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Presents a study on the process involved in the "Canadianization" of U.S. textbooks for the domestic market. Explores whether disciplinary values have been shaped by the United States in the field of communication. Focuses on the experience of developing the Canadian edition of the book "Public Speaking: Strategies for Success" (David Zarefsky). (CMK)

This article explores the development of the early Canadian radio audience. Without a pattern to follow, the listeners found ways to listen that reflected the restrictions and possibilities of the new technology. Early listeners picked favorite programs, became club members, and were sports fans for the first time. The early listening experiences created the foundation for radio audiences and their listening patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers the author's insights regarding his involvement in "Journal of Radio & Audio Media." Among the topics discussed include the radio culture in Canada and U.S.c, the role of Radio Preservation Task Force for radio industry, and the significance development of radio policy and regulation in the country.

The article discusses the 1993 Spry Lecture of satirist and social commentator Mary Walsh's "A Hymn to Canada." The author notes that the speech demonstrates the celebration of survival as a realistic and hopeful Canadian symbol and is a product of its cultural context. He stresses the speech's importance as a representative discourse in the search for Canadian identity. He highlights the role of the discursive tradition of the speech in anchoring the understanding of Canadian identity in an "Island view of the world."

The article analyzes the tradition of Canadian identity rhetoric as represented in the books "The Vanishing Country," by Mel Hurtig and "Lament for a Nation," by George Grant. Both authors provide a passionate defense of the Canadian identity, but the tone and outlook of their books differ. Grant is more resigned and pensive, while Hurtig is more positive and heartening. The rhetoric of Canadian cultural identity has never been mainly an exercise in anti-Americanism, for the simple reason that it has never really been about Americans.

Canadian historical literature of early radio broadcasting focuses largely on policy and formation of two successive public networks: the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). This literature rests fundamentally on the assumption that the CRBC and CBC were formed to counter the threat of American cultural domination. This study is based on a stratified random sample of radio schedules selected from Vancouver, Montreal, and Halifax newspapers. This content analysis of radio schedules demonstrates an overall trend of greater U.S. programming within Canadian radio station schedules coinciding with the introduction of programs produced in the United States by the CBC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various topics within the issue including challenges faced by traditional radio with the introduction of digital radio; future scenarios for radio media; and digital radio policy in Canada.