Author: Bill Harper. Published by Nimbus Publishing Limited, Halifax, NS., 2002, 1st Edition. SIGNED by the Author. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor corner wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 7.5 inch, 186 pages.
A PICTURE OF CHRISTMAS, is the history of CBC television in the Maritimes. The year is 1954 and the CBC is struggling to get into the television business in Halifax.
With rented space in an abandoned school on College Street, they were rushing to meet their promise to be on the air before Christmas. Bill Harper was one of the eager, new staffers who reported for work on that first day of November, 1954, and he outlines in detail the primitive conditions they worked in until their new studios were built on Bell Road two years later.But that's only the beginning as Bill describes the growth of the industry, and the various programs and personalities who filled our screens over the years. It was a challenge just to meet the program demands of the daily schedule in the days before videotape, satellite feeds or even a network hookup. Things got really hairy when emergencies popped up and the staff was barely settled in the new building when the 1956 Springhill Mine disaster struck...
