"Nolan hits his stride as a storyteller with this book, a lively and readable synthesis of broadcasting history, criticism and biography." Larry Cornies, London Free Press

".a very readable and entertaining history of the CTV network." Peter Rehak, Daily Planet

"Nolan, who joined CTV as a news anchor soon after its launch in 1961 and currently teaches in the journalism program at the University of Western Ontario, brings both an insider's and an academic's expertise to bear on his subject." Calgary's News and Entertainment Weekly

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"CTV--A Network That Means Business goes into a step by step analysis of CTV since its conception. He delivers the growth of CTV with interesting and informative detail by painting a picture that exposes the birth, growth, and stature of CTV." Erfana Buksh, CJSF

"Nolan got good quotes from Bassett who had the vision--but not the force to pull it off--of a single-owner network that it now is after his death." Sid Adilman, The Star.com

"Nolan (Univ. of Western Ontario) worked for CTV in the 1960s, and here he traces accurately and exhaustively CTV's early growing pains and its battles with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). His account of the history of CTV's sports and of the evolution of Canada AM and his conversations with on-air personalities strengthen the book. Although Nolan's research for this book was supported in part by CTV, this is a balanced account. [Recommended for: upper-division undergraduates through faculty interested in the history of broadcasting in North America." M. J. Miller, Brock University, CHOICE

Michael Nolan follows the evolution of CTV from a group of small independent television stations across Canada to the powerful network it is today. He chronicles the boardroom struggles within the network as strong personalities clashed over economic and cultural matters.
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From its creation as an 'Advertiser's network' by Spencer Caldwell in 1961, CTV has been first and foremost a business appealing to the widest audience with popular programming. This title shows how Canada's first private television network survived, chronicling CTV's news division triumphs and tribulations.
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The CTV Founder, 1909-1961; The Dominator, 1961-1966; Power Struggles within the Co-operative, 1966-1970; "In Colour, the CTV National News", 1962-1972; Telepoll, Laugh-In and Wide World of Sports, 1962-1972; Canada AM, the Arrival of Lloyd and a Short-lived CTV Reports, 1972-1979; CTV Scores!, 1972-1979; The Dominator Retaliates, 1979-1985; Chairman Bureau Gets Tough, 1985-1990; The Soup Salesman Cometh, 1990-1993; Gordian Knot Before the Triumph of Baton, 1993-1997; The New CTV, 1997-2001; Epilogue; Index.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780888643841
Publisert
2001-12-01
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Alberta Press
Vekt
700 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
440

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Michael Nolan teaches media and politics in the journalism program at the University of Western Ontario and in the political science department at King's College, a Western affiliate. He joined CTV as a news anchor and correspondent in the mid 1960s. This is his third book on the Canadian media. Nolan lives in London, Ontario.