\u00e9rique<\/em>, (from 1956, the Conseil de la vie fran\u00e7aise en Am\u00e9rique<\/em>) launched a national fundraising campaign. Under the slogan \u201cLet\u2019s help French West Radio,\u201d the initiative raised an additional $212,000, including $192,000 in Quebec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite their success, the leaders of the French radio project were not out of the woods yet. Some groups were opposed to French-speaking people operating radio stations. They argued that the project would not be viable because of the small size of the French-language market. Others felt that granting broadcasting licenses to French-speaking people in Western Canada would be tantamount to privileging one ethnic group among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These comments angered the leaders of Radio-fran\u00e7aise<\/em>, who retorted that starting a business was a right, not a privilege. In 1946, a French radio station opened in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, followed by others in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1949, and Gravelbourg and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1952.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title of the document<\/strong>s <\/strong>: Manifeste des Associations nationales provinciales des Prairies. Radio-Canada et le fran\u00e7ais dans l\u2019ouest, 1 p. (1940) Aidons Radio-Ouest fran\u00e7aise, 2 p. (1945)

Date : <\/strong>1940 and 1945

Reference:<\/strong>: Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa, Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes (CRCCF), Fonds Association canadienne-fran\u00e7aise de l\u2019Ontario (ACFO), C2\/156\/1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab CKSB, le porte-voix des francophones de l\u2019Ouest canadien \u00bb, Radio-Canada, Archives.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printed sources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B\u00e9langer, C\u00e9line. \u00ab La fondation de CHFA \u00bb, dans A. Trottier, K. J. Munro, G. Allaire (dirs.), Aspects du pass\u00e9 franco-albertain<\/em>. Edmonton, Salon d\u2019histoire de la francophonie albertaine, 1980, p. 122-146.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canuel, Alain. \u00ab La souscription de 1945 au Qu\u00e9bec pour la cr\u00e9ation de stations radiophoniques fran\u00e7aises dans l\u2019Ouest. \u00bb Minorit\u00e9s linguistiques et soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \/ Linguistic Minorities and Society<\/em>, num\u00e9ro 18, 2022, p. 137\u2013154.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lapointe, Richard et Lucille Tessier. Histoire des Franco-Canadiens de la Saskatchewan<\/em>. R\u00e9gina, La Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 historique de la Saskatchewan, 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martel, Marcel. Le deuil d’un pays imagin\u00e9. R\u00eaves, luttes et d\u00e9route du Canada fran\u00e7ais. Les relations entre le Qu\u00e9bec et la francophonie canadienne, 1867-1975<\/em>. Ottawa, Les Presses de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martel, Marcel. \u00ab Multiples regards sur la Radio-Ouest-Fran\u00e7aise, 1930-1960 \u00bb, dans Gilles Cadrin, Paul Dub\u00e9 et Laurent Godbout (dir.). Pratiques culturelles au Canada fran\u00e7ais<\/em>, Edmonton, Institut de recherche de la Facult\u00e9 Saint-Jean, 1996, p. 317-335.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ouellet, Danielle. Adrien Pouliot. Un homme en avance sur son temps<\/em>. Montr\u00e9al, Bor\u00e9al, 1986.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vien, Rossel. Radio fran\u00e7aise dans l’Ouest<\/em>. Montr\u00e9al, \u00c9ditions Hurtubise HMH, Collection Cahiers du Qu\u00e9bec, Communications, 1977.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Du fran\u00e7ais sur les ondes radiophoniques dans les Prairies L\u2019arriv\u00e9e de la radio transforme le quotidien de la population canadienne durant les ann\u00e9es 1920. Pour les populations rurales, en particulier, ce m\u00e9dium facilite l\u2019acc\u00e8s aux nouvelles du monde. En r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, cependant, les stations radiophoniques accessibles au Canada diffusent leurs \u00e9missions en anglais. Pour de nombreux […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60472210,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pfdu74-3X","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60472210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162,"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions\/2162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parolefranco.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}